Fountain Photos

donek

I rarely post as I'm pretty busy, but I thought I would share these shots I took on vacation in Knoxville, TN.

This young man was having a blast.







My little girl and her cousin.

C & C welcome. I know I'm not the best at providing feedback, but I'd love some input.

MrPeepers310

^ this one has to be the best! The range of expression is classic when i first saw it i was completly laughing cause i can utterly tell what the kid is feeling great shot!
The second and 3rd shot im not to particular about cause you cant see his face which totally takes the whole personality out of the shot.
And the last one is cute of course. My experience is that if you shoot babies (with a camera :oogle ) the shot will always come out "cute"
Good Work my friend!

donek

MrPeepers310 wrote:

^ this one has to be the best! The range of expression is classic when i first saw it i was completly laughing cause i can utterly tell what the kid is feeling great shot!
The second and 3rd shot im not to particular about cause you cant see his face which totally takes the whole personality out of the shot.
And the last one is cute of course. My experience is that if you shoot babies (with a camera :oogle ) the shot will always come out "cute"
Good Work my friend!

Thanks for the comments. I think you're right on the 1st shot. I really liked the mood of the 3rd one though.

I'm a little biases, but I'd agree that I have a lot of really cute photos of my little girl.

Scarhart

I couldn't agree more. That first shot is fantastic!

Seefutlung

Nicely done! Just a suggestion ... On the first shot, how about taking a look at a tighter crop ... crop in on the left and right to only show waterfall and up from the bottom to eliminate the grill as best as possible. This may also be interesting in B&W with a bit more contrast. Regardless of my suggestions ... this is a very very nice photo ... good job.

athos

Seefutlung wrote:

Nicely done! Just a suggestion ... On the first shot, how about taking a look at a tighter crop ... crop in on the left and right to only show waterfall and up from the bottom to eliminate the grill as best as possible. This may also be interesting in B&W with a bit more contrast. Regardless of my suggestions ... this is a very very nice photo ... good job.

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winger

donek wrote:

This is really a great shot. I dont know if I would like it as much in B&W as someone sugjested, the only thing I would do is maybe a vertical crop (since the action is going north to south that sort of aspect ratio.
But its a really really cool shot, between the facial expression and the parts of his body that break up the waster flow, and the slightly extended exposure on teh water, its great!

Mr. 2H2O

Hey Sean,
Did you take those shots this week? If so, that number 1 would be a great submission to Challenge 68 "Blur".

Mike

FrankieAng

All of these images are great, but the first is just plain awesome. The composition is really nice and the crop is perfect to show the coloration of the stones. Love them all.

donek

Seefutlung wrote:

Nicely done! Just a suggestion ... On the first shot, how about taking a look at a tighter crop ... crop in on the left and right to only show waterfall and up from the bottom to eliminate the grill as best as possible. This may also be interesting in B&W with a bit more contrast. Regardless of my suggestions ... this is a very very nice photo ... good job.

I tried number 3 in B&W, but have so little experience converting I wasn't too impressed. I tried your suggestion on the crop. It does get rid of that annoying white object behind the fall. I was kind of partial to the mossy rocks, but this looks good to me as well.

donek

Mr. 2H2O wrote:

Hey Sean,
Did you take those shots this week? If so, that number 1 would be a great submission to Challenge 68 "Blur".

Mike

I was all excited because I finally had something that would work for the challenge, but it's a couple days outside the time frame. Too bad.

Mr. 2H2O

Hey, no worries. With the fouth coming up, look for some cool long exposures with friends and family and fireworks...should add a lot of fun to the contest!

Mike

deeya

Great shots!
I think the 3 shots of the boy under the waterfall would make a great storyboard... love that first shot!

As for the picture of your daughter.... terrific! You have a good reason for loving it!

Denise

DavidS

Great shots. I like the tighter crop. It focuses attention on the boy, who has a wonderful expression.

photogmomma

Personally, I love the first three! Just love, love his expression. And the body language in the second two are just so cool....

Honestly, I don't like the crop as much - I like the context that shows more of where he was. He is such a pull of focus in the shot that it's totally about him - even with the distraction of the rocks....

Gosh, I'd love to play this into B&W, but I also think the colors of the rocks are amazing...

Last one is cute, but a bit too "snapshotty" to me....

donek

It looks like there's a definite split on the crop. Based on the fact that the original is cropped in a bit and the tighter crop further reduces print resolution, I'll probably stick with the original.

Thanks for all the feedback. The comments and critique is great.

ziggy53

donek wrote:

I tried number 3 in B&W, but have so little experience converting I wasn't too impressed. I tried your suggestion on the crop. It does get rid of that annoying white object behind the fall. I was kind of partial to the mossy rocks, but this looks good to me as well.

Yes, yes, yes, I love this one. His expression is what explains what is going on, and there is nothing outside this frame to help the composition or explain the setting, we don't need it.

He is in sensory overload as the water pounds his body, and his arms and hands and face show that "he loves it" and that's all we need to know.

This is a great moment and I thank you for sharing it with us.

ziggy53

Angelia

WOW....thats all I can say....I adore the first shot....so refreshing!