Micah reading

My son reading one afternoon. Manual focus, natural light & lack of a

tripod resulted in a slightly fuzzier photo than I'd like, but I like

the composition. Any suggestions?

Very nice photo. I love the expression you capture and the nice tight crop.

What a charming expression and what beautiful eyes - it looks like he is puzzling over some homework - great crop and black and white really suits this image well-

Mark

Great capture.

The expression is priceless.

Soft yes but overall image very good.

Doug

Only his right hand is a bit over exposed and cut and should have been taken care of the book or whatever, to be more recognizable as such! Otherwise very good portrait!

 

PDE

Thanks for the compliments and input. Actually, I believe that's his Pokemon Encyclopedia that he's reading. He doesn't study that intently for homework!

 

He was reading at the dining room table one afternoon, and I wanted to play with my new antique lens. I was backed up completely against the opposing window to allow for the minimum focusing distance of that old 135mm lens (I've since bought a short extension tube). He ignored me and kept reading for a while, but eventually glanced up at me with that, "Are you really *that* bored?" look, which I captured here.

 

I see what you mean about the cut-off hand being distracting. I like the emotion of him leaning against it, but the hand itself looks odd where it exits the frame. Perhaps it would look better if it was flat on the table under his chin, or maybe if his fingers were curled in like a fist so as to be mostly visible against the side of his head. All this is academic, though, since this was a candid shot and I specifically did not want to influence him.

This is a great shot...I can just hear Mom or Dad in the background saying "you better finish that homework". Excellent B&W tones and textures, the eyes really pop...also excellent use of DoF. I really like the tight composition on this image, it really makes it stand out. Great job.

I just would like to say I like this photo very much.