new photos Broken Arm

Thanks!

I like the mood.

Robert: Nice variation on the color shot and a really spectacular B&W tonal conversion. Less stylish than the first, this is more classical and perhaps a bit more poignant. Much more about her than her broken arm, which becomes incidental here. I find the framing here to be particularly effective. Reminiscent of Andrew Wyeth's Christina, in some ways.

Patricia, thanks for your very kind remarks--fortunately she's a really happy girl and doesn't let the arm slow her down. I like Wyeth a lot. Thanks.

If I had not seen the larger colour version first, I would be raving about this shot. It has lots of mood, it still has the justapoxition of a bit of sadness (thoughfulness?) and exuberance (in the writings and decoration of the cast), it has a pleasent OOF background leading us back to her, it has a perfect framing not too-tight-not-too-wide... in short, that's a great shot.

 

The fact is that the colour larger one was really excellent for me...and this struggles to keep up to that standard.

 

At any rate, let me praise the B&W approach in this one...the pink cast would have been much too much and detracted from the overall mood of the shot.

Wonderful portrait and composition. The expression and the story this picture tells is marvelous.

My favorite photo of yours - poignant, thoughtful - w/o be ....sappy! We love to think of kids as being simple creatures - they're mostly not. No matter how goofy they act @ home.

Further, I don't think the B+W was necessarily necessary - but this crop was.

Good job.

Landscapes change slower than your kids.

More people pix please.

Well done portrait, Robert. Captures it all and tells a story!

The b&w version tells a similar story but in a very different way. I think this one is more direct. The color version more visually complex with layered meaning. If I had to choose one, I'd choose the color version but's it's a tough choice.