My sister is coming soon

[olivier]

Hello,
What do you think about this photography ?
Cheers.

"My sister is coming soon"

EXIF :
* NIKON CORPORATION
* NIKON D90
* 1/60 at f/2.8 Exposition
* 35 mm
* ISO 200
* AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G

[SusanH1970]

I like the idea, but the crop is so tight it took me a moment to figure out the little girl was with a pregnant mama. Is this an in-camera crop, or did you crop it in post? I also find the OOF foreground a bit distracting.

Other than that, it's lovely. I love the emotion in her gaze and your BW conversion is nice.

[olivier]

hello,
Thank you for the comments.
I don't crop a lot (just very little to erase a mark at the bottom). I have shot with a 35 mm, close to the belly of the mother. I have tried to shoot with a larger wiew but it was too banal.
I had 3 elements in mind : the eyes, the hand and the belly. I focused on eyes in order to put priority on them and let the audiences to guess the rest...

[MrJones]

to tell you the truth, until I read Susan's comment - I had no idea that her hand was resting on a belly.
but what bothers me most is the b&w conversion. try adding a lot of contrast to the photo and it will be a lot stronger.
plus, when posting a photo that little it looses from it's power, try posting a larger version (like the one on the site) and you'll see the difference.

[olivier]

Hello.
Thank you for your comments. here is a larger version of the picture :



For the contrast, I wanted to keep a sweet picture, just focused on the eyes. But I will try to reinforce the contrast to see the difference.

Thanks.

[kevingeary]

Think of your picture like someone is speaking to you about a subject and gave you no context clues. So you're totally lost.

Without knowing the title of this image, my brain sees the eyes of a child behind some blurry distracting object. You have to include more in the scene to give the viewer context clues as to what's going on.

[olivier]

Thanks.
You're the third one to say that, you're probably right
My effect is missed. I will try again.