Bored!

OrvSal · June 21, 2010

"We are Bored and want to go home!!!"
Taken at the family Fathers Day dinner. I did not know where else to post this but I love their expressions, so tipical of teenagers forced to hang out with family.

lizzard_nyc · June 21, 2010

Perfect capture!

You seriously nailed it.

Once again I am not looking forward to my kids hitting the teen years

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Out of curiosity I'd like to see it in b&w, but I do think it works in color and maybe a little cropping off the bottom. But even if you didn't touch it further, it's still a great candid capture of a very real moment.

OrvSal · June 21, 2010

Thanks, this is a crop, I tried taking some off the bottom but then the glasses were cut off a bit too much. The B&W version lost some detail and the effect of the colorfull table setting. Fortunatly, these are the grandkids and I can go home and let their parents deal with them like I did with our kids.

OrvSal · June 21, 2010

Here is a B&W version, which has more impact?

lizzard_nyc · June 21, 2010

OrvSal wrote: »

Here is a B&W version, which has more impact?

I do so like the B&W better because now it's all about their expressions and my eye doesn't roam around the table as much.

Glad you decided to post it here, I will be coming back to it all day--it just makes me laugh, it's so typical of teenagers.

bdcolen · June 21, 2010

OrvSal wrote: »

Here is a B&W version, which has more impact?

Definitely the black and white - and I might bump the contrast even more and try to burn in the blown out area somewhat. The expressions and postures are great.

OrvSal · June 21, 2010

Thanks for the replies and hints. I'll work on the B&W some more too.

OrvSal · June 21, 2010

After some quick adjustments, is this more better? If anyone wants to try their luck and repost it here, thats fine too. Thanks again.

Bored!

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