Spring days

[littlebeesmom]

My daughter trying to catch butterflies. I personally love the lighting and I did a very soft vignette. Please advise

[jughead]

I think composition's good,well maybe crop it tighter so your daughter is more prominent,but this way's quite fine too
The vignetting is too much though,and maybe bump up brightness and contrast a bit,the image is too dark and cold for me, I imagine a scene where a child running around catching butterflies to be cheerful and sunny,that's my opinion though..

[fireb0x]

The picture itself is a great image of the essence and fun of life. Find a way to make the picture look brighter and more fun, but the vignette here makes it look droopy and sad like the poster above said.

In my opinion, vignettes are typically the uncreative man's way of spicing up a picture. Remember that vignetting in its essence indicates a FLAWED picture and in this case, it makes your picture look flawed. Of course, it can be used for creative purposes, but many people mistake it for something that can be used to spice up any picture and that just isn't the case.

The picture itself is a great image of the essence and fun of life. Find a way to make the picture look brighter and more fun, but the vignette here makes it look droopy and sad like the poster above said.

I'm not a pro photographer by any means. I am still very much a beginner, but as beginners, we have to slap each other on the hand when we do no nos. You have done a no no, please consider your hand slapped.

Maybe I am just an idiot, but I thought I would leave my two cents. Hope I didn't come across as too critical.

By the way, I love the composition.

[lblongs]

I def think the pic could lose the vignette for all the reasons posted above, and a bump in brightness and color would do it wonders. I, too, think a tighter crop would look great. Great shot captured thought - def one to treasure.

[littlebeesmom]

Thanks for the input. I will work on the suggestions. I personally think the darkness of the picture is what, to me, makes it attractive, but then again, why am I here for?? ? I played around a lot with the lighting, brightness etc and I defenitely loved it, I was just afraid of loosing that sunset low light.

Thanks for the suggestions, it is great to hear other points of view! I'm also happy you think the composition is good and defenitely believe it is a precious shot. I will play around with the crop also.

Thanks again!

[littlebeesmom]

OK so here is the new and improved "Spring Days". I hope I'm not breaking any rules by posting a second picture! Any new comments? I do think it looks A LOT better now that I see them together

[jughead]

Love it I feel the warmth of the sunset and the playfulness of your daughter in this one

[srt]

I too love the second, MUCH brighter and happier I also think a slighly tighter crop would look great - if you do this you might want to straighten the grass line up while your there

[fireb0x]

I'm impressed by the extreme improvement in the picture after you went back and modified it again. The picture looks fantastic now and it kinda feels like she is running to something bright and rewarding over the top of that hill.

Wonderful work on the second edition!