I much prefer the 2nd (tighter) crop. The broader view adds context. Maybe. I am not sure what the context is. Are they at school? On a field trip waiting to go in someplace famous? Waiting for the school bus? Waiting in line for a vacant PortaPotty? No clues there for anyone who was not there at the time, and so the “context” is just extra surrounding noise. Even with the caption, I still am left in the dark. Is the Paul Revere school the school Revere went to? Did he teach there? Stable his horse there? Or is it just another of those random landmarks and institutions named in his memory?
In the tighter crop, you have three main stories going on plus a few more. The interaction among the three girls at the head of the line. The purple dress girl toward the back who is the only one aware of your presence. And the shoving match among the red-head and two others in the center of the line. The sidewalks lead the eye to the first two “stories”, the line of kids is itself a pointer to the middle group (and the several other individual scenarios being played out). I like it a lot. I like that the simple line of kids reveals so many different exchanges among the subjects. Look from a distance and you have a static image. Look more closely and it is like magic! You have enough material there for a whole book of short stories. BTW: for some reason I was thinking that your road trip would involve travel in the midwest. I saw your subject line and my first thought was: “Which crop do I prefer? She’s going to display a corn field vs. wheat field…” It has been a long day, I’ve been working too hard. stan On Jun 19, 2014, at 5:41 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > Well, we made it home from our 2,267 mile road trip! I’ve been working on > photos this morning and wondered which crop you might prefer? I caught these > cuties during recess outside their grammar school. The shot was a bit > rushed; I didn’t get as close as I would have liked given I had the 21mm on > the camera. Still, I got some good looks and poses. But I would very much > like to know which crop you prefer. There’s something wonderful about all > that brick and those trees, but the kids expressions really pop on the other > crop. > > http://www.caguila.com/bostonkids/index.html > > Cheers, Christine -- 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.
