> > Bob, > > Photographically, the first pic has big flare > problems. The second one is much better. The sign > inside the chuch is way out of focus. >
Flare is only a problem if you think it's a problem! Personally I don't think it is in this picture - I think it adds something dramatic. I think the 2nd picture is just a bit of a boring record shot. Ditto for the photo of the sign. It serves its purpose, which is to show the childrens' names. I don't think it's out of focus, I think it's either camera shake from the relatively low light in the church, and the slow lens, or some sort of blurring from the glass panel over the document. > As far as the subject matter is concerned (Warning: > WAY OT), it is very recent (within the last 100 years) > that one's infants are most likely going to survive to > adulthood in the developed world. Modern sanitation > cut the childhood mortality rate from well over 50 > percent in the early 19th century (good records are > lacking) to about 20 percent in the early 20th, and > immunizations have been responsible for most of the > rest of the improvement. > > I've taken care of un-immunized kids with diphtheria, > whooping cough, tetanus, and polio. They're horrible > diseases and they're still all around us. > Indeed. I've seen some horrible things happening to children in Africa. The fact that it still happens makes these little graves so much more touching. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
