'The Gathering'

Fun and hilarity seem on the menu at this restaurant in a semi-rural area near a major

Interstate highway in the western United States. Your ratings, remarks, opinions and

observations are invited and most welcome. If you rate or remark harshly or wish to

make an observation, please submit a helpful and constructive comment; please share

your photographic knowledge to help improve my photography. Thanks! Enjoy! john

I've read many times that the true test of a good photo is whether it engages the eye and causes the viewer to ponder the scene and maybe its elements.

For me, not every photo meets that test, but this one certainly has what I look for; and it's completely different from my other work.

Thanks for the compliment.

john

John (Crosley)

People often use the word capture in describing photos, when there doesn't seem to have much of a 'capture.' This image is a great capture. I can practically feel myself at the table having fun. Sometimes people use b/w for no reason. In this photo, while I would like to see their faces in color, I'm glad that my attention is not distracted by the unfinished meal. all the best, ed

When I first joined Photo.net, I thought the term 'capture' was more than a little hifalutin to describe any old photo, and should (as you note), describe a certain subset of photos, such as this, in which something ephemeral and evanescent was caught for a moment which otherwise would disappear forever,, as opposed to most landscape, studio,, product, portrait, etc., shots, so you make a good point, in my view.

This also makes a pretty darn good photo in color, but since I tend on this service to emphasize my black and white work, I presented it here in classic black and white; it can be found in my portfolio on ImageBrief.com in color.  Just go to my home page and click the link into my portfolio with over 1,200 photos, mostly color, many never before seen, and all part of 12,000 photos available there for commercial license (which vastly prefers color).  Many of those (maybe most) are not viewable anywhere else, and some just because they just depict subjects that may have commercial interest done often well, but not because of great photo merit - though there are some stunners.  

I recommend a trip, and also to my Flickr.com slection of less than 200, for a full view of my strengths (and weaknesses) and to view the breadth of my work for the last 11 years.

Best to you; thanks for astute observations.

john

John (Crosley)