'That's SOME KISS!'

Somewhat difficult to decipher in thumbnail, this photo

becomes apparent when clicked on - it's a 'kiss' with a

difference, and gives new meaning to 'popping one's top', I

think.. Your ratings, critiques and observations are invited and

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

make a remark, please submit a helpful and constructive

comment; please share your photographic knowledge to help

improve my photography (very low light/high ISO) Thanks!

Enjoy! john

I've contended since I joined Photo.net in 1994 that Photo.net is sometimes too serious and Photo.netters tend to take themselves and their photography too seriously.

I continue to believe that and have had a sometimes campaign since then to 'lighten up' a little - to show photography's light side as well as the serious stuff.

The whole idea of this craft and sometimes 'art' is to have some fun while expressing yourself.

;~))

john

John (Crosley)

Quite a popper! Charming shot. Though I guess the private spot in a crowded place had a camera-armed eavesdropper of whom they were unaware - or perhaps they just didn't care. Well composed.

They were both unaware, and I doubt they'd have cared.  In any case, this would have been hard to explain . . . . so best not to try '-- it'd break their 'moment'.

Thanks for the comment.

john

John (Crosley)

Very delicate moment!

Yes, Svetlana, there are many such delicate moments in Ukraine, though not always  presented as this one.

(I owe you something I want to return and do not have a contact for you; will you please write me )

I am ever so grateful for you as a colleague and friend.

john

John (Crosley)

that at jcrosley (insert sebaca) photo.net?

Attaching two Bresson images with "good" (realistic) facial skin tones. Compare to yours.  Had this been film I would have said  it was under developed.

Thanks for a helpful critique.

I have spent better than a month being chased by expiring Photoshop software and often inability to do any image editing.  I am once again about to start, so watch out and I have as of today some 'great' images (my view, your view may vary).

You are right about skin tones; this is taken with a Nikon D3200, which is a frustrating camera to use but will render usable captures easily at ISO 6500!!!

It renders everything a little light in color and the only way for me to go is to first image edit 'in camera' so 'see how things look' and also look at the histogram, when I am converting 'in camera' to black and white to see how the camera is performing.  It seems to render most color and almost all black and white overexposed and washed out on the digital screen, but when Adobe Bridge takes over, it looks pretty good - Go Figure!!!   The images are wonderful, even with kit lenses and if they're stopped down (which one can do when one can increase the ISO without too much noise, one can often use a lightweight 'kit' DX telephoto instead of lugging around a superexpensive f 2.8 telephoto, which is a great relief to an againg and tired neck.  Still the contrast is not there and the superheavy 70-200 f 2.8 is an important lens 

It was important in this photo to capture the exact lip lock of this couple, not the faces you showed me in the two Cartier-Besson photos which you supplied for skin tone comparison but not for the 'action' the faces were engaged in - these are 'action' faces and deserving of different treatment in my book, though the skin tones certainly do need adjusting, nevertheless.

Here we NEED to see the lip lock these two are engaged in, and to see that the skin was darkened a little.  At the same time, the ISO was increased through RAW (NEF) processing which added some digital noise which lack of plug-ins didn't allow me to filter out.

My plug-ins have been destroyed through many transfers and now that I have retrieved almost all my 45 hard drives of 1 terabyte or greater (but they are in another country than the USA where I am not), I can begin installing them to clean installs of the various Photoshop editions I have now.  (I can't find the 'installation keys).

Installing plug-ins is my bane; I am sorry to say.  Without them, there's bound to be some noise and bad skin tones; this is one artifact I could have avoided with a good plug-in.

The same thing with greater knowledge of using my new D3200 in black and white mode, converted from color.   I was using it almost for the first time, so this is a 'mistake' which I will acknowledge and which I will endeavor to rectify.

I look to you for honest advice on such things; it has proved to be a bright light in our relationship.  You have a wealth of knowledge about tonality, and I am happy to honor and share it when I can.

Thanks again so much for a helpful critique.

john

John (Crosley)