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Auto WB will always just average the scene out to mid grey. You probably never want that! You need to select WB based on the primary light source - that will always get it right, unless you have two competing light sources (e.g. fluo and incandescent) - which will just be a problem whatever you choose. Moving off auto WB is a no-brainer - it's much easier than moving off fully-automatic everything, because everyone can recognise...

Welcome. Putting aside the technical, her expression and pose, which to me is both lovely and a little sad, are quite striking, making this a photo that I would think is very memorable. Getting that moment is far more difficult and important than anything else, and you got it.

The man is a terrific subject - he looks happy and relaxed with the camera, and the light is soft and diffuse which is excellent IMHO. However I feel it's oversaturated. Possibly a result of the lighting, possibly over-enthusiastic post-processing. Also the whites of his eyes are far from white - not sure if that is the result of a colour balance problem or not. There is a dark mark down lower part of the RH side of the image I would...

the stray dot over the building needs to be removed I would darken the far buildings, they are too bright. I would have gotten the moon in focus (if not taken a close up of it, then cloned in into the back of the shot a bit larger). OOF Light shots are subjective in nature, but still stay dots do need to be looked after as well as overly bright areas as well as other stray parts that do not support the main OOF Focal points. I see a slight...

Colour, but you've nuked her with the flashlight! It makes it look like she's photoshopped in. I'd have done it with a strobe, gelled to match incandescent, set white balance accordingly, and used quite a bit less light than you have.

I like the second. The distant mountains are brighter, and therefore more interesting. And I like the placement of the big rocks on the side with the smaller rocks leading to them. I also like the mistiness int he water.

Swings are a a bit of a pain to nail. It appears that the hands are sharper than the face in this one. I think portrait would have worked better than landscape. I am hinky about missing body parts, so would liked to have seen his/her little feet. Color looks good and i get a "what are you doing" feeling from the expression.

Aren't we requested to post only one picture per day?

I just recently started making ttv images with a kodak duaflex iv. I'm really enjoying it and I think the process of making the image that way is more important than the result. I find it really gets my creative juices flowing. I think this is a Cherry Tree and the blossoms are not upside down (see those leaves always like to face the sun) You chose a classic ttv composition with something of interest (the leaf) at the edge of the frame....

I agree with Luis but perhaps for different reasons. I like the 'sweep'/lead down to the person. This is too great in #1 and not enough in #3.