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Mother & daughter

Postby zafra52 on Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:34 pm

I took this photo two years ago and only yesterday I ran into it again. What
it impressed me is how natural and at ease are the subjects with each other
and the camera. What you do you think?

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Re: Mother & daughter

Postby Remorhaz on Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:28 pm

I think the expressions are very nice. It's only a minor thing but I wish that there was a little more DoF or that the daughter was a tad more forward so her eyes would be sharper.
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Re: Mother & daughter

Postby chrisk on Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:43 pm

I think its a wonderful moment and as with any moments captured, the technical imorovements fade into irrelevance. intimate eye contact from the daughter and i love the mothers head position. Yu could take that exact same shot 100 times and not get that feeling in the final result.
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Re: Mother & daughter

Postby surenj on Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:06 pm

Great moment Zafra! I am not a fan of the large white border though. I'd suggest playing with other colors and making it much thinner.
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Re: Mother & daughter

Postby biggerry on Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:36 pm

Rooz wrote: the technical imorovements fade into irrelevance..


I agree, the number of shots I have taken which are 'technically' good and the subjects are frowning or have a funny face are too many to count!

A slight backing off of the vignetting might be the only suggestion I have.
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Re: Mother & daughter

Postby zafra52 on Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:31 pm

Thanks for the comments. I will tyake them on board.
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