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A very old shot indeed...


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...but don't let that put you off! I've always rated it as one of my best shots, but I have had less than fulsome feedback here, so I'd welcome C&C about it.

 

First, technical notes: this started life as a transparency I took about 30 years ago, on a Minolta SLR with a pretty awesome 58mm f1.4 lens. It's been later turned into a print, and then the print scanned and digitised, so the IQ has probably suffered quite a bit along the way.

 

The subject is my sister, who has never liked having her photo taken, so I had to kind of 'grab' this while I had a brief opportunity. I was actually surprised how well it turned out ... or so I've thought, all these years. 

 

Personally, I would rather the zone of sharpest detail was in her nearest eye rather than the further one, but at full aperture (very shallow DOF) and having to shoot very quickly, I didn't have much time to stop and focus critically (remember, those were the days of manual focus, and the camera was manual exposure too).

 

So, why don't you like it? (Be gentle..)

 

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i do like it, it intrigues me ... you cant quite fathom what shes thinking from her eyes and you cant see enough of her mouth to sense if shes smiling or looking fed up... i have a feeling that everytime i look i will see a different emotion in it ... that i guess that might be something that others dont like ?

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i do like it, it intrigues me ... you cant quite fathom what shes thinking from her eyes and you cant see enough of her mouth to sense if shes smiling or looking fed up... i have a feeling that everytime i look i will see a different emotion in it ... that i guess that might be something that others dont like ?

 

Thanks Heather - yes, the enigmatic quality is precisely why I like it too; I like having some things left to my imagination so I can fill in my own thoughts about it. (I think, if I remember correctly, she was concentrating on her coffee, then saw me and gave me the "what's he up to now?" look!)

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To say that the wrong eye is in focus (which, going by the rules, is true) is incidental. The shot does have a great deal of mood and intrigue, and given that it is a genuine 'old' photograph without the use of any fancy PS plugins just adds to the overall effect.

 

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