8th - Mother & Child in Living Color by tvsometime photo

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21-MAY-2009	tvsometime

OK here's the color version with the same crop - I think the boy's face stands out better than in bw.

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ctfchallenge		29-May-2009 00:51
Aam!? Aam likes the bw???? I'll have to post them both maybe. Debi you make a very good point.. and I thought you just liked big feet. -tv

ctfchallenge		28-May-2009 19:51
Rod If Aamm prefers the B&W then that must be telling you something Tommy. And take no notice of Kiki she's just making trouble......bleeding foreigners:-)

ctfchallenge		28-May-2009 19:02
I prefer this one... :) -k2

aam1234		28-May-2009 18:15
I prefer the B&W too.

ctfchallenge		28-May-2009 17:07
I still like the BW better. The mother and child looked dramatic and isolated. Here the yellow cab, the red sign board all ask for attention- debi

ctfchallenge		28-May-2009 16:28
how to please the masses... you're just too good to us. Penny Street

ctfchallenge		28-May-2009 10:34
Debi is right just do as she tells you Tommy. If in doubt ask the missus as she has taste.

Canon DSLR Challenge		27-May-2009 00:41
Thanks Debi (secretly I (almost) agree), Doug and Rod (that's why I originally cropped him out), and Penny (I'm confused too). Back to work. -tv

ctfchallenge		26-May-2009 18:29
BW for me - the harsh PP looked good -Debi

ctfchallenge		26-May-2009 01:44
If it were not for that red shirt I would prefer the color. -Doug

ctfchallenge		26-May-2009 00:47
Rod The bloke in red is a total no no for this picy, I don't think he was in the B&W, was he? Anyhow the B&W one made me look only at the boy & mother & at their differing angles, the main point of the picy for me. But I suspect in colour there will be other things for our eyes to look at thereby diminishing the importance of the subjects. If you found the B&W harsh to look at is there another way of converting it to B&W without the harshness?

ctfchallenge		25-May-2009 15:30
I really don't know which one I like better. Both are excellent for different reasons. Penny Street

ctfchallenge		25-May-2009 04:36
Thanks Doug. What do you think of the full color version. I got tired looking at the harsh bw processing. -tv

ctfchallenge		24-May-2009 23:42
So you pull off stuff like this even when shooting from the hip? Even the tilt adds to the artsyness. -Doug

ctfchallenge		24-May-2009 17:38
Thanks Troy and RK. One good think about the little XTI camera is that it is quieter than the big D's. They have a funny little high pitched "clicking" noise that lacks that manly clunk of the your 5D or Nikon. That and ambient street noise in this area makes it fairly unobstusive. -tv

Photogenix		24-May-2009 03:44
What a great capture... the moment...the boy/mother expression. This is awesome.. and you shot this at the wide end (12mm). How did you do it without them being aware? - RK

Guest		24-May-2009 02:21
Nice work!

aam1234		22-May-2009 17:12
That's what I suspected :) Really beautiful photo, and the B&W is an excellent choice because it gives it a classic look. Really well done.

ctfchallenge		22-May-2009 14:43
Thanks all. To answer your question Aam, I was walking down Broadway on a busy evening holding the camera down at my side and shooting at I walked by to get a pov at the level of the child's face. With all the street noise, they were unaware I was shooting and much too imvolved with each other to care. I'll have to admit I cropped out a leg on the left margin and some extra sidewalk on the bottom to maintain the natural aspect ratio. I took four shots but this was the only one that captured them both in the image. Sneaky, huh? -tv

aam1234		22-May-2009 12:14
I'd like to know how you took this photo, Tom.

ctfchallenge		22-May-2009 11:58
This is really good. And so fast. Penny Street

sue anne		22-May-2009 11:02
This is excellent perspective - like one of those Rockwells picys. :)

Guest		22-May-2009 08:33
She let you shoot her at that angle? Real good one - Debi

ctfchallenge		22-May-2009 05:51
Rod This is a ripper picy a, the angle of the Mum & the kid is a magic touch that puts this picy in the top drawer. Great shot mate.

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