Banana, I Love U

[lastboltnut]

Hi all,

I took a shot of Hann eating his 1st banana in his life at a restuarant. The place is not very well lit, so I took this shot with a on-shoe flash bounced on a wall.

Please give me your comments for improvement.

Thank you.

[lastboltnut]

Hi all, any tips? Thanks.

[ndroo]

I like the lighting and the tones. He seems to be pretty surprised looking at the banana hor?

[lastboltnut]

Thanks ndroo...it was his first banana treat...he looked suprise to you? I tot he looked like a lover to the banana...that tender loving glance...

Originally Posted by ndroo I like the lighting and the tones. He seems to be pretty surprised looking at the banana hor?

[ozkid88]

love the lighting and composure!! beautiful picture, looks warm and comfortable!! i love pix of children and this is a classic!

[blueskye168]

Well, nicely captured I like the contrast/lighting of the subject-skin tone & yellow-colour-banana that blend well into the dim background(that's how I "feel")

[lastboltnut]

Thank you ozkid88 for grading this as classic

Yah, the cafe is indeed a very cosy place.

Originally Posted by ozkid88 love the lighting and composure!! beautiful picture, looks warm and comfortable!! i love pix of children and this is a classic!

[lastboltnut]

Hi blueskye168,

I am still trying to learn on skintone processing....is this tone really ok? Thanks.

Originally Posted by blueskye168 Well, nicely captured I like the contrast/lighting of the subject-skin tone & yellow-colour-banana that blend well into the dim background(that's how I "feel")

[blueskye168]

Originally Posted by lastboltnut Hi blueskye168, I am still trying to learn on skintone processing....is this tone really ok? Thanks.

haha me too(in Blue)=that's why in bracket=>(that's how I "feel").

May be you'd want to try crop the top-part till the 2nd line-of-arch(b4 the 1st arch) in the background=ver-1, or till slighty pass the line-of-the whole-arch in the background=ver-2(Just my preferences only ya)

Hopefully there'll be some pro/experts here can give us some pointers

TIA

[Baldwin Jazz]

Well I'm no pro , but I love the photo , its evenly lit and nicely balanced and for me I wouldnt crop it at all , the arch provides the warm cosy atmospere to the picture

A very nice photo for the family album lastboltnut

[blueskye168]

Based on the title of the photo "Banana, I Love U"=>that's how I'd prefer to 'focus' the attention-a slightly only tighter crop of ver1 & ver2. On the whole, with or without cropping will be a well execute ones.(I also like the position of the subject which is ard the 'rule of 3rd')compo

[ortega]

good use of flash bounced on the wall
creating a very nice light

but i find the composition abit off, too loose on top and too tight on the sides



you will notice that there is a triangle created by the Hann's line of sight to the banana and his arm.

[blueskye168]

Originally Posted by ortega good use of flash bounced on the wall creating a very nice light but i find the composition abit off, too loose on top and too tight on the sides you will notice that there is a triangle created by the Hann's line of sight to the banana and his arm.

yes,bro that's the way, manah-ha ah-ha I like it.....(Oooh, there goes my 'siao' again)

[NightZ88]

beautiful.. love e clor tone and contrast of the picture. gorgeous kid to top it off..

[lastboltnut]

Hi blueskye168, Baldwin Jazz and ortega,

I would have cropped to square, if this is not my son, to make the focus more on the kid and banana....however, for my family pic I usually want to keep abit of the background to remind my wife and myself of the place and the event as a memory....like what Baldwin Jazz mentioned, as a family album....thats why I did not crop it...but as a photographer point of view, the cropped version is better. Thanks for Master ortega and also the perspective of triangle....learnt something today

Thanks.

[lastboltnut]

Hey bro! Its been a long time! Thanks for coming by and your compliments.

OT a bit: By the way, I went to the zoo with my son on National Day and cannot shoot nice white tiger shots like you did....needs a lot of patience and the tigers just move in "circles" along thier fixed path....funny. But managed to shoot a pretty "decent" shot of the "mini-monkey" on the tree house outside the souvenir shop....will show you for comment when I have it ready.

Originally Posted by NightZ88 beautiful.. love e clor tone and contrast of the picture. gorgeous kid to top it off..

[xunjas]

Cute looking boi and his banana~~ =)

[theveed]

other than composition, i love this shot

[ortega]

Originally Posted by lastboltnut Hi blueskye168, Baldwin Jazz and ortega, I would have cropped to square, if this is not my son, to make the focus more on the kid and banana....however, for my family pic I usually want to keep abit of the background to remind my wife and myself of the place and the event as a memory....like what Baldwin Jazz mentioned, as a family album....thats why I did not crop it...but as a photographer point of view, the cropped version is better. Thanks for Master ortega and also the perspective of triangle....learnt something today Thanks.

actually the bg does say much here, although not distracting,
it also does not add to remind you of the location
maybe a landscape orientation whould have served your purpose better

just something to think about

[lastboltnut]

Thank you xunjas.

Originally Posted by xunjas Cute looking boi and his banana~~ =)