Hi Bob: It's so interesting to get feedback from photos. It's very interesting to learn what others see in photos. I don't think I see a severity in her countenance, more of a reserve, to be sure, but then I bring a 16 year friendship to the photos. Good to get feedback from fresh eyes. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 9:27 AM Subject: Re: GESO Belinda Portraits > Christina, > I think Frank is right. > The first portrait is better because she is more relaxed. > The others, with her bundled up, holding the top of her jacket closed > are stylish, but > she ends up communicating a much more severe countenance...Like my > grandma is mad at me. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 9:09 AM, frank theriault > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Christine Aguila >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hi Everyone: >> > >> > Here are 4 informal photos of a dear friend of mine, Belinda. K10D, >> > DA*50-135, all at 135mm, tripod mounted. We had a bit of dress-up >> > play. >> > >> > Belinda 1: 1/20 @ 5.6, ISO 100 >> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6981777 >> > >> > Belinda 2: 1/8 @ 4.0, ISO 200 >> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6981804 >> > >> > Belinda 3: Heavy crop of above >> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6981841&size=lg >> > >> > Belinda 4: 1/25 @ 4.0, ISO 280 >> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6981865&size=lg >> >> I really like the first one - the lighting helps make this a lovely >> portrait. >> >> In the other ones, however, she doesn't seem relaxed to me. I just >> don't get the feeling that she's comfortable in front of the lens. By >> the overwhelmingly positive comments, it seems that perhaps I'm the >> only one that feels this way. >> >> I do like #1 a lot, though... >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >> -- >> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
