'The Third Virtue Takes a Fall'

In Christian Theology the three virtues are obedience, humility and

charity. Here a woman named Charity tumbles backward across her

front car seat, expressing her entertainment and delight at conversation

with others nearby. (slow shutter speed at dusk) Your ratings and

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

critically, please submit a helpful and constructive comment; please

share your superior photographic knowledge to help improve my

photography. Thanks! Enjoy! John

stands out from the rest in the gallery tonight. I think that it has geometry because of the outstretched leg which makes a bridge across the frame of the shot and it also has life because of the expression on the face of the woman. An excellent picture. Well done John; I wish I had taken it. Best regards, Patrick.

This photo was extemporaneous, with strangers, at gloaming, slow shutter speed, with great variation between light and dark and took a great deal of work to make viewable (she was plenty blurry due to darkness and motion, and I had to sharpen and enhance facial contrast much much more than I usually do.

 

Then I had to equalize exposures between the outside and inside of the car somewhat to make it viewable, which was quite a task in Photoshop, then try to cut the contrast I had boosted - another task.

 

I am sure someone else could have taken this very alive but technically somewhat deficient capture and Photoshopped it somewhat better than I, or at least I hope.

 

Ah, well, your critique has cut to the heart of why I chose it for posting -- even if others did not feel the same way.

 

It's exactly how I felt when I first saw this on a digital screen (I told 'Charity' here that this photo either was junk or might be famous someday . . . . it was so hard to judge.)

 

 

And raters are telling me it's both wonderful and worthless *(or very mediocre) depending on who views it . .. and probably how rigid they are about precision.

 

Thanks for a well thought out critique (needn't be complimentary to be well thought out, too).

 

John (Crosley)

to the shot John, thanks. It just goes to show that the viewer has no knowledge of the work that has gone in to a particular photograph nor, at the moment of first viewing, do they care; a picture either works or it doesn't. When I look through the shared gallery I have no idea what I am looking for but I am arrested by certain shots in the blink of an eye. I guess its about communication. A kind of communication of questions without answers: no questions-no interest. Cheers, Patrick.

Regrettably, while this photo speaks to you and me, it does not speak to a large number of raters -- or they are not visibly moved by it.

 

I am somewhat ambivalent about it, but it 'catches a moment' and is worthy just because of that and because of framing and composition, so I choose to keep it. Whether or not it stays in this folder is a matter I have not determined and won't for some time, probably. I'm always evaluating present work in view of other, and future work.

 

Thanks for taking a special interest and for your comments.

 

John (Crosley)