Brothers...and sisters

If only.....the baby's eyes were open or looking upward. ~sigh~

Next time, eh?

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I love #2. To me, it screams out for the title of 'Innocence'.

Great job!

I also love the second one! The tree on the left kind of bothers me, but otherwise it is beautiful!

I like the second one. The tree does not bother me.

If the tree wasn't there then the swing would look out of place (like not complimented or connected with).

The area looks beautiful. Great place to shoot.

PhotoScout wrote in post #2019074
If the tree wasn't there then the swing would look out of place (like not complimented or connected with).

The area looks beautiful. Great place to shoot.

I agree totally .. .great capture.. it is real Hansel and Gretal. lol

If the tree wasn't there then the swing would look out of place (like not complimented or connected with).

Yeah...that was kind of my thought as well.

Thanks for the input. KIds are fun to shoot...(with cameras)

PhotoScout wrote in post #2019074
If the tree wasn't there then the swing would look out of place (like not complimented or connected with).

The area looks beautiful. Great place to shoot.

Yeah, I suppose so. In this scene I would think there is enough to support it's place that it isn't necessary. That is just my thought though because I don't think it adds to the photo and my eye was drawn to it first thing. Either way it is dreamy and since I am in the minority I am most likely wrong as usual

edit: nevermind, ignore me.. tried to crop it and it took away from the photo

"and since I am in the minority I am most likely wrong "

LOL...well...I don't want to 'disagree' again...but I have to about this. On the contrary, a strong case could be made for just the opposite. But, I digress..... Thanks for taking the time to offer your thoughts. They are appreciated.

For the first one. As pointed by the OP, had the little one's face been pointed a bit more towards the camera, it would have turned out to be an excellent photo (very nice still though, specially for parents).

The second, I like. The tree, is the implied explanation for the swing. Otherwise, where would that swing hang from?.. Crop it, and you will know what I mean. there is a cohesive relationship between that swing and the tree. And the composition is awesome.

One of my very favorite photos of the last couple of weeks here in POTN. (My thoughts anyhow)...

Cheers,

are they your kids? I've never taken pics of random people at a park.. but i think i'd feel somewhat creepy doing that! espically young kids in a wooded park!

Oh...well, they were not my kids, but their mom works with my wife and asked me to do a shoot. The family owns a place further out in the country...holds some special memories for her so she wanted some pics of her kids out there as well.

thank goodness.... and btw.. for some reason i like the 2nd pic best.. seems to have a story to it.

Here is a crop just for sake of the conversation. Please ignore the noise and color I just pasted it into an image I was working on and was too lazy to delete the layers, but hope this crop shows my point of view better than my words. I still prefer the original crop, but feel the swing could stand on its own just fine

maybe

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#2 is very nice. Good job.