High Tech Child

My 2-year grandson was mesmerized watching Snow White and the Seven

Dwarfs on a portable DVD player with wireless headphones. It is

amazing to me that such technology is available. But then.....I

took this photograph on a digital camera, and am sharing it with you

on the internet. More amazing yet. As always, thank you for your

comments and critiques. Rick

Great photo. I never realized the light from a LCD screen was so nice! Keep up the good work.

Rick, this is a great shot. Great composition, and the lighting from the video was perfect illumination for the boy's face (I assume no flash). You even picked the exact right time in the video, during a frame that everyone would recognize. Kudos. I'll bet he didn't even notice you taking the shot. This is one you will have to show him when he is an adult. Imagine what the tech world of his kids will be like.

Super capture, he is quite intent isn't he? ;))) The light from the monitor illuminates his sweet face beautifully.

Nice light, sad state of affairs.

Rick, I really love this image. It enters this little boy's internal world in a very intimate, sensitive way. At that age, fantasy is so real, so alive, and we have a sense here that the little boy is totally involved...that, for the moment, nothing else exists except himself and Snow White. Wonderful, evocative image! J

For all of your very nice comments on this image. This little boy is beyond special, and it is a joy for me to share his energy with you.

Not only the boy, the photo is something special.

Great composition!!..Technicality well executed!!....Saludos.

cool pic!!!

i love you work

Excellent!

He's mesmerized by the fairy tale, and we by the very creative use of light. What a lovely and intriguing scene! You've got to be happy with this one. What did the little one say about the pic?

 

I noticed that for the b&w version you opted for a more contrasty image. So I'm sure you decided to do something different on this colour version. Just for a comparision, I couldn't help doing a little curve adjustment and adding a gradient from the right to see how it works to draw more attention to the face. I also did a tad tighter cropping at the top and bottom. What do you think?

Hi Liu, I like your changes. It tightens up the image, and focuses greater attention on his face (which now has a bit more contrast). Thanks for the suggestion! Rick

Very nice work!

Excellent capture and brilliant light. Well Done.

excellent... 7/7

I love it.

its a nice capture.light excellent.its interesting how have you avoided waves on lcd.

Hi Ibrahim,

Here is the original of the photograph. The highlights on Snow White were lost in the original capture because the exposure time was 1/2 second (it was dark where he was watching it). So...I had to add back the image and then blend it in. Rick

excellent capture of today's generation!

I dont care how you did it ,it's still a beautiful shot .Very nice light and expresion and i love it.Regards,Judy

Intense! Well seen.

Wonderful capture and composition. That sweet face lit by the screen with SnowWhite in it--couldn't be more appropriate.

10/10

oh sorry....7/7 :)

Great capture, Rick! He's so into the show and the lihghting is just perfect. 7/7