Round 'n Round

it brings out the feeling how HAPPY and how FAST the childhood is, eye-catching and touching.

This is a wonderful picture.It captures absolute joy .Nothing could be better. I love it!!!!

7/7

 

This really tells the story of simple childhood joys. No video game, no TV, just a nice day and Dad to swing me around. Her expression is priceless.

 

I did think though that you took it with the camera hanging around your neck on 5 sec timer with manual focus and small aperture for lot's of DOF, until I read how you did it.

 

I would get this up on a stock site ASAP. I could see it being used to sell all kinds of things.

Well deserving POW. It has it all. It tells it all. Congratulations Mike on a fabulous photo that can't help but make one smile.

I love the picture !!!

Could you share with everybody the details, how the picture was taken,what lens? :)

Ps. by the way, dont worry about Maria's comments( she must've seen another picture, another set of eyes...-my daughter loves to play like that as well, the only thing is-- I cannot spin for too long, I am getting dizzy NOT her!!! :)

Nice photo Mike which works really well, that I would have been proud to have have taken of my children and put in a frame - didn't quite get round to it though!

 

One small negative criticism though; that the adult's supporting hands are unbalanced in that, as a result of the light and shadow, they are different colours (one orange and one purple!) and there is a watch on the left hand. Once your eye has wandered away from the girl's face this detracts slightly from an otherwise excellent photo. The other photo in your folder (of an older daughter??) is nicer in this respect.

 

Nevertheless, I do appreciate the difficulties of taking this type of image and it is an excellent photo.

 

David B

Mike, you have captured the pure essence of childhood, absolutely fantastic! Thank you for sharing. 7/7

Fantastic photograph! But, how did you capture it? Camera strapped to your head/helmet/cap? And how did you actually make the shot? Someone clicked it with a remote control? I am going crazy! I need to know.

As this one wraps up it's reign as photo of the week, I would like to thank all of you for the compliments, comments, and critiques. I'm glad most of you enjoyed the image for what it was. I'm sure my daughter will love looking at this one when she grows up and remembers what it was like to be carefree and innocent as a child. You can check out some of my other work at www.PBase.com/Mike_Curtis

 

To Mahesh: You'll find the answer to your question a few comments above yours.

Thanks for the tip Mike! I should read the forum posts completely before scratching my brain about how to take those photographs..

I feel dizzy when i look at this picture closely, as though i am being spun around and not the child in the picture. i just wonder how you managed to take such a shot...Excellent

Hi Mike, just adding my admiration for the result of this shot.I read all your explanations about how you took it: not easy conditions ( and funny scene for watchers), but the result is amazing. Besides the technical aspects, I think the little girl's expression is priceless: excitement and joy. Congratulations.

Mike,

 

Sorry, but I don't even believe in psychoanalysis or any other mental health

psychobabble! You read too much into my comment.

 

Not everyone is going to love everyone one of your photos. Don't be a sore sport about

it. Beyond that, well done on making POW.

 

Maria

Maria, thanks again for your input. It seems that you are the only one that just doesn't get it. That's ok. I'm hardly sore about it. As far as the psychoanalysis comment... What do you call it then? You looked at a photo of a child that is obviously laughing, and said you see fear in her eyes, not joy. If I've mislabeled your interpretation, please correct me with the proper term.

 

Thanks again for your input.

 

Mike

Hi Mike. Thanks for replying. I didn't care to be spun around like that when I was a kid. That was my experience, that's all. So from my standpoint, there's nothing to "get". It's just an opinion of the shot, and no one died after my expressing the opinion. Well, I hope no one died! :) So ... no harm done.

 

I did give you a positive critique at one of your other shots, but I don't know if you saw that because you didn't acknowledge it. I always acknowledge every critique I get, even if they are negative, so that the person knows I saw their communication.

 

Cheers, Maria

Sorry for not commenting on the other critique. It was not a slight. I didn't realize folks went back to photos they've critiqued to see if a response had been given. Still new to how this site works. I do appreciate the feedback.

No problem. If you go to your "my workspace" page and scroll down a bit, there is a link

to click for "Follow-up on your comments on others' photos". Many members here will

check that feature periodically. There are so many useful tools and features on this site.

You will become familiar with them as you navigate more.

I think its a nice photo. Cameras have a funny way of capturing faces mid-expression, mid-sentence, etc, and create all kinds of variations when a kid is laughing. Mike, I bet there are hundreds of dads out there trying this after seeing your shot. My daughter loves that game too, and she also begs me to do it again and again.

 

Maria, you're completely out of line for telling someone how to treat their children because you didnt like this game when you were a little girl. Your past has nothing to do with this photo.

 

You mentioned that you cannot critique the photo without factoring in how dizzy she got afterwards and how unpleasant you assumed it is for his daughter. Thats the part you dont "get" that everyone else does.

Get over it, Dave.

awesome capture! love the panning effect and expression on her face. very interesting camera position also!! well done

Darwin may have already done it, but I think you did it as well if not better - GREAT shot - love the expression on her face!

 

 

very nice life in this photo.

I would like to echo others comments: I find this photo borderline frightening. Weird feeling. Great photo.

An arresting photo of an adorable child. I keep thinking of the photographer who had all his subjects jump and shot them in the mid jump. Forget the name,sorry. It brought out something unique in expression. And this whirl-a-ride did some of the same. A pleasant study which turned out to be a successful picture, and incidentally- a nice change from flowers and bugs in the daily submissions although those flora outnumber us in the biosphere:-) Nice work. Lovely girl.

Precious memories of when mine were young come to mind when I view this one. Thanks for the happy thoughts. Great photo...must have been very difficult to shoot.