So Serious

[srosenus]

I have been receiving some great feedback and I think I am overcoming some of my technical issues with shutterspeed and iso. I would love to hear some feedback on this photo, composition and color. Thanks.

[Multipara]

Cute kid! Great shot too. I think its a little too red (especially in his face). Is your white balance set to auto or do you have it on another setting ? Recently I accidentally left my WB on another setting and my photos came out very blueish. This may be the problem you are having. Is this a straight out of camera shot or have you edited it? I would try removing the redness from his face, but leave everything else alone.

[windrider86]

Please consider this your invitation to read the rules/guidelines for the critique section. We do ask that you include certain information that helps everyone with your critiques. Thank you in advance for reading them and editing your post!

[Hill Country Hack]

Since you didn't include EXIF data as per the critique rules I will only speak about composition.

Good catch lights in his eyes.
I would like to see this as a portrait crop as you chopped off his front hand and the back hand does not add to the photo.
As a matter of personal taste, I would prefer a darker background without the blowout in the upper camera right corner. His blonde hair gets lost in the bright window.

[srosenus]

My apologies on completely forgetting to include the EXIF data. Here it is:

Model Canon EOS REBEL T1i
ISO 100
Exposure 1/50 sec
Aperture 5.0
Focal Length 41mm
Flash Used false
Orientation 1
White Balance 1
Exposure Bias 0.0

Also, the picture that I submitted was post edit. Maybe I should have just left well enough alone and not edited it, here's a link to the original.

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink


Multipara, is the original still too red in the face, or is that better? Hill Country Hack, I wasn't sure if I should remove the hands from the picture or not...thanks for clearing that up for me, I will work on a better crop and see if that enhances the picture.