Alexis Coxon

Absolutely gorgeous! Check It Out

I think that part of the other issue that I’m seeing is that your eye gets “stuck” at the right side of the photo. The railing leads it to the right, but there really isn’t anything there to lead it back.Check It Out

Wow, thanks!!! Check It Out

I think I liked the first photo better! Could you just flip it horizontally? (I know some people hate to do that … I worked at a newspaper — not as a photog — for 14 years, and it always feels a bit “dishonest” to me.)Check It Out

I lied. I used curves, not levels.Check It Out

Thanks for the terrific feedback, everyone! I can’t tell you how nice it is to get real feedback instead of lots of, “Cute kid! Great shot!”

The hazy look was come by naturally — the sun was shining on my lens a bit — and I had wanted to keep a bit of it, though I do think I went too far in that direction.

Here’s my re-edited pic. I used…[Read more]

That’s a different photo from the first, right?Check It Out

Congrats! Gorgeous work!Check It Out

@Diogo405, do you mean the other wheel of the tricycle?Check It Out

I had the same initial thought as Diogo — I would try to get down low, if possible, so that more of the tree is against the sky.Check It Out

Hmmmm. I think I preferred it with the bottom of the window more parallel to the bottom of the photo, though, as in the first pic.Check It Out

I think the only thing I would have changed would be perhaps to have the window more toward the right side of the frame, so your eye is drawn more across it.Check It Out

It seems as if it needs more space on the bottom to me — is there any way to clone in more grass, or is there more from a different shot you could use?Check It Out