i agree! great energy!

cool one. well captured and you'd used the right shutterspeed. an image full of energy!

Well as you can see from the other comments, this is a great shot and nothing should be changed!

Very cool... way to capture the fun in a moment!

love the joy of this .. that innocent childhood joy .. beautiful shot !!

... looks like they just had a big street fight, and they're hovering over their enemy.
"Take that!"

I like the lighting and the expression. Nice capture. Again the signature takes away from the photo. I really like this shot though.

Wow! This is a lovely candid scene. The light source and it's cast of light is nice; it really draws the viewer in to looking closer at all the illuminated features. Well done.

I agree with byutanner, ditch the signature line. Across the board, it's distracting and draws the eye away from the image.

Again Andrew...a wonderful photo...but my eye is again caught by the signature. Possibly a border or frame with the signature if you feel you need one. The subject is great - as Jason said the lighting and expression are wonderful. On this site, signature lines aren't needed - I hope you will consider that in the future as I find your photos to be wonderful and detracted only by your signature lines.

Ditto with the signature line. Once I covered it up I was able to make a whole story in these kids expressions (the girl is pissed that the kid in the foreground just cheated her on the price of goldfish. the kid in the bottom left is scared that his fat friend is going to say something stupid and get in a fight with her.) The girl in the Mickey Mouse shirt looks so grown up standing that way. Must have been one great street fair!

i don't get detracted by the name but i miss the hole head of the man, in other way, i think that the bottle is the only thing that detracts me from the focus, it makes me look at the details insted of the hole image.
The colour is so great, that orange is incredible.

To me the bottle is very important, because it's a documentary photo. The monk has gone from house to house begging for his breakfast. Here you can see what he has to sustain him for the day. There is water and a glass, the pot with rice remaining in the bottom, and packets of food to eat with the rice. Someone else mentioned the angle; I angled slightly down in order to see into the pot. As for cutting off his head, that's something I often do. Are others bothered by that? Keep in mind, including the top of his head would mean seeing more to the left and right with more potential distractions. I come in close like this when I want a feeling of intimacy, like being there with the person.

The colours are very good but I think the intimacy of the picture could be improved by including all of the subjects head.

This reminds me that people who shoot in very close like this (right in front of him) often favor a 24mm lens. I was shooting at 40mm (24 x 1.6 crop factor). To have included his head I would have needed to move away. It would be better to get even closer with the 24 and do it. Anyone have a 5D to sell cheap?

I also tend to crop the tops of heads off for a feeling of closeness. If the angle was lower to include his hair (what there is of it anyway) you would lose the focus on the ingredients and the pot would look too important... detracting from other details like the strength in his arms and his sense of calm concentration. I like it!

I think this photo has a lot of potential. I personally find my eye drawn back over and over to the signature as the dominant part of the photo - I might suggest (as I have been told myself) that you do not add a signature to photos you post here. Disregarding the signature line, I also feel that the left dark portion of your photo is too dominant and should be cropped. The sun reflected on the water and the netting on top are nice touches.

I agree with about everything Sher said. Sig is distracting, too much domination from the left. You have a good location and great timing, just wish it was framed different...

Wonderful capture of the colors of the sky and water. The only thing I would add to the previous comments is to level out the horizon. If you were going for an angled shot, I would suggest making the angle more pronounced.

Too much dark area. Negative space can be very constructive sometime but I feel that in this image it is overbering.

Nice landscape, this probably fits very well in reflections or backlighting. I agree about the dark area, it's too dominant and isn't helping the balance.

great portrait!