I allways look at pictures first and read later. The computer adds and the word RAM (which is a computer part) on the car linked the foreground and background in the shot. My thought was: Brilliant and a great capture of the boy too! Sorry ;)
Toine On 16 May 2010 13:35, frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > I sat on this one for a while, not really knowing what to do with it - > for several reasons. > > First of all, there's that silly "no cropping film especially from my > rangefinder" rule. I've since realized that while it's not my > preference, sometimes it just has to be done. > > Second of all, that background, especially the ads in the window of > the used/discount computer place was pissing me off. > > But there's just something about the look in the kid's eyes, the way > he's hiding his face behind the truck, his whole body language that I > find very compelling. > > Then I realized that those signs are part of this story in some way. > Distracting they may be, but they say something about the > neighbourhood where this was taken. > > I'm walking down Parliament Street in Toronto's Cabbagetown late in > the winter when I see this kid with his father. He's playing with > this truck. I start chatting and compliment him on the toy. He tells > me that his dad just gave it to him that day. I ask him and his dad > if they'd like me to take a photo of the boy and his new toy and both > agree. > > Hope you enjoy: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-toy-truck.html > > Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
