[Leica] Three "real" B.D.s/hands and eyes

["Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net>]

> bdcolen showed:
> Subject: [Leica] Three "real" B.D.s
 G'day B.D.,
> Well done on all three illustrating once again B&W without pretty colours
> distracting from the content.
>My preference in order:
> # 1: Hands.
> Even though viewers have seen this type of picture before, yours has a
solid
> mother-child feel, rather than the usual male hand, brute strength look
with
> tiny baby hand.
>
> Question?.....
> did you try a crop just below the baby's lower eyelids leaving hands
only?
> I'm not totally convinced they should be, but it appears to strengthen
the
> hands more so. The eyes are so strong and slightly out of focus that it
sort
> of pulls the viewer there rather than solidly staying on the hands. Have
a
> look.> # 2:  mother & child.
> Me and my always relating to the eyes of the subject, as in "LIGHT -
EYES -
> ACTION." What we have is a teeny negative here, again due to the baby's
> eyes. No it's not a big deal item nor does it spoil the picture because
the
> child's eyeline is off camera and it "might have been"  read again
> ...."might" .... be a better overall photograph if there were someone, or
> yourself, doing something to catch the baby's eyes in the same direction
as
> the very attractive mother.
>
> Again this is a minor point, but quite often it's a minor point that
sorts
> out the really great photographs from the "not bad" photographs.
> My comments are minor, but by no means to pull the photographs down, as
they
> stand quite well as we see them. My thoughts are merely a kind of
tweaking
> slightly." ;-)
good on you B.D.
> ted

BD's excellent image of hands and eyes (above) and Ted's comments about it
, poked me to post this little  "je ne sais quoi"....

http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-46787.html


another in the PICU....

good weekend. Steve


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