Mother and son

[Geoff]

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

[Steffen]

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.

[ATJ]

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

[virgal_tracy]

I too agree on the tighter crop.

HAving said that great image and very natural.

[ozimax]

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

[Reschsmooth]

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)

[Yi-P]

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

[Geoff]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions peoples - always appreciated.

[Geoff]

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:

[Yi-P]

Now that is great looking!!

[ATJ]

I prefer the second image.

[virgal_tracy]

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.

[macka]

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,

[sirhc55]

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