The Wrath of Mom . . . Soon Befalls

The Wrath of Mom Soon Befalls this misbehaving brother and sister.

See hand about to strike the boy's head, as he has his fingers up

his sister's nostrils and her tongue sticks out! Your ratings and

critiques are invited and most welcome. (If you rate harshly or very

negatively, please submit a helpful and constructive critique/Please

share your superior knowledge/Please share your superior knowledge

to help aid my photography.) Thanks! Enjoy! John.

Cant comment too much ,i have to stop laughing first LOL.

You know i'll love it.Regards,Judy

Looks in my Request for Critique that I need enforcement by the redundancy police/police.

John

This photo represents a 'universal truth' about the relationship between siblings -- little boys choke the nostrils of their sisters -- or stick their fingers up their sisters' nostrils, and then mothers whack them both on the head for misbehaving.

Such circumstances don't get photographed often --maybe not at all, unless a studio photographer happens to have his/her 'candid' camera turned on in the studio, and backgrounds (as here) can be distracting, taking away from the aesthetics of a photo.

But this photo speaks toward a universal truth . . . and that is the reason for posting it . . . and the message of universality is so strong that it belongs, I think, in my Early B&W folder where some of my strongest work is posted.

John

You are completely right. As we have all discovered, although it is not completely acknowledged, the dynamic range of a digital camera such as the Nikon D70 and the D2Hs is similar to that of color transparency film, rather than, say Tri-X, leaving the problem of 'blown highlights' which can be 'aesthetic death' for a photo.

But this is a 'street photo' and of course there are Photoshop tricks for transferring 'grain' and 'pixellation' from one area to another to 'erase' or similar to cloning the blown highlights if one wants to really work up such a photo, but I believe in minimal Photoshopping. Because of odd colors from overhead, indoor lighting, there is a color cast to the 'blown' portions in the color photo so they don't look blown in the original color photo at all, but the color cast detracts, so I converted to B&W, and of course, the color didn't 'work' anyway or add to the photo, so it was a candidate for B&W anyway.

If anyone wants to 'work up' this photo, and provide a better copy, I'm open to the Photoshoppers who want to show off their work.

Me? I'm off taking pictures and still trying to download and view the many wonderful photos I've taken.

Thanks for the comment, Inge.

John

Thanks.

It's a little gem, isn't it? Easily overlooked, because it's not a great photograph, but it's a telling moment though, caught dead to rights.

John

This photo is manipulated in one regard only beyond contrast/brightness adjustment -- not even 'burning in' otherwise.

The counter book advertisement for 'Dummies' books was selected and the brightness 'adjusted' significantly downward to keep this from becoming cluttered by a distracting advertisement and to keep the viewers' attention on the misbehaving children and their mother, who's in the process of 'swatting' them.

I may rework this photo to see what I an do with the 'toys' that are the background behind these two children if I intend ever to sell it editorially or as 'art', since that background also detracts significantly; if this photo had a better background, I think it would be one of my best works, as it is, it's just a wonderful moment captured as I said above 'dead to rights'.

(In reviewing, it lookas as though mom's hand was poorly 'selected' and enhanced, but that is NOT the case. It's presented 'as is'. I believe in minimal manipulation and although I'm learning basic--intermediate Photoshop, I get little pleasure from working and reworking an image that can stand along -- I don't need perfection. Others can tend to the darkroom and digital darkroom/I vastly prefer to go out and shoot.)

John