Palace of Fine Arts - critique this shot

[rosemommy]

Hi there. Brand new here and very serious about photography, but having a very hard time. I am struggling with focus and that crisp look that makes a picture pop.

I took this shot of my boys at the Palace of Fine Arts.

Would love to know what you would have done differently.



Canon Rebel XS
f 4.5
1/160
50mm
ISO 400

[homank76]

First thing I wouldn't have chopped their feet off. Second, why is there so much seperation between the two? Third, with the clothing try and stay away from patterns or designs.

[sk66]

I can't really tell much at this size. I think it's a very nice image and my only critique is about the feet.... I might have liked to see the entire door/ door frame as a "frame" for the subjects.

[rosemommy]

Thank you for the feedback.

We just happened to be in SF for the day with my camera I didn't dress them thinking they were going to be taking pictures, but that is good feedback about their shirts.

I have been so busy worried about the focus I didn't even think about the feet. I will watch for that next time.

I know it is hard to tell from this size so I will try to add a link to a bigger file. I am wondering how I could have had them at the same distance but gotten both of their faces in focus and got the shot really sharp.

http://rosemommy.smugmug.com/Other/P.../IMG3266-L.jpg

[homank76]

As far as the faces being in focus, as long as they are on the same plane, it doesn't matter what the aperature is. You could be shooting at F/1.4 and the would both be in focus, now if you had one in front of the other, that would be different.