Thanks, Stan, and everyone else! Great feedback from everyone. I've got Jack's crop stewing in my head, but considering those comments from those who prefer the tighter crop. As they say I think I'll sleep on it.
Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad > On Jun 19, 2014, at 8:00 PM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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. > -- 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.
