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SyncopationSyncopation Registered Users Posts: 341 Major grins
edited March 18, 2011 in Street and Documentary
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Syncopation

The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking. - Brook Atkinson- 1951

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited March 13, 2011
    Nice composition. You caught them just right. Lots of energy here. thumb.gif
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2011
    Love this--I really dig the extreme contrast.
    I do have to wonder what it would look like with less contrast so we can see the one kid's facial expression.
    Nonetheless, I love the shot as is.
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  • sara505sara505 Registered Users Posts: 1,684 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2011
    Love it.
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2011
    Very, very nice!

    I wish for just a tad more space at the top, but that is nitpicking. It is a wall hanger as is.


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  • SyncopationSyncopation Registered Users Posts: 341 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2011
    Thanks for the comments everyone. The shot was taken into the sun and very high contrast to start with so I couldn't rescue any detail on the faces. I just bumped up the brightness and contrast further to give it a more dramatic look.

    Virginia, thanks for the observation. Fortunately the original does have a bit more 'headroom' and I agree it would look a more balanced if I used it.
    Syncopation

    The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking. - Brook Atkinson- 1951
  • sara505sara505 Registered Users Posts: 1,684 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2011
    Syncopation wrote: »
    Thanks for the comments everyone. The shot was taken into the sun and very high contrast to start with so I couldn't rescue any detail on the faces. I just bumped up the brightness and contrast further to give it a more dramatic look.

    Virginia, thanks for the observation. Fortunately the original does have a bit more 'headroom' and I agree it would look a more balanced if I used it.

    Details in faces are highly over-rated :-)
    Sometimes, just a hint of an open, gleeful mouth is enough. The shapes tell the whole story, nothing else needed.
    Sara

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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2011
    Love the shot! "Decisive moment" and all that. You have really captured an energy/emotion with this shot.
  • BendrBendr Registered Users Posts: 665 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2011
    Like it alot, the energy draws me right in!
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