Delano, If it's not too late to reply to your request, I think you need to thank the person who chose the boy's shirt for the day. The dark brown goes perfectly with the rest of your good photograph. It helps make it, in other words. Tone-wise, you've got a plain if simple photo with sepia tones on the child's face, a dark brown background with blurry spots that don't compete for attention (on my monitor, at least), and the dark brown shirt. Hey, it's got yellow stripes!
When you said you wanted a critique, I assume you wanted something slightly more thoughtful than the words in a Chinese fortune cookie. Let me try. The things I notice are that you chose a high angle and you aren't giving us any clues as to what the boy is looking at. The fact that I noticed the angle is high does not mean you should have taken it at a lower angle. I just noticed the angle was high, and that's FWIW. As for the lack of clues as to what has the boy's attention, if you were to provide clues you would have a different and far less simple picture. Besides, nowhere is it written that poetry and photographs must tell you everthing. You've taken a lovely picture of a child in one of those delicious moments when he is opening his mind to a cause of wonder. He looks to me as if he is trying to figure out how to use whatever information he is getting, and I enjoy looking at your photo and creating my own story of what the boy is thinking. The Pentax 50mm f1.7 SMC-M is one of four Pentax lenses that I own. It came with the first Pentax I bought, an ME-Super, over 20 years ago, and I love it, especially in low light. I don't know the film you used (Ilford 3200) but I am impressed with the color saturation of so fast a film. It does look look like you've got some hot spots especially on his cheek, but when you are wearing the perfect shirt for the occasion, what's a few extra Kelvins among friends? I hope this boy will get a copy of his photo that he can carry with him through his life, and that he will from time to time look at it and be reminded of his childhood and how wonderful it was and is to be learning things and adding to his experience. Bill Sullivan ----- Original Message ----- From: Peifer, William [OCDUS] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: 'Delano Mireles' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 6:11 AM Subject: RE: Critique request > Hi Delano, > > Wonderful shot! I really like the lighting on this one. Once again, you've > captured just the right moment, I think. (I also liked the one of your son > you submitted to the PUG a couple months ago -- another nice "moment" as > well.) Thanks for sharing! > > Bill Peifer > Rochester, NY > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Delano Mireles [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:32 PM > > To: pentax discuss pdml.net > > Subject: Critique request > > > > If anyone has the time I'd appreciate any critique on the following image: > > > > http://www.photocritique.net/g/s?00n2Vn > > > > Thank you! > > > > Delano > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
