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What perspective does a 6 year old get while looking thru a slinky?

Exposure 1/800th sec, F18, 17mm, iso 200
comments welcome as always!
Thanks for viewing
Peter
http://static.flickr.com/60/213975406_43e91482f8_o.jpg




Edited by canandaigua ph on Aug 13, 2006 at 08:53 AM GMT
Aug 11, 2006 at 10:52 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · #216: Everyone Loves A Slinky


Peter,

Nice job, esp on the skin tone. The lighting is good, but I wish the hand on the right were cropped more as I feel it distracts from the face. Still, I think this could go to the finals .

Ian
Aug 11, 2006 at 11:18 AM
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Thanks Ian.....I struggled with the right side crop. I think I'll leave it for now, await other opinions?? I like the balance as it is (personally)
Thanks very much for the comments
Peter
Aug 11, 2006 at 07:51 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · #216: Everyone Loves A Slinky


I like the crop as it is. I'd like to see more light in his eyes, though I know full well that's a difficult problem.


Aug 11, 2006 at 08:51 PM
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Great shot Peter. the detail is awesome, nice and sharp, good lighting. How did you achieve the lighting, were you using a flash?

Thanks
Nick
Aug 11, 2006 at 09:27 PM
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Photon wrote:
I like the crop as it is. I'd like to see more light in his eyes, though I know full well that's a difficult problem.

Thanks Jess........it was something i worked on, but this was a jiggly kid with handheld flash and handheld camera.....so this was the best shot as far as the lighting went. brightening between the slinky didn't go too well either.
I'm considering another idea altogether, but once i put a picture up it always feels hard to change.......as if I'm being disloyal.............
Thanks again for the comments.......always valued!
Peter



Aug 12, 2006 at 10:04 AM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · #216: Everyone Loves A Slinky


Hi Nick.
I used flash very close up......full blast..... in manual mode. Obviously the flash was off camera. It was handheld, as was the camera.
Thanks for the comments dude!
Peter
Aug 12, 2006 at 10:06 AM
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Peter, this is a delightful photo and it would seem to me to be a very complex capture. You have done a great job. I think if you cropped it, it would lose some or all of its dynamism. Of course, I haven;t seen it cropped, but that would be my impression. Nice job once again. Precious one too.
Jane
Aug 12, 2006 at 12:39 PM
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I like this picture. Well done! I don't think you need to crop it but the hand does compete for attention. I would darken the area with the hand so it isn't as lit up as the face. I think that would help isolate the boy's face and the slinky. I would also bump up the contrast around the slinky.

Erich
Aug 13, 2006 at 12:19 AM
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Thanks for the feedback Erich!
I've sparingly applied your suggestions and edited the entry, I agree that the contrast boost around the slinky makes the image more dynamic. I welcome any more feedback.
I've noticed over the past year that 'warm' pictures involving people are usually not quite as well received in the WA (they seem to be enjoyed, but not usually finalists or voted for).
I have a few very dynamic pictures of just a slinky, and am considering changing the entry, but haven't due to my love of the humanistic side of an image....Any Comments??
Thanks again Erich
Peter



Aug 13, 2006 at 08:48 AM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · #216: Everyone Loves A Slinky


Awww, the Slinky! I have spent many a day transferring a Slinky from one hand to the other and "walking" it down a set of steps. In this day of Game Boys and X-Boxes, it is refreshing to see a kid enjoying something so simple, and you have captured it beautifully. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Best regards,
Robert
Aug 13, 2006 at 09:48 AM
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I love this shot, Peter. Regardless of how people vote for shots in the WA, you've captured a really wonderful moment, here. I am shameless about using my kids as models for the WA. Sometimes they get in, sometimes not. I think there is a tendency for people to dismiss cute photos with kids in them as not being sufficiently "artistic" but then some of the grim stuff that passes for "Grreeeaat Aaaart" photography makes me wonder what is wrong with some people's thinking. Anyway, bravo!
All the best,
Endre
Aug 13, 2006 at 02:01 PM
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Great shot Peter. Sproingy.

Is this a new kind of modification you can get for your kids? Looks like it could be useful for seeing round corners and the like, although I guess it puts pressure on your eye muscles to both be able to hold it steady and be able to cope with the more extreme eye focussing requirements.

What's your next kid modification? Hopefully we'll see it in later assignments.

Top job.
Aug 13, 2006 at 03:24 PM
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robert........even a 'mini-slinky' such as this one seems to grab a kid's attention (and mine still)
Thanks for the comments!
Peter
Aug 14, 2006 at 08:45 AM
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Strad wrote:
I love this shot, Peter. Regardless of how people vote for shots in the WA, you've captured a really wonderful moment, here. I am shameless about using my kids as models for the WA. Sometimes they get in, sometimes not. I think there is a tendency for people to dismiss cute photos with kids in them as not being sufficiently "artistic" but then some of the grim stuff that passes for "Grreeeaat Aaaart" photography makes me wonder what is wrong with some people's thinking. Anyway, bravo!
All the best,
Endre

Your images of your own children are superb, Endre...I love them all and you capture an essence in each of them that is always critical to the photo. I think that's the hardest photograph to make of all.......getting a human quality across to all viewers.
It's certainly more difficult than nature photography. The problem of course is it's a thin line between an image which communicates a universal theme, and a snapshot of someone you love. That thin line means you're taking a bit more risk presenting the image. This would apply to all art, i suppose, but more so with human subjects, i believe.
Thanks for the comments! (and the lengthy PM also)
Regards
Peter
Aug 14, 2006 at 08:53 AM
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Nice job Peter. I'm always a sucker for photos with smiling kids in them!

I like the way you can see his eye behind the slinky. Also, the way his hands are holding it, it gives it more of a playful feel looking through binoculars feel as opposed to it being somehow attached to his face (if you couldn't see his hands).

Ed
Aug 14, 2006 at 08:58 AM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · #216: Everyone Loves A Slinky


A bullseye. Love the expression of delight on the childs face, a nice mix of delight, curiosity. Well captured idea from a different perspective.
Aug 14, 2006 at 02:31 PM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · #216: Everyone Loves A Slinky


Flibble wrote:
Great shot Peter. Sproingy.

Is this a new kind of modification you can get for your kids? Looks like it could be useful for seeing round corners and the like, although I guess it puts pressure on your eye muscles to both be able to hold it steady and be able to cope with the more extreme eye focussing requirements.

What's your next kid modification? Hopefully we'll see it in later assignments.

Top job.

My grandkids can do anything

thanks for the comments
peter
Aug 14, 2006 at 11:17 PM
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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · #216: Everyone Loves A Slinky


Thanks Ed....i like those smiling kids too. (spice of life)
Thaks for the comments
Peter
Aug 14, 2006 at 11:19 PM
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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · #216: Everyone Loves A Slinky


Thanks gotsy.......appreciate you checking out the image as always!
Peter
Aug 15, 2006 at 06:24 PM





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