To the left, to the left...

[yehosaphat]

This was taken during CNY period with my 50mm at f1.8.

Do comment in terms of composition on how this can be improved, thanks!

[sprintist]

I think the camera got to go lower in terms of its angle. Afterall its a cute little kid and its impt to catch its eyes i believe. Go up close too, its alittle too wide at this range. Its quite lacking of a subject in this picture, the boy's glance doesn't make up for the lack of it.

Maybe just a framing of the boy looking and him holding the mother's hand can convey the message better. A picture of a curious boy?

just my simple suggestions

[night86mare]

a lower angle, so that the kid doesn't look so pet-like.. would be more flattering for your subject

eye contact is not absolutely necessary, but when there is no eye contact the subject's pose has to be interesting.. here i do not find it as such

perhaps going closer (not very easy if you do not know the kid/parent, i know) might be better too, can throw the background out of focus more, right now the bokeh is not enough and it is still quite distracting.

[yehosaphat]

Thanks for all your comments. Agree that getting lower will certainly improve the pic. Perhaps should have chosen a better background as well...

[tin797]

it will be nicer if crop until only left the child and the hand, blur the background if you do photoshop

[yehosaphat]

You mean like that?