[LRflex] Re: IMG little janis...


On Jan 27, 2008, at 3:34 PM, Ted Grant wrote:


Steve Barbour showed:
>>Subject: [LRflex] IMG little janis...another image of janis..after her heart surgery...
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/hospital+kids/ janisv.jpg.html<<< 
>>>previously this image was shown...(thank you for response)
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/hospital+kids/ janis.jpg.html<< 

Hi Steve,
The after photo doesn’t work! WHY? My first reaction is she’s not sharp where she should be, right on her near eye. Maybe my screen, maybe the angle, but when you check the two pictures side by each the first one grabs on an OK basis both sharpness and the subject, strong “good feeling photo with her little fingers and big hand.” The after the operation sends the wrong message… much like, “this is a sick kid in the negative tone!” Whether that’s because she looks sick plus out of focus or the semi out of focus look due to depth of field throws it off. Sorry the second just doesn’t cut it when you see the two together. First picture has a positive feeling, second is negative.
thanks Ted... you are exactly right, this image is a bit more of a dose of reality, and it is not sharp where people expect it to be... 

that's why I need a good editor...
I've think that maybe I've gotten so close to the subjects and the images...it's hard to be objective.
there are two issues, as I see it... first, is it a good photo ?, and second (and independently) is it a positive image ?
this one may fail on the first issue, and yes, second issue... it is certainly emotionally tougher.
In fact by focussing on the IV, and having the child and the mother oof to some extant, I thought that it would work emotionally. 

I'd like to be able to occasionally show emotionally tough images.

but the question is... how far to go?
I want realism, I don't want to shock my audience, I don't want to go soft... 

I'd appreciate Ted's thoughts as well as those of others,

Steve


ted



thanks for many kind comments...


M6 Summilux 50mm f1.4 BW400CN...


my thanks for looking,

Steve
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