Christine, Like Frank says, it's a wonderful photo. Her glamor look/detachment and his look into the camera make it captivating. Given his haircut, I can't help but think of him as military on leave and on a date with the girl from home. Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 9:49 AM, frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 3:41 AM, Christine Aguila > <cagu...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> Hi Everyone: In early Oct, my husband & I took a drive down Rush St.; I >> hadn't been there for years. I tended bar on Rush st. for several years at >> a place called The Hangge Uppe, and it's still there, though much has >> changed on the street. Anyway, I took this pic--a real drive-by, though I >> was stopped at a stop sign. The original pic is a mess--at 2500 ISO it's >> grainier than an Iowa silo, and it has enough of those pink & blue artifacts >> to give a digital archeologist an orgasm. I think those 3 lights in the >> background biased the metering causing the original pic to >> underexpose--hence the grain/artifact issue when trying to brighten it up. >> >> Since Oct, I've been rendering the heck out of it, and tonight I think I've >> finally settled on this rendering. Interestingly though, just now I printed >> this pic on some Illford Gold Fiber Silk, 8 1/2 x 11, and it looks A LOT >> less grainer than this digital version. >> >> >> http://tinyurl.com/ygzuu7m >> >> http://www.caguila.com/caguila/rushstcouple/content/20091010__IGP5336_large.html > > I think this is a stunning photograph! At first blush it's a simple > snapshot of a young couple out for a night of fun, but the more time I > spend with it, the more it becomes. > > Beyond the wonderful composition (love the traffic in the background), > there's something about the body language and facial expressions of > this young couple that's absolutely captivating. It's as if, while > they obviously know each other and are (on some level) comfortable > with each other, neither of them ~really~ wants to be there right now. > There's a fascinating disconnect between them, as if they're out on > their "date" because they ~have~ to, not because they ~want~to be > together. > > There's a strange discomfort that I sense between them - it may have > been a fleeting thing that was only there for the moment that you > snapped the photo, and maybe all this stuff that I'm "getting" is only > an illusion, but I've got to tell you, your photo makes me ~think~. > > This is one hell of a photo! > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
