Children in Wales

god, this is wonderful, something timeless about the children running, which transcends the neighbourhood, their corner of the world, a sense of wonder, joy and urgency that at one time all of us used to feel

I can't believe this ! What a master piece ! If this would be signed Cartier-Bresson, nobody in the world would doubt it was... Another thing... You have to teach me how to get all the kids 1 leg up at the same time ! Then I think I could find myself the way to have the shadows following the movement !... :-)

Mr. MacEachern's skill & intellect exemplify the

mystery & power that can be captured in the B&W

photograph.

I keep coming back to this picture. What a fantastic image. Ian definately is a master of his craft.

I'm visiting it again. If I was to choose a photo to put on my wall it would be this one. My preferred photo on this site until now.

If I could make just one photograph like this in my life. . ..

While this may not be superior photography, or remarkable, I do like its composition. The only thing I would have done was to crop the photo to make the kids the major focus, as this is the subject matter in this picture. If the tones weren't so flat, I would have liked it even more.

I had seen this marvelous picture months ago, but I had never read the entire thread - barely bits of it.

It's monday morning in Malaysia, and I clicked on this picture again to have a look at the thread. Oh my ! This really wasn't only one of the 10 or 20 best pictures uploaded on this site (way above the 10/10 rating by photo.net standards), it was also the greatest thread I have ever read on this site.

I was really impressed to see that Chris Battey had actually expressed exactly what I felt about Black & white Vs. Color, and no less impressed by the very powerful analysis Tony Dummett and Bert Denda made of Ian's work in general.

Pictures like this one don't come by chance. You don't just need a film, or a camera, r an eye, you need to have spent most of your life watching human beings and looking for the magic in the way they live. I can't add anything to what Bert and Tony said about your work, Ian. It is all so true and so well stated... but I can add this: you know who humans really are.

Thanks for so much Beauty, Ian.

I'm impressed by the image, by the thread and by your folders (of which, assylum has really impacted me profoundly) I have to thank Marc for directing me to you.

This has got to be one of the favorite images I have seen in a very long time... It captivates as a Bresson image would... You have captured that moment in time perfectly... The technical quality of light and shadows is amazing. The balance and the lines take you to the action as if you were really watching from above. The composition is perfect... I just love it!

Ian,

I'm only commenting on this one photo because I can't see how to rate the portfolio as a whole. For me this is the best of a fantastic body of work. I am so, so envious. The very best of luck to you. I had been a bit dissapointed about the photos I was seeing for critique on photonet, especially given the amount of technobabble that goes on, but your pictures set things right for me. Do you sell prints?

(BTW, interested to know how you rate that little Rollei 35? I have used one for about 10 years and get maddened by its ergonomics, but have to admit that it has produced some of my best pictures.)

Jonathan Reynolds