B+W friend's son

[Romans612]

Took this at a friend's son's birthday party. It was quite by accident, but I am thankful to have gotten it. Still, I wonder if I could have made it better?




(after cropping and sharpening abit)

Focal Length: no zoom, standard Powershot A590is 5.8mm
Aperture: F/4
Shutter: unknown
ISO: 80
Flash: no flash

[ericw]

Cropping out the distractions on the right side of the photo would be a start.

[Romans612]

Originally Posted by ericw

Cropping out the distractions on the right side of the photo would be a start.

how's that?. I also sharpened it abit (I hope not to much) do you think cropping out the border around the base of the tree is needed?

[lputman]

I can't really tell on this laptop that I am on but the sharpened version does look a bit over sharpened. Cropping from the original version, I would take out most of the tree in addition to the distractions on the right.

[RuthieMae]

Cropped version looks much better. It is a tad oversharpened. If you have a chance to do it over again, try to find some open shaded areas so you can avoid blown areas (like the top of his head and his shirt). You caught a great expression though!

[Hess]

the 2nd is a tad over sharpened and i think if you cropped out the tree to the left to bring more focus to the boy because the eye tends to wander towards the tree..