Yes, I too feel that that "tension" in her expression in Iryna beauty 2 diminishes the shot.
Glad you enjoyed the set. Thanks, Igor! On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 12:07 PM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: > > When I first looked at the first photo, I realized that it was an attempt of > (re-)creating a particular style/image. > But, I must admit, I was ignorant of the "original" that you (and Ann) > referenced. > > > I too think that > "Iryna beauty" ( https://flic.kr/p/22BGEGw ) > and "Iryna 3" ( https://flic.kr/p/23Cs9cf ) seem to be better because of > the muscle tension in the first photo in this thread (Iryna beauty 2). > (And despite understanding the style, I also didn't quite like the way the > hair was covering her eye in the first shot ("Iryna beauty 2"). It is better > in "Iryna beauty".) > > But I enjoyed looking at the entire set. Thanks for sharing, Bruce! > > > Speaking of the retro hair styles, - just recently I was thinking about > those from 60s and 70s, such as > https://goo.gl/fivsmM (I wonder if you could recognize this quartet) > and > https://goo.gl/dzLXKe > For me, that's a memory from the childhood, and they feel quite a bit odd > today (and I like the music from that era). > > I have a hypothesis that some type of "cycle" of the style generations > (I am not sure how many style generations, maybe 4 or 5, or maybe 40-50 > years). And in that cycle, some of the generations feel odd to the > "contemporary" eye, while some older ones do not. > Obviously, there are sharp "rebellion" switches between the generations > (kids nihilistically reject their parents' style and create the one that the > parents could not stand) that are probably 15-20 years apart, > But then, maybe 40-50 years-ago styles can look cool. (And that's probably > because those were something that the parents had opposed as it was > their-parents', i.e. the "grand-parents" style.) > And that's why, flappers look cool today (that's probably 2 full cycles, at > 90-100 years). Note last (this?) season's fashion trend: > https://goo.gl/qdHwri > > > Cheers, > > Igor > > > > Bruce Walker Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:00:30 -0800 wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 2:33 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> >> I am not really fond of her hair over half her face that way. > > > > That was a very popular look at one time, you know. Ever hear of > Veronica Lake? :) > > https://goo.gl/JXDrUo > > That was who I was making a little nod to. > > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
