Very nice shot. The crisp and clearness of the face is amazing.

this portrait is not in studio and i cant control the light. Thanks for ur nice comments

I think your photography skills are good.
But,I don't understand why people put their babies in make-up?

see this little VDO and u understand. It's not US and beauty challenge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3XAgb4mfrs

Beautiful picture. Thanks for posting the video. It shows the beauty that these special children put forth. I really like these shots. Thanks for sharing them with us.

The shot is rather empty. There is the movement of the receding wave, and the bright stone, bu tthe rest of the frame is surplus. Maybe a crop would improve it, but I think you need to think about what you want to show here

empty...minimalism...simple. It's empty alright. What I try sometimes to do is to put as little as possible in a frame in an attempt to still convey a feeling. Kinda like a watercolor is what I thought of this one.
Thanks for the ideas though!

What I like about this photo is the sense of depth I get in the middle of the photo where the light blue water appears to be on a different plane than the rest of the photo...almost 3D. I do agree that the image is rather empty (one person's empty is another person's minimalism) and I do think the stone, in sharp focus is critical. I might have liked a larger stone. Still, it's an interesting photo and idea behind it.

I think it's a good image. However, for some reason it leaves me yearning for more contrast. I don't just mean cranking it in photoshop, but basically the composition makes my eyes confused about what to look at. There are a few different shapes to look at, but the way the composition is set up my eyes don't flow smoothly across the image. If minimalism was the goal I don't think this photo accomplished it honestly. When I think minimalism, I think of something relaxing and easy on the eyes, but I didn't get that from this photo.

This is just what came to my mind. You don't have to follow my advice but I hope you found it interesting to read!

Clouds, clouds, all clouds. I would have shown a little more towards the rule of 1/3s. Either show the ground or don't. This framing is just distracting. The highlights in the sky are blown out.

I have to agree with beamer. Id have lost the top 1/3 and captured more of the ground, which would have given almost a thirds shot. Its a difficult exposure - either the highlights or midtones - I think I would try to save the highlights and process the midtones in later

I think i know what you were trying to show the beam of ligth going down, unfortunatly your photo lack of focus even with hdr and tone mapping processing it couldnt come rigth better than what you show us,overburn sky ect.
just by curiositie what where youre using for that take, camera lens tv av ect.Maybe with that information more construtive help i could bring
keep on the good work

Hi marcouet52,
unfortunately this image was taken with a camera borrowed from work. I'd been taking snaps of something else and saw the sun coming through the clouds as i got back to the car. It literally was a snapshot!
The camera used was a nikon D40 with its standard 18-55mm lens.
Now have my own SLR and have hopefully got a lot better over the last 18 months!