Delight!

rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
edited February 9, 2010 in Street and Documentary
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I could not, for the life of me, decide which would be the stronger image to post. So I decided to post both since they tell a two frame story.

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  • TEWMOMTEWMOM Registered Users Posts: 22 Big grins
    edited January 27, 2010
    i just love the expression on the babies face in the second shot. I like this style of photography, now that I have had a taste of it in the PJ contest I just may have to get out and keep working on this style of photography.
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2010
    rainbow wrote:
    754723426_L7aDc-L.jpg

    754818199_TLkfg-L.jpg

    I could not, for the life of me, decide which would be the stronger image to post. So I decided to post both since they tell a two frame story.

    It's a tough call - on the one hand I want to be closer to the baby. On the other hand, I really like seeing that the dog owner is an old guy, who one assumes is connecting with baby and mother through the dog. I like that connection, and I like the contrast between the white haired owner, and the child.
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2010
    TEWMOM wrote:
    i just love the expression on the babies face in the second shot. I like this style of photography, now that I have had a taste of it in the PJ contest I just may have to get out and keep working on this style of photography.

    The fun part of this genre is that you have no idea what photo ops will materialize. There are no expectations (like if you did a people shot, they want to know when they can view your shots) and it engages you in a different manner on something so simple as a stroll in the neighborhood.

    It was the baby's expression in the second that had me coming back to it and finally deciding to post both shots.

    Thanks for looking and commenting.
  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2010
    bdcolen wrote:
    It's a tough call - on the one hand I want to be closer to the baby. On the other hand, I really like seeing that the dog owner is an old guy, who one assumes is connecting with baby and mother through the dog. I like that connection, and I like the contrast between the white haired owner, and the child.

    You explain my difficulty of preference well. The baby's eyes in the first are totally engaged with the dog and demanded this close crop as the mother and dog owner are incidental. The second one has a more tenous connection between the child and dog, but a greater one within the group of four.

    Thanks for your insight and comments.
  • pkhonapkhona Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited February 9, 2010
    rainbow wrote:
    You explain my difficulty of preference well. The baby's eyes in the first are totally engaged with the dog and demanded this close crop as the mother and dog owner are incidental. The second one has a more tenous connection between the child and dog, but a greater one within the group of four.

    Thanks for your insight and comments.


    Both are excellent, I like second one simply because of innocence of child is captured.
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2010
    pkhona wrote:
    Both are excellent, I like second one simply because of innocence of child is captured.

    Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed them.
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