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I was taking some shots to illustrate a story about the elderly. I like this one but it is not just 100% sharp do you think I would get away with it? C & C welcome.
John
half a step to the right and I think you would have had the killer shot John – maybe lose the lady on the left, but gain more of the faces of the two on the right hand side? The expressions are priceless. I can see quite a lot of digital noise in the oof areas – was this caused during the conversion to b/w?
With regard to the softness, it is difficult to say without seeing it in print. I got a star in last month’s NIPA competition with my photo of the african girl in Belfast on St Patrick’s day. I was amazed, because it was definitely slightly soft but obviously the judges did not view it up close, but stood back and viewed it at a proper viewing distance. A fairly large print is not meant to be scrutinised up close, imho.Ross
Hi John,
I agree with Brandyman with the lady on the left – loose her. As regards the softness and the noise I think it adds to a shot in B&W and especially as your subject is the elderly it in some way gives an aged appearance. I’m not saying noise dictates an old photograph but merely gives the impression of age. I quite like this one.
Alan.
[edit] it is a lady on the left, isn’t it?? :oops:
Despite the lady on the left its a great shot
nice work, it kind of shows the diffrent emotions of
an elderly person(s) sad,happy etc,etc and i like itbrandyman wrote:
A fairly large print is not meant to be scrutinised up close, imho.
Ross
I can’t see the picture, again-
happening more and more,
and only here-Unless you physically bar someone from approaching the print,
it should be capapable of seducing the viewer to get his nose up against the glass,
to see what the grain is made of-Ideally-
j
Thanks for the comments guys, I will do as suggested and try a different crop. One thing about the elderly is that they are predictable so i csn probably go back next week and they will all be sitting in the same places. I took a fair amount of photographs that night but only liked a few. They had to be taken by flash and I had expected them to be sharp but they wernt and lacked a lot of contrast. The room is fairly large do you think the flash (sb800 wasnt powerfull enough. any shots I took where I was reasonably close to the subjest were sharp enough. I was thinking of going back and trying some of camera flash, also I only had my ISO at 100 which I know was way to low.
Thanks again, any pointers welcome.
John.
Joseph sorry you cant see the photo, dont think there is anything I can do.
I agree with Ross on this one John. Compositionally I think it needed to be moved just a little to the right and lose the bit of a head on the left and it would have been a cracker, as a certain comedian from your neck of the woods used to say… :wink: The light looks a little harsh on the first lady..did you bounce the flash or was it head on?
As you say though, they’ll probably all be still in the same place when you call again :D I think elderly people make great subjects..and great conversationalists too…it’s a subject with plenty of scope for sure.
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