I missed this one earlier. I like the tonality and the composition. Didn't notice "raccoon eyes" until you mentioned them. You could easily dodge them a bit. Nice shot. Paul On Nov 29, 2009, at 1:02 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
> Big thanks for the kind words, Frank--and Dave, Bob, Tim, Marnie, Jim, & > Derby. Right before I took this shot, the couple was disentangling from an > embrace, and as they came out of it, they spied me, and then I took the shot. > I think I startled them, which probably accounts for the "discomfort" Frank > is sensing--it also accounts for the softer focus since they were moving, > which is a disappointment for me--as is the raccoon look to their eyes--more > pronounced on the digital image than in the print. Jim: I'll try the crop, > and Derby, had a giggle over your guy/girl fashion comment! Thanks again for > the feedback everyone. Much appreciated. Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" > <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 9:49 AM > Subject: Re: peso rush street couple > > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 3:41 AM, Christine Aguila > <[email protected]> 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 > [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.
