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I look at this and can't help feeling it needs something more; is it the white balance, or does it need some blur on the rest of the foliage etc?
(my kids & 2 of their friends playing hide & seek in the dunes, waiting to be found by the non-photographer grown-ups)

Hi Pete - being England the WB looks to be right - I would remove the little yellow thingy in the bottom left.

But, having said the above I must add that IMO this is a beautiful photograph - the positioning, the looks on the little ones faces etc etc all make for a memorable pic

Wow, what a great image. As Chris said, the kid's expressions are priceless. Print that one big and hang it on a wall.

Reminds me of my childhood growing up in England.

Pete - nothing wrong with this at all - it's a great capture because of the light on the kids and their contact with the viewer. If you WANTED to fiddle - maybe a vignette blur to soften the edges. Me I'd leave it as is

Love it Pete. The tips given by Chris and Peter have pretty well covered any changes that could enhance the shot but it's beautiful as it is. A marvellous piece of family history for your great-grandkids to pass down.

Well done!

Superb! Eye contact is perfect and the symmetry of the poses is spot on.

There is some room to move around the edges - I agree a vignette blur may help, or possibly even a small crop around all edges - but this would really just be fine tuning.

Thanks for the replies guys; I'll leave the colour alone then. Now you point out the gorse flower, it is a bit distracting - maybe I'll clone it out before the big print gets made (as suspected, this one's headed for the wall!)