Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My thought was that it was their first kiss, and she was not terribly looking forward to it. But it may be authentic. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ted Grant Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 9:31 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Which one you prefer? Luis Ripoll showed: >>> I've posted 2 pictures, and I'm not really decided which one I >>> prefer. >>> I'll > appreciate your comments, thanks for looking! >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4176099 >>http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4176094 Luis, My very first re-action to both? "they are too posed" almost like you said... "OK kiss her." and he tried. "Click!" The second is the same, but it might as well be two mannequins. Now to make a hard nose choice, number 1 is the better of two because it has good composition, unfortunately no feel to it and that's what a kiss is supposed to illustrate, warmth and affection! This guy looks like he's kissing a wet mackerel! ;-) She looks like she's kissing a block of ice. #2 just doesn't work period and best left on the editing floor. Look at their bodies in both, they are standing cold and un-affectionate despite he's giving her a kiss. I mean she doesn't even have an arm around his neck or shoulders. There isn't any "warmth feel to it." The vertical line of the bike and the girl's legs are cut in stone.It's simple things like this that make a major difference in a warm or cold photograph depicting an "affectionate moment?" If we use the famous "Paris street kiss" as an example of how it might look with warmth, both of these would certainly look like the guy was a mannequin. Neither of these do anything but stand there, but #1 with fine composition. Sorry I'm so blunt, but sometimes that's how a fellow photographer learns. ted _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information