Charlotte Thompson
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Great friends- "caught" in a male thing- was I lucky!
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William Blackford
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Playful bonding you seldom see in any photographs. The child's thumb inside the sleeve, the way his chin rests and the way he is using his weight against the strength of the adult friend. A very boys will be boys rough-housing moment. Very well done, lucky or not!
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Great friends- "caught" in a male thing- was I lucky!
Charlotte,
"Play Bonding" is a nice term and a great title too. I would consider cropping tighter in this occasion. What are the key elements? Maybe use brightness and shadow distribution to allow is to pick up this bond more powerfully.
Good job! This photograph has a strong human value. Having said that, there's a lot that one might do to move it further.
Asher
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Charlotte,
Let me go further in my thoughts. Here, you have a great dose of human value in the image. However it's flat and even.
With an image such as this, one can use shade to decrease the importance of some elements and illuminate and sharpen the key areas which make the image work. To what extent and how you do this depends of course on your own concept, esthetics and craft.
Asher
Let me go further in my thoughts. Here, you have a great dose of human value in the image. However it's flat and even.
With an image such as this, one can use shade to decrease the importance of some elements and illuminate and sharpen the key areas which make the image work. To what extent and how you do this depends of course on your own concept, esthetics and craft.
Asher
Rachel Foster
New member
It does a nice job of conveying emotion. I was wondering if by blurring it a bit more it might paradoxically make the OOF aspect less of a distraction?
Charlotte, may I post what I mean? I don't want to mess around with images without permission first.
Charlotte, may I post what I mean? I don't want to mess around with images without permission first.
Charlotte Thompson
Well-known member
William
exactly! what you saw-I saw- thank you for coming by I always like what you find in my work
Asher
thank you- I wanted to keep as much in the shot as I saw it maybe different crop might work better-maybe a bandw with shade from light to dark would be more compelling- but it is a good thought you have and I will maybe try it in bandw- or look at the cropping as well-
Rachel
I have no problems with seeing your ideas on this picture at all-
and thanks
wished I could have gotten into your site-
exactly! what you saw-I saw- thank you for coming by I always like what you find in my work
Asher
thank you- I wanted to keep as much in the shot as I saw it maybe different crop might work better-maybe a bandw with shade from light to dark would be more compelling- but it is a good thought you have and I will maybe try it in bandw- or look at the cropping as well-
Rachel
I have no problems with seeing your ideas on this picture at all-
and thanks
wished I could have gotten into your site-
Rachel Foster
New member
Here's what I did, Charlotte. It's not necessarily better, could be worse, but I'd be interested in reactions to this treatment.
I wish the freckles were still visible, though.
I wish the freckles were still visible, though.
Charlotte Thompson
Well-known member
Rachel
this rendetion has an oil paint feel to it-like a painting over a photograph
it is pleasing but takes away from the original photograghy if you know what I mean
it's different and creative what you did but it doesn't doesn't look like photography
this application I think would do well with flowers- very much so!
Charlotte-
this rendetion has an oil paint feel to it-like a painting over a photograph
it is pleasing but takes away from the original photograghy if you know what I mean
it's different and creative what you did but it doesn't doesn't look like photography
this application I think would do well with flowers- very much so!
Charlotte-