The second one is a very strong image. Getting down to the subject's level has made this one.
Personally I would crop out the crowd on the extreme right and clone out remains of the suitcase. I think this would centre the main subject more and give it even more impact.
Last edited by pschlute; 10th May 2019 at 02:48 PM.
I would echo what Peter has said, George, as it is what I would do. However, it may not be what you are aiming for. If you do want a strong image then let us know, a few additional tweaks could make a big difference.
For me, yes to losing the suitcase; but cropping the right side means having some large bubbles cut in two. If cropping, I think I would try a much tighter crop from the right and just leave a little of the girl's grey coat showing on the right side, possibly a square crop? That would retain whole bubbles and concentrate strongly on just one main subject.
In the first image that girl has a wet finger. I told her that if you have a wet finger from that soap you could put your finger in the bubble.
I already cropped it on the right side. I did till that funny shaped bubble. Going further I would loose that bubble and I wouldn't have a "good" place to crop to. I don't clone.
George
Great images, the edit is really good, it draws more attention to the boy(love his expression) - the main subject - yet captures emotion in the little girl with her smile as well (and I love her shirt).