Re: [Leica] "Little Annie"

[Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>]

>My wife's nephew visited us recently with his family. We took them to a
>friend's club where they could swim in the lake. I made a few pictures of
>the youngest child, Annie, who seemed to prefer watching her siblings. They
>are at:
>
>http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=236517
>
>All images done with M6 and 90mm Elmarit on Agfa Vista 200. I did not
>attempt to correct the color casts caused by foliage, grass, towels, or what
>have you.
>
>I shall be grateful for any critiques.


The 90 has isolated the child, but the images are not strong enough 
to hold such individual attention. I want to know where and why she 
is there, as the portrait quality is, (for me) not strong enough. 
Also the colours on my screen are unpleasant, and the sunlit 
backgrounds are too strong. Some seem to have flare. Being negative 
about submissions is always hard, but I don't like this series. I 
think you would have been better off with b/w in these lighting 
conditions, when you were concentrating on the subject; wonderful 
subject, with lots of potential by the way, or colour but with the 
subject in the sun, interacting more with her surrounds, with a wider 
lens to give a sense of place.

Cheers
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Alastair Firkin

http://www.afirkin.com

http://www.familyofman2.com

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