Gorilla wants Ice Cream

[Team PCBeach]

How could I have made this better? It looks like it could use a little fill light, but I would have gotten flash off the glass then. Also is it too centered? Should the faces and ice cream be lower in the photo?

EXIF
Canon S400 Point and shoot
F 3.5
1/160 sec
Focal 55mm




Thanks.

[dishingthedivine]

I love the idea of this shot! I'd cut off the top of the photo to just above the gorilla's head. it would place his head according to the rule of thirds.

also, how about photoshopping out the boy's hand? the watch is distracting....

and lastly, is there a way to clone out the yellow shirt glare in the window?

I'll subscribe to this post in case you can make these changes and post a new version of the pic for all to see. I LOVE gorillas, so naturally, I love this shot.

[GeorgiaPeach]

I also love this photo! So charming!!

A tighter crop in general would be nice, making the focus on the heads and the ice cream. That would take out the watch, too.

I may have tried a bit more of an angle to see if that reduced the glare.

[GeorgiaPeach]

I went to the zoo today, myself, which made me realize one more thing: I like to kneel down closer to face level like we do with children. You could have gotten better eyes of both parties which would have added more interest.

[Team PCBeach]

Great suggestions. I did a tighter crop and cloned out all the reflections. I think it is much better.

[dishingthedivine]

Awesome! What a neat shot! I love the changes you've made! I want to go share ice cream with a gorilla now.