DSLRUsers.com

One from a recent family shoot that I quite liked. Comments welcomed, a tighter crop perhaps?

Yes, a tighter crop. The expressions on the faces and the hands are very endearing, but the surrounds don't add much, IMHO.

Cheers
Steffen.

I agree with Stephen. The background adds nothing to the picture.

I too agree on the tighter crop.

HAving said that great image and very natural.

I actually like the background to the subjects, great shot Geoff.

Geoff, I think the background and foreground add context to what mother and son are doing (looking at something picked up on the beach, presumably) and represents a beautiful shared moment.

I wonder how a colour version would look? (Considering I am a B&W fan)

IMHO the blown foreground doesn't add too much to the photo, crop tighter

Thanks for the comments and suggestions peoples - always appreciated.

Reschsmooth wrote:I wonder how a colour version would look? (Considering I am a B&W fan)

Here we are, with a tighter crop too. Personally I much prefer the B&W:

Now that is great looking!!

I prefer the second image.

Love the tighter crop and the colour. I normally prefer B & W but think this second shot is magic.

The background has come to life and there is now highlights within the sand that show up where they didn't in the B & W version.

Geoff, #2 is a winner. Lovely shot.

I prefer the colour mainly because this image is already quite contrasty what with the bright sunlight and dark shadows, and the black and white has pushed that a bit too far.

I really like contrasty black and whites as a rule, but for this particular image of mother and son the lowered contrast and the warmth of the colour version are preferable.

Cheers,

Crop is better Geoff but would have liked to see some fill flash to give even more contrast and bring out more detail