A toy may feel alone too

A toy may feel alone too, when she had been left him.
Does it work for you? Do you see what I saw?
vafa

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I just noticed your post after posting my own photo of a sad object. Perhaps we can critique each others' posts! (I'm a newbie though, so take anything I say with a big grain of salt.)

I like the placement of the toy off to one corner. I think the pathos is defeated a bit by the colours being so sunshiny-bright, though. What do you think of blurring the background? I think that would add to the feeling of the toy being lost and alone...

I agree on blurring the background. I think that would give it a more lost feel. Great colors!

Did you mean so?
vafa

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did you blur that by hand? If you use photoshop, you better copy the layer, put a gaussian or lens blur (if you have CS) over it and make a mask with a gradient and brush the bear back. You'll get a mask like this (I brushed it a bit back in the foreground too which makes the DOF look a bit more natural)

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It's wonderful to me.
thanks for your comments and learning procedure.
vafa

The feeling of isolation works better in the original shot for me. In the final version presented, the photo is a bear on the ground.... That's it. But the first shot, is a bear on the ground left alone as the forgetful owner has dashed off into the apartment building (for lunch?)

Background could also be a playground with one or more kids playing in it, but blurring out the background takes the story away. (Since the playground would be cluttery, a small blur could work.)

It's a nicely composed picture, but I don't "get it"?

Jewel