| Author | Thread |
|
|
07/03/2007 05:30:13 PM |
| I REALLY LOVE THIS PIC!!!!! IM SORRY I REALLY LIKE IT!!! |
|
 Photographer found comment helpful. |
|
|
05/16/2007 06:39:15 PM |
| There's a lot to love about this photo - the intimacy, the way their hands are joined in an unexpected moment, the contrast in skin tones. I'd maybe up the contrast a little more to emphasize that aspect even further. |
|
| Photographer found comment helpful. |
|
|
05/02/2007 08:34:36 PM |
| There's an intimacy in this shot that caught my attention immediately, even at the thumbnail. The tender touch on the hand, the concentration on his face, the trust on her face all work together for me. I feel like I'm intruding on someone else's moment. |
|
| Photographer found comment helpful. |
|
|
01/05/2007 02:58:45 AM |
| she looks like mariah carey |
|
| Photographer found comment helpful. |
|
|
11/09/2006 09:17:07 PM |
I love it. It is deceptively simple, but from own paltry experience as a photographer I know how hard it is to tell a story with an image. And this image conveys an act with astonishing purity. It is quite simply a picture of one person giving a "tattoo" to another person. The face of the person giving is not seen: he is pure action. His arms are featured. For the receiver, only one arm is visible and that's because it is the canvas. We are allowed to see her face, because she is the object. But her eyes are closed, she is utterly passive.
But this is just the surface! By having the story of the photo be so obvious, the viewer is allowed to venture to what I consider the heart of the photo, and that is how comfortable they are with each other. There is something so loving about how he holds her hand. And notice how they both lean forward, as if going to lie down. All in all, this photo seems like nothing so much as a metaphor for relationships: the mutual trust, the adopting of active and passive roles to get certain things done, the way he decorates her life. |
|
| Photographer found comment helpful. |
|
|
08/10/2006 09:43:05 PM |
Ron,
This is a good photograph but more over I think it fits the scheme of Jones Soda well. I do feel you could have had a bit more DOF to pick up the girl but still very nice. Good luck with the contest, casted my vote! |
|
| Photographer found comment helpful. |
|
|
07/29/2006 05:14:14 PM |
In response to your request for a comment on this photograph:
A very nice, beautiful, rich black and white photograph. Lots to satisfy in my opinion, with the subject mattter, the interesting position of the individuals, and what comes off as work done to make the eye wander around the frame quite a bit. I really enjoy how the man's face is completely hidden, and the woman's face is in shadow completely. Makes for a terrific candid. What's also great is the contrast between her white hand, and his dark, larger hand which at first glance appears to be holding hers, but isn't, if I see correctly. I enjoy the dark background at top: nothing else is needed except these two people, what's going on, and their representation in the great contrasts you've managed.
Some will say, "Her face is out of focus." Blah. You might know the work of Keith Carter, who says, "Focus is highly overrated." His stuff is of course dramatically and purposefully out of focus, but in general it's a great technique, sometimes an accident, to add mystery to an image, or to force the viewer to fill in the blanks. For me, that kind of happens here with her face, which recedes, focussed softly, into the background shadows. It's really a great capture. |
|
| Photographer found comment helpful. |
|
|
07/29/2006 03:20:32 PM |
love this! the girl seems to be falling asleep... hehe
|
|
| Photographer found comment helpful. |
|
|
07/22/2006 08:49:13 AM |
| man that is one great snapshot! |
|
| Photographer found comment helpful. |
|
|
07/22/2006 03:09:12 AM |
|
| Photographer found comment helpful. |
Home -
Challenges -
Community -
League -
Photos -
Cameras -
Lenses -
Learn -
Help -
Terms of Use -
Privacy -
Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 03/12/2025 08:38:21 PM EDT.
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
