Dirty Face

[ken1953]

This is going to be the title page of a series I'm planning about my grandchildren and their dirty faces. I hope you like it and I'm real interested in knowing what you think about my layout, as well as any critique on the photo itself.
Pentax *ist DL w/ SMCP DA 50-200mmED @ 160mm f7.1 @ 1/180sec ISO 400
Thank you,
Ken

[jar_e]

Great shot...I love the text on it, very snazzy and modern; a great addition if your going to do a series like it IMO. A few minor things here; would've liked to see all the hair included and maybe a little more of the right arm...or consider cropping it all off. The bar (?) in the lower right is somewhat of a nuisance, but I still think the great facial expression makes up for it.

BEAUTIFUL colors and DOF, glad to see the Pentax is working well for ya,

Great shot.

[ken1953]

Thanx Jared...nice catch on the hair...I didn't even see that til I looked at the fullsize shot...hehe...but I think it will be easy to fix...only a few centimeter crop higher...hehe...as for the bar...she was sitting atop a little slide and that is the handhold. I tried cropping it out, but it lost a lot of the character of the shot, I thought. One of these days I hope to be able to clone things like this out, but all I do right now is butcher things when I try...but I'll keep trying. As for the right arm...nothing I can do with that except crop it all out, which would take care of the handhold as well...but, as I mentioned, in my way of thinking, it lost a lot of it's character. But if anyone has any ideas on a better crop..please...FEEL FREE to show me.
Ken

P.S....Just checked the original...this is almost uncropped top to bottom, so the hair is unfixable... ...
Ken

[Overbeyond]

Hello Ken
This one does not work for me in the context of the series you intend to put together. Dirty Faces I feel are and possibly should be synonomous with mischief and fun and a little guilt even.
In this shot the little girl (a real sweetie) looks a bit startled to me for some reason and her face is not dirty enough if you get my point.
But it's a brilliant idea for a series.
Tom

[julsoph]

What an adorable baby!! I really like your idea for a series...but I do agree with Overbeyond that she needs to be a little messier to fit the idea...hehe. The eyes are striking, and nice with the color of her shirt.
I actually looked at this and mentally captioned it "Fuzzy Hair"...

Emily

[ken1953]

Thanx Tom and Emily...I was worried that I'd get that comment about not being "dirty" enough...haha..Tom...she was a little apprehensive...she's still a bit scared of slides and swings. As for the "Dirty Faces"...believe me...I have a lot more...I'll take into consideration some of the dirtier ones for my cover page.
Again...thanx for the comments...
Ken

[readingr]

Beautifull,

The expression is priceless, "What? My face is dirty?"

My only nit pick is the arm of the chair in the bottom right, other than that excellent.

Roger