Thanks for looking, Frank. Maybe you had to be there :-). Actually,
she's preening, patting her hair in place before I shoot. The menu is
partly visible in the foreground, but including more of it seemed to
disturb the balance of the shot.
Paul
On Apr 1, 2006, at 3:38 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On 4/1/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I went into town this afternoon with my sister, who is visiting from
Arizona. Since she never had a Detroit Coney Dog, I took her to what
we
call a "Coney" for lunch. Coneys sell hot dogs with chili on them and
various other fattening things, like chili cheese fries and some Greek
fast food like Gyros. They're a Detroit/Greek tradition. Anyway, there
was a young lady there with her mother. The young lady was wearing a
wedding veil. She's getting married later today and had gone to the
city with her mom to have her hair done. They stopped for lunch at the
Coney. I recorded the blessed event:-). FA 50/1.4, f3.5 @ 1/15th, ISO
400
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4285716
It's not working for me. For one thing, she looks like a beautiful
young woman, but that's not a particularly flattering photo of her.
Also, I'm not sure what she's doing with her right arm behind her
head. Is she winding up to throw something? It's really hard to
tell, especially in the context of a restaurant.
With all the build up in your description, I was expecting that
something in the photo would be unique to Coneys - a hot dog, a menu
on which we could read the name of the establishment; in fact I
thought it would be a shot of her eating one (but perhaps it's not
fair to talk of such expectations - I should just comment on the
photo, no?).
I do like the dynamics of the photo - nicely blurred bottom parts, the
tilt. I also like the booth partitions in the background - it gives
the photo a sense of place.
So, it's a mixed one for me Paul. Maybe your body of work is
generally so outstanding that you've spoiled me for anything less than
outstanding from you! <g>
cheers,
frank
--
"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
