Puppy at play!

ChaKira

Hi

I'm wanting to enter these in a competition but not sure how to edit them, any ideas/advice please?

AlexShark

Hi ChaKira!

Editing requires some purpose behind it, usually to support and emphasize the subject.

#1 is a strong image of Puppy at play. It almost does not require any processing. Some might say there's a little too much of the blurred space on top that adds nothing. You might want to crop a little, perhaps making the photo 8 x 10 size. Some gentle sharpening at a low radius might put more emphasis on the eyes. But that's about it.

#2 has many superfluous elements, and to my taste is not nearly as strong as #1. Girl's eyes are closed, which breaks the connection with the puppy. Even with the massive cropping and imaginative post processing, I would not consider this frame worthy of a submission.

Good luck!
Alex

Stumblebum

Lovely moments! Nicely done!
For one, I too would take off some from top....inch perhaps....then eyes become stronger focal point...
For second, I would do tight crop on just kid and the puppy.....baby landed on nice background...uniform wall......

ChaKira

Thank you for the comments.

Better?

Stumblebum

Super!

ChaKira

Are these better?