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An Afternoon in the park!


marco_ruggiero

Shot with Kodakchrome E 200 and changed to B & W. only in P S.


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This is the kind of photo that i will come back to anyday in which I may be down...The smile on her face is what perserverence is all about...A couple of summers a go I taught a man with one arm to photograph and print in the dark room...Often durring his struggle he would smile like this...An afternoon in the park is right on the money...Soft on focus..sharp on spirit!
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Although I did realized the bit out of focus, I shot it with a long lens and my eyes not quite what they used to be. But as you I loved the expressions and the whole composition.

From you always an inspiration.

Ciao.

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Marco, what bothers me (appart from the scanning!), is the fact that the womans hand is missing in that white area... I can not help it...
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The couple were in the park, enjoying a fall afternoon. I took this

with a zoom lens and I thought that the composition and scene were

worth it. Especially since the lady who is an amputee ( she is

missing her right arm) and still appeared to enjoy the picnic.

 

Comments and critiques are always welcome.

 

Thanks.

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I love the way you're developing your eye for the everyday. I don't care if this is a bit out of focus, or if some of the whites are blown out... What matters is that you've caught a terrific moment of life. If the shot was perfect, the result would have looked staged. You're getting better all the time.
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it is a sweet moment, imagine how they were when they were young! now they are a team, going about their set up with a casual efficiency . . . so it is poignant in its story, around her it is blurred, and that is somewhat distracting, but the story is still there to enjoy.
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As Dennis Barnett said, you've caught a terrific moment of life. Some of the static from the image, the leaves, or focus issues, give it different effects. The framing is great; I wonder if he offered his hand to help her up, but from this, it looks like he is about to, and the other might have been too 'given'. Ciao.
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Thanks very much for your comments. I am glad that you liked it and that you did see the story it tells. However, what I hope to accomplish is to achieve the overall technical ability, while sharing the same story. Then I will have truly learned from you both.

 

Thanks to both for your interest.

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marco, i've never operated a film camera of consequence in my life, that takes more courage and skill than i have.
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Technical ability is great to have, but an eye for story-telling is much more valuable. There's something charming about a less-than-perfect shot like this one, Marco. Someday, you'll be a technical marvel, but don't lose your observant nature in exchange.
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Marco, I think that women makes all the diference.

Imagine that womem with both arms... Will she touch our mind? No. Will this pic be diferent? No, I think not. Regards, CC.

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Marco, you shot a very good moment and compo. The image makes me think about the good life and times of this couple together (apart her arm's loss...). Be careful to the white zones in the woman's shoulder, it seems to me there is an excessive sharpening effect which you can for sure work better. I am also impressed of how the park was left dirty...I thought these things happen only here in Italy...
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Marco, bien cogida, me gusta mucho. Charo creo que ha vuelto a poner el dedo en la yaga y quiza tambien si se recorta por arriba se saca mejor al senyor del matorral del fondo. Es una sugerencia de recorte, no se que te parece.

 

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I regret that I do not understand what Manuel is saying in his paragraph above, however, the revised framing here really changes the photo for the worse. By removing the "air" around the subjects, it also removes the freedom that allows the photo to breathe. Photojournalistic photographs need not be perfect; it's their spontaneity that creates the feeling as much as anything else. I'd leave Marco's photo as is.
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yo no la cortaria....me gusta el momento que has captado ...lo que veo, son como muchos puntitos negros en la foto...(a lo mejor es mi monitor)
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La escena es muy interesante, yo lo unico que veo raro es que el escaneo que te han hecho no es muy bueno y que al traje de la Sra. le falta mucha informacion, por eso el efecto de la mano queda como si le faltara la mano, no?
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