John, I think Godfrey's comments are right on target. "a fairly literal pair of child portraits" I liked the 1st better than the 2nd, as I found the focus on the boys cuffs distracting. I couldn't figure out if you were trying to tell me something. I remember the other photo with the guy's arm in focus and his face out. I didn't care to much for that one either. In a photo with lots of out of focus elements, when something is in focus make it count. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > Happens all the time. I post things to one or another critique group on > flickr.com now and then, as well as here and to a couple other forums. On > several occasions, there have been long streams of praise on one forum where > on the others it gets no notice or only negative comments. Simultaneously, > same photo. No rhyme or reason to the differences that I can tell. > > I gave up being frustrated about it some time ago. Sometimes the bell rings > .. > > This particular pair of your photos doesn't do much for me, sorry to say. > They seem a fairly literal pair of child portraits, tight crops ... not a > lot going on to discuss. > > Godfrey > > > On Feb 2, 2009, at 12:42 PM, John Celio wrote: > >> A month or two ago someone posted a photo of a guy in a cafe. His near >> arm was in focus while his face was not. Many people lauded the photo >> as great, while I did not. >> >> Now it's my turn sharing a photo with a face out of focus and an arm in >> and zero people seem interested in finding much good in it. >> >> I find this frustrating. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
