Bring the pain again :)

[Dave Clee]

Well here is another submission for the WP..This is a shot of my boy Rhys who was having a thinking moment during bath time.It really stuck out to me when I was going thru them....I converted it to BW and darkened the background..It could be better as I used on board flash with the D200 as I didnt have the external one yet..

I want the truth..It only makes me a better photographer..

Cheers

Dave

http://dclee.smugmug.com/photos/206270724-L.jpg

[leaforte]

I can't see it.

[Dave Clee]

It should be there now..

Cheers

Dave

I can't see it.

[1220]

I actually like the composition here..... EXCEPT, he looks sad to me, not pensive, and man I hate seeing a sad kid, it breaks my heart. But since photos should me made to evoke emotion... mission accomplished. well done.

[DavidTO]

Yeah, the water on the face doesn't say "bath" to me. Without your description it looks like a whole lotta tears, hence: sad.

I still can't decide about it. The OOF eyebrow...just can't make up my mind. Overall it's good, and somewhat unsettling.

[leaforte]

Eyelashes longer than eyebrows. Ah, to be young again! The darkness of the eyebrows, hair, and eyelashes are great balance to the background. There is a crispness, and freshness, not unlike a fresh sprout, around the ear, that is super. Thanks for sharing.

[Dave Clee]

Great replies, the eye lashes are what really caught my attention on this one. Its interesting to hear a few of you say that it looks sad, something that I never thought about b/c I was there in the moment.

Cheers

Dave

[kyeezie]

Funny, when I saw the picture, I was like, aww, a picture from the tub. To me, i see the bath and I see the thought. I really like it!!:clap

[CatOne]

Honestly, it gives me a bit of a creepy feeling. I feel like I'm looking at a porcelain doll, or I'm maybe looking at a freeze frame of Chuckie who's about to jump out at me and start stabbing me.

Don't take that the wrong way... it's just I feel the right word for my feeling would be "haunting," rather than "pensive" or "thoughtful."

Maybe I'm just odd :scratch

[Dave Clee]

Sweet Jesus, Chuckie jumping out at ya ???..lol...Well that certainly is a critique from the other side of the fence....I can look at that all day and not think Chuckie....:rofl But once again it proves that what we see thru the lens is not always what others see..
I guess what I should of said is that " i want the rest of you to see a little boy in the bath tub thinking deeply about his next move in life..Which in this case happened to be dumping a cup of water over his sisters head...

Its all good man, your honesty is appreciated and on this one quite comical...

Thanks everyone...

Dave Clee





Honestly, it gives me a bit of a creepy feeling. I feel like I'm looking at a porcelain doll, or I'm maybe looking at a freeze frame of Chuckie who's about to jump out at me and start stabbing me.

Don't take that the wrong way... it's just I feel the right word for my feeling would be "haunting," rather than "pensive" or "thoughtful."

Maybe I'm just odd :scratch

[schmoo]

Honestly, it gives me a bit of a creepy feeling. I feel like I'm looking at a porcelain doll, or I'm maybe looking at a freeze frame of Chuckie who's about to jump out at me and start stabbing me.

Don't take that the wrong way... it's just I feel the right word for my feeling would be "haunting," rather than "pensive" or "thoughtful."

Maybe I'm just odd :scratch
Hafta say I'm with CatOne on this one. I looked at the image before I read your text and I thought it was a doll, not a real boy. His skin just looks supernaturally smooth - but I don't have a lot of experience with children and the complexion of young 'uns. :D

Another thought that popped into my mind was an image of a pre-birth in utero child. With the dark background and no eye contact, this image strikes me as pensive, yes, but also very abstract and a statement about our conscience and reality.

Hope I didn't go too overboard. Just bein' honest.

[timk519]

Sweet Jesus, Chuckie jumping out at ya ???..lol...Well that certainly is a critique from the other side of the fence....I can look at that all day and not think Chuckie....:rofl Looking at it that way, I can almost see Chuckie too.

But that just goes to show the level of art that movie dolls have risen too.

I'm still trying to figure out what I think of the picture :scratch - and that's a good thing.

[Gary Glass]

I'm impressed you got light this good with onboard flash. Makes me wonder what the hell I'm doing wrong!

It's a good shot because it's atypical. It's very striking but it doesn't evoke a simple response. There is a doll-liked quality to your model. The long lashes particularly contribute to this. The mood is contemplative, almost gloomy, and ever so slightly eerie. Not a classic portrait and doesn't need to be.

[Felicia]

I really like this shot. I didn't get the impression of tears so much because of the wet ear. Also, I have kids, and I'm very used to wet little ones. :D I think the lighting is great even though it is on camera flash. I guess you could go back and tone down some of the shine, but I wouldn't. I like the lighting as is.

[Cantfeelmyfingers]

I love this picture! The one thing that I found a little distracing was the way the water was on his lower cheek.. Maybe it's my monitor, but it seems as though there's a dark spot in that region. Other than my crazy eyes, I really like it! J.Cleveland