Hi Frank ... This is one of the best photos of yours that I've seen, and I'll tell you why. But first, allow me this comment: all the other work of yours that I've seen here exhibits a certain enthusiasm, an excitement that can be seen and felt, but they're not all good photographs. Your obvious enthusiasm moves past the OOF shots, the poorly scanned shots, the shots that were less than ideally framed, and so on ... I suppose that the enthusiasm and joy and excitement that comes off the screen makes the less than technically good pics, good pics. I hope you understand what I'm trying to say ... I suspect you do.
Now, this shot has a much different look and feel to it, not only because of the subject, but because everything seems to come together .... framing, focus, clarity of purpose, strength of the image, and so on. It's as though everything you've been learning has come together in that 1/125th of a second that it took to make the exposure, even if not consciously. This looks like a very deliberate shot ... It is a great photograph ... it is a ~PHOTOGRAPH~ not an image, not a pic, not a snap. This is one that deserves to be printed well, and printed large. This is one that I'd want to hang on my wall. One thing that's not clear on my screen is if the blacks have any detail. I'd hope that there are some areas that are completely black ... this photograph needs such depth ... I wish I could see the print. shel
