This was first entered in challenge 26 (wide aperture), but I chose to re-upload for this challenge, because a lot of the comments were on a different photo, which I later changed for this one (in a new slot - but I copied the comments over).
Let me share the "behind the scene story" on this: I was alone with my son who was almost three at the time. He was very much into sticks in those days and had found a thick, 3.5 ft long branch on the ground and was carrying it around. He had this with him into the Potter's house (wouldn't let go of it).
Imagine that - a three year old boy let loose in a Potter's house with a 3.5 ft stick and his father trying to take pictures at the same time... When he started waving the stick around and up in the air, I told him to please go outside, which he did. But, cheeky as he is, he was waving the stick in the doorway: "Look daddy, I'm outside, but the stick is in the house!"
Needless to say, my attention was far from 100% on the photography part and I didn't have a lot of time to experiment with different compositions, points of focus etc - only got a few shots... Sometimes the challenge is not to get a good photograph, but to get one at all! I'm quite pleased with this one though. |