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Suggestions for next shot - Different bed colour? From brown to something else or perhap teddy holding loveheart or love hearts spread around. This was my only thought here
Excellent though - I had a similar teddy bear (lost now) and he had a deep purple bow tie and this is an excellent capture of teddy bear. The inclusion of the teddy bear to the right is good thought.
The choice of the socks - with different colours is great idea.
Wonderful picture - captured my interest immediately.
The contrast in the exposure seems pretty well to me, even though the highlights are a little more muted than I would like. I believe I'm seeing a little bit of a cross-processed style with some magenta added to the shadows.
On the post processing side of that, I'd actually like to see more of it. If you use Photoshop or a powerful image editor, I'd say keep the exposure about the same as it is now, but bring the shadows up to make them appear faded. That may reveal a softer side of the photograph, rather than keeping the light so harsh between the bear and the blue sock. Piggybacking on that, push a cross process into it a little more. Add a touch of magenta and maybe a soft, soft green in your midtones to see where it takes you.
My only other suggestion would be to bring the camera a little bit lower. I get the feeling that I'm looking down from knee-level and that the shot would be more powerful if the camera was lowered about five inches.
The pose of the foot -- the delicate lean of the left foot (and the attached symbolistic boy/girl relationship) is wonderful. The teddy bear is great as well, though he seems a little farther back than I'd have thought. Maybe keep him on an even plane with the ball of the feet to cheat the camera into keeping him aligned with the focal points of the image.
Keep it up!
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