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Great XP2 Super grain courtesy of Visual Infinity's Grain Surgery. As anyone who has used XP2 Super knows the film is virtually grainless; Grain Surgery "corrects" that. When I printed this photo in a conventional darkroom Id get grain that looked much the same as this by using a grain or texture screen sandwiched against the negative. I could get similar looking frames by masking the center of the print with a light proof material and then exposing just the edges to light. I should add that shrinking this photo to photo.net's standard kinda ruins the great grain effect...looks better large.

Strong portrait here. The grain gives the look of an old wire service photo. More than that I like the expressions: curiosity from the girl, intensity and fierce protectiveness from her dad (who looks a little like Tom Waits). Is he of the Marine Club rockabilly scene? He sure has the look. Many of those cats would be great portrait subjects, like this guy.

Strange; Ever since I first saw this shots neg I thought that it's

one of the best photo'd I'd ever taken...& here it sits with only one

comment. Sometimes you get caught up in a photo, one look at it and

it takes you on a journey as your mind starts making up stories to go

with what your eyes see...this is such a shot for me. And now I must

confess...this shot was taken at a neighbour fair. I stole it without

the owners permission. It is one of the few times I've ever done that

& *I Don't Like To Do It*. Wish I would have been brave enough to get

their names. I'd like to mail them a note saying I would never have

gotten this shot if I'd asked first. That & of coarse send them a

print.

You know ... I find that there are several photos in my portfolio that seem to never even get looked at, and others get thousands of hits. I don't always understand that ... as the ones that get comments and ratings aren't necessarily the ones that I would expect and vice-versa. I guess that the photo.net elves put certain uploads closer to the tops of the galleries for some reason. I may never figure it out.

 

Regardless ... this is a fabulous shot. It caught my eye right away in the critique gallery. I told myself, "one more before I log off" ... and then I saw this. I will definitely come back to it again and again, I'm sure! You really have captured a wonderful moment here. You're right ... to have asked first would have been to sacrifice this shot. I haven't done any street photography, so I can't really comment on that. But ... I DO love this shot!!

A great shot, the eyes are expressive and they looked troubled, a moment well captured. (if I misinterpret the shot, pls pardon me 'cos I'm new. Just my feeling for the shot.)

a great picture that talks to me - I like it!

Great expressions on their faces. I am not sure about the grain; it may be just a tad too much.

and am not familiar with your portfolio - yet. But this truly IS a VERY STRONG IMAGE!

 

Here's what I dig about it:

1. The composition as cropped is absolutely perfect, right down to using the father's (assumption) tattooed arm to hold the image together there.

2. The combination of freckles in the faces and the grain (even if that grain is fake - who cares!) the grain adds a gritty realism to this image. And the added grain also adds extra tonality in the skin tones, not to mention helps hold the contrast up.

3. The girl touching her face in such a way as to suggest she's concerned about the guy pointing the camera at her, but still comfortable in her dad's arms, along with those clear bright eyes - adds up to a truly penetrating image when combined with the father's direct gaze into the lens. Easily could have been a portrait, except I sincerely doubt you would have been able to get that look in the child were this posed. Which is why I am very glad for you ( and you should be too) that you did NOT ask permission to shoot this image!

4. Sheesh! Are you kidding?!!! If you're going to go around and only shoot pictures of people who not only are aware you are shooting them, but ask their permission as well, you're going to exclude most of the best possible photographs of people. Just look at Bresson's work. Imagine if he'd worried about getting permission to shoot all his subjects? Where would photography be today? Naw man, you gotta be willing to nail what you see when there's a good picture to be made. They won't always be this good, but don't put such limitations on yourself.

5. The double whammy of the father and daughter's eyes looking right straight down the lens is almost over powering! Fantastic! Truly one of the most powerful images I've seen on photo.net!

6. he does look like tom waits!

 

Very well done! Glad you dug this out so everyone can see it!

Jim...I've known you for several years now. During that time I've called you on some things you've said or some ideas you've had; which is good, we wouldn't want you to think you were perfect! Then along comes a photograph like this and suddenly I'm back to believing everything you've ever done, ever said. My painting is my attempt to open a persons soul up for inspection. In this photograph you've captured, with your camera, what I strive for with my brush. And captured it with wonder. Brilliantly photograph slice of life, lovingly presented. SnD

very nice shot . Captured the moment well . DOF is well used to bring attention to the subjects

One of your best photo's jim. I'd like to see hoe it prints on a rough watercolor paper.

The man's gaze is so strong and his face so chiselled that it threatens to overwhelm, and it would be an advertisement for a men's cologne, until you see the girl. His masculinity is transformed from that of a pugilist to a father. She's a gorgeous child, and when you go back to the father, as you have to given the composition and strength of that part of the photo, the viewer re-interprets their initial assumptions. The uncertainty of her expression seems mirrored in his. He's strong, but that strength now seems somewhat sensitive, and not as blunt as one might have thought on first looking at the picture.

 

The grain is nice, but I would have toned it down just slightly. There's an artificial quality to it that's manipulative.

 

Wonderful image.

perfect grainy picture

Is the graininess here intentional?