The Usual Suspects - marian janek






Camera:   Contax G2
Lens:   Carl Zeiss Biogon 28mm f/2.8
Film:   Kodak BW 400 CN
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Posted:   09-Jul-2007

Rating: 7.67 (3 ratings)

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Marian

this is a lovely image with a perfect title! Put smile on my face :-) It is also well composed and has an unusual point of view. My only doubts are about the outline of the kid's heads, but it may depends on Post Production actions, like sharpening mask or somethingelse. Anyway a good picture. Regards. Luca.

Luca Valisari     09-Jul-2007 at 03:04

Great Title,

Good image! I agree with Luca that there appears to be something going on in post production. The right side child left hand appears black and there seems to be oversharpening or contrast artifacts about the edges of the babies. The inclusion of the partial picture frame probably doesn't help, but one might argue that it gives something for the babies to appear to reach for. Still, it is a good image, as is. Probably more criticism than you were looking for. :-) Linc

Linc     09-Jul-2007 at 06:47

I would go for cropping and remove the frame. But my most severe critique is the left diper. It seems to contain a very heavy load, and this disturbs my very refined sense for aestethics. Waiting some time might have given more balance to the picture, by filling of the right diper.

[Unknown]     09-Jul-2007 at 07:55

Thanks for comments.

Luca, Linc, you are correct, the PP is obvious on this image. Unfortunately the original was quite washed out and a bit out of focus. Christoffer, I tired copping the frame out, but for me it works better this way. As far as the load of the diper, that's the very point of the picture :). These are my two little sons (twins), I suppose the picture would have been a lot better should there be at least 5 kids in the lineup and one of them with "heavy load"! Anyway, thanks a lot for the comments, much appreciated. Marian

marian janek     09-Jul-2007 at 15:19