'The Eyes of Three Lovely (and Much Loved) Daughters' [The Three Daughters: Photo VIII] © 2009,...

These are three young girls who visited Los Angeles from an outlying

city, under the care of their very loving parents, one night recently. The

story is in their eyes; one girl has her eyes tended by a loving momma,

another almost has bug eyes, while her intellectual sister, upper right,

peers over her glasses at all. Your ratings and critiques are invited and

most welcome. If you rate harshly, very critically or just wish to make

an observation, please submit a helpful and constructive comment;

please share your superior photographic knowledge to help improve my

photography. Thanks! Enjoy! John

Special thanks to member Meyer Samel for a recent editing tip and demonstration which greatly helped bring this photo to fruition in its best light.

I routinely request aid in helping 'improve my photography' and do not hesitate to thank privately and publicly those who are instrumental in helping me make those improvements.

Thank you very much Meyer.

John (Crosley)

'Three' daughters, not 'four' as in the Request for Critique.

No sleep = mistakes.

Apologies.

John (Crosley)

(they're still wonderful kids, no matter how many - really an impressive family, surely the result of impressive parenting.)

jc

This is just another style for me.

When I start repeating myself -- better -- when I cease trying new things, start calling pallbearers, please.

I may be 'identifiable' my certain 'style' to my photography, but I keep 'stretching', and who knows what I'll take that's new?

Who, for instance, thought a while ago I'd take a photo of fruit by the light of a single candle?

Not me, (until I saw the candle and fruit), but it worked, I think.

I just keep trying.

I may repeat what's successful; I'd be a fool not to do that. But not to stretch is against my nature.

Oh, and I'm extremely proud of this photo - If I could have a whole portfolio of photos of such quality, I'd be proud.

John (Crosley)

Are you now giving yoursellf comments? just kidding.... it is a nice serie as far as I am following it.

-kind regards Els

No one else did.

So I did.

But then I added 7 more photos and made a folder out of it-- no rates, but critiques ok for other 7 photos.

12 minutes at a hot dog stand -- got all these photos in 12 minutes.

I think I did very well, inspired of course by wonderful kids and an outstanding momma who was very encouraging (and obviously a super mom).

john

John (Crosley)

BR,

--MAA

This is a little bit of a departure for me; a step up if you will into more of the world of real Leica-style photography (but with a Nikon SLR).

I like it very much, and you notice it anchors a whole folder (all photos taken within 12 minutes --seven more of then, a couple of them not bad at all, and some more of them dependant more on the 'story' being encapsulated.

I used to do such things more often -- create folders and never offer them for critique, but watch the 'view' numbers climb into the millions! Imagine that, but 'views' were counted differently then.

I expect to keep this folder and the photos in it; I can't remember when I last removed a photo except when it just was a wrongly posted stinker.

Thanks Mario,so much for taking the trouble to let me know your view..

John (Crosley)