Response to Hilltribe children in Thailand

Your photograph is excellent! The fill flash worked perfectly in illuminating their faces and brightening the whites of their eyes. One thing I always have trouble with in my own existing light photography is getting the whites of the eyes white enough. I never use flash but I think you've done a great job here. I personally like the original crop because it is simply perfect; just tight enough. A tighter crop makes me think that it is tight. I also like the more rectangular format. I like the original brightness of the lights for the same reason that Wayne mentions. I also think the lighs help to balance the picture and provide depth. I think the use of fill flash is great, but there are two things: I don't particularly like the hard shadows, as subdues as they may be, that are cast onto the kids from their heads. It's not natural looking, but this is a true NIT PICK! The other thing is that the kids are so separated from the rest of the people. This is good for showing the kids, but not so good for showing the environment they're in. But that's another nit pick. As flash pictures go, this one is very successful in my view. Don't kids make great subjects?

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