The photo has the potential to be very strong, but the poor tonality and lack of contrast on the sign, making it hard to read, undermines any inherent strength it may have. Framing is also rather poor, and photographing a scene like this from your position (standing, looking down upon the subject) conveys a lack of empathy to me. I don't feel that you've connected at all with the woman, her child, or her situation, nor has she made any connection with you. It seems as though you just snapped the scene and went on your merry way, regardless of whether you did that or not. Did you make more than this one shot? A situation like this almost requires a dozen or so shots and more involvement on your part.
Connecting personally with the woman, getting her to expose herself so we can see the story in her eyes and on her face, could make this a lot more powerful. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Dario Bonazza > Sorry, here is the English version of that page: > http://www.dariobonazza.com/misc/misc14e.htm > > Dario > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dario Bonazza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 7:22 PM > Subject: PESO: A strong one (maybe) > > > > Last night, while walking among the shining colorful shop windows of > > Milano Marittima and its summer night life, I've been hit by this view > > http://www.dariobonazza.com/misc/misc14i.htm > > > > Uncropped. > > > > Comments welcome, > > > > Dario > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
