[Leica] watching...waiting/PICU alt/summary

["Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net>]

exactly... as you saw from questions in Mark Rabiner's post...he
raised the interesting issues of what made me see the image, which
image tells the story, and which is the most memorable...answer..the
original... but which works better as a pure photo, the crop... the
original is really what I wanted/want, but does it truly succeed? ,
no... unfortunately.....

so, what is the story we want to tell ? vs  which is the better
photograph ?....a great discussion, thanks to BD, Ted, Tina, Mark,
Jeffery, Don...others.

my own conclusion,  a successful pic depends on your measurement, your
goal.... or- go out there and do both, take a better photo...

sure, why not? ....Steve

> I think the crop definitely works better as a stand-alone image. I
> would, however, want to see the original shot as part of a story
about
> the Mom and baby's PICU stay...
>
> > Ted, working on this and then hearing your comments, along with
> those
> > of Tina and Nathan,  was valuable ... I was too fixated on having
> the
> > Mother there, but I must agree, it just doesn't work...I will try
it
> > the other way, and possibly, post the result....
>
> > thanks, Steve
>
> alt/crop...
>
>  http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-54555.html
>
>
> > > Steve Barbour showed:
> > > Subject: [Leica] watching...waiting
> > > > fresh from the OR.... the long wait.

 http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-54546.html<<<<

> > > Hi Steve,
> > > This may have been mentioned...
> > >
> > > The person on the right is a distraction. Actually it's the big
> > Superman "S"
> > > letter on her chest that catches the eye first, then you look at
> the
> > child
> > > and doctor.
> > >
> > > The impact of the picture is lost because of the "S" person and
> the
> > gap
> > > between her and the doctor. I'd have cropped into the left
> shoulder
> > of the
> > > doctor to a point just re-moving the dark "hump" behind her
> > shoulder, adding
> > > a "slight" burning down of the child, left side of the frame top
> to
> > bottom,
> > > and across the bottom holding the viewers eye right to the
action,
> > > doctor-patient.
> > >
> > > Once again you prove how important eyes are in people picture
> > situations!
> > >
> > > We hear with our ears,  the doctor with the "stethoscope." But
we
> > listen
> > > with our eyes!!! And that's exactly what this doctor is doing
> ......
> > > "Listening with her eyes!"
> > >
> > > On occasion when shooting or cropping we tend to include "too
> much"
> > because
> > > of what we "know," in this case the mother on the right waiting.
> > However,
> > > she doesn't matter in this picture because she's hanging off the
> > side with a
> > > big gap between her and the action.  Adding nothing to the
impact
> of
> > the
> > > "action" ...... which is really, doctor - patient.
> > >
> > > A good one never the less, all the cropping does is tighten it
up
> > slightly
> > > improving what was there in the first place.
> > >
> > > ted

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