Discussion on: Image 441 - "Giving flowers"

Discussion, revisions and constructive criticisms of Image 441 - "Giving flowers"

Original - Ali Watters (Ali)
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Original Date	2005-11-11 00:00:00
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Myanmar, Inle Lake. The most photogenic people I've had the pleasure to meet. Friendly, welcoming, warm hearted. This little girl is running after my traveling companions to give them these flowers that she'd just picked.

Bob Wallace (BobTrips)
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December 11th 2005
17:44:34

I think this shot has some potential.  Let's start with the framing.  The person in the background adds nothing for me, simply a distraction.  And I'm not happy with the way the boy's toes are chopped off.  I tried a different framing, tightening up on the right and bottom.

Next problem comes from the lighting.  The boy's face is very much in shadow and the flowers don't stand out from the light green background.  I used the dodge brush to lighten the face a bit and used the burn brush to darken the vegetation behind the flowers.  (I have didn't take time to do a good job, just enough to show you what I'm suggesting.)

Edit:  Oops, girl.

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