Rainy day

[habed]

I was working in a Baptism last saturday when it started to rain at the place where the reception was being held.

All the parents took their kids into the place but this kid just stayed out there, playing with the water. He was all alone but very happy jumping into the water and well, just getting wet.

I was covering from the rain when he started to climb the Little Tikes houses and sliders so I took this photo.

Maybe is not that good, but I just looove it, it reminds me of how I grabed my bicycle and rode it for hours everytime it started to rain when I was a kid.

I couldn't do much about lighting, I used my 75-300mm to get this from a dry spot so it was taken at the minimum distance I could.

Do you think it's too croped?

What about composition? Should I have composed to the right where there was no more visible parts of the toy and just empty space?

I didn't use my flash, do you think that it would make it better if I had?

1/80
f/5.0
200mm
ISO 400
No flash

[RLucas]

This photo is very well done. I think the crop works well with it. You have two colors that complement each other with the orange and violet. It balances out nicely. Good work!

[amymnc]

This is a really cute shot! Would be great if you could see more of the eyes but it looks like the hood is causing those shadows on the face- unavoidable there. I like it, adds character Very nice!

[redcoldfire]

I love the colors and the innocents of the picture. you've made a fine capture! i would not make any change to this picture.

A&A

[gurokevin]

i think it is a nice pic

[naeno]

Adorable picture! He's so cute!

When this is viewed larger, you can see his face is actually a bit out of focus. You can select around his face and use an unsharp mask, which helps. The colors need a little pop, which I used the levels tool to adjust. His face is a bit in shadow. You can help by adding a new transparent layer (or layer color set to none), and paint over his eyes with white in the new layer, apply a huge gaussian blur (around 200-300) to the white painted layer, then change the layer mode to overlay or reduce the opacity until it looks right. Voila, you've added some "light" to your picture. I also used a bit of dodging on his eyes to bring them out. I'll remove this picture quickly if you want.

[lputman]

Great edit naeno!

[habed]

Thanks all for your replies and Naeno for your editing.

I'll try it myself. I just have to find out how since I use Elements.

Gracias!!!

[habed]

Here's my edited version

I used elements so.....

I don't know if it's the sema but instead of unsharp, I sharpened. Played with levels and here's the result.

Not as good as yours but better than original

[naeno]

Originally Posted by habed

Here's my edited version

I used elements so.....

I don't know if it's the same but instead of unsharp, I sharpened. Played with levels and here's the result.

Much better. Unsharp mask is like sharpened on steroids. It really bumps up the sharpening. Nice edit.