Curtains

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  Chazzy

• Apr 8, 2011

I think you've captured something very special about this boy. Are his hands cut off in the print? Great job in any case.

 

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  Andrew Moxom

• Apr 8, 2011

Very nice Suzanne.... Love the double jointed arm!!

 

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  SuzanneR

• Apr 8, 2011

The hands were out of the picture... they're not on the neg, and it was a conscious decision on my part to come in a little closer, cropping his hands. A no, no, I know, but I think it works here. (And I'm not one to cut hands off very frequently, as I think they can be extraordinarily expressive), but I was taken by the gesture of his torso and arms when I made this. Thanks for the comments.

 

• ilya1963

• Apr 8, 2011

Beautiful frame .............................light and innocence

 

• removed account4

• Apr 8, 2011

thank you for digging through your negatives to share this treasure with us !

i hope you find more unprinted gems
john

 

• PVia

• Apr 8, 2011

Very nice, Suzanne...great job in seeing his expression and in the printing. Love the RZ at a wide aperture for portraits like this...not easy to do kids photography with it, especially hand-held (a beast at 6 pounds)!!!

 

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  MVNelson

• Apr 8, 2011

very intimate and he seems quite engaged with the shooter .... wonderful Suzanne

 

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  JCJackson

• Apr 8, 2011

Agree with all the others - this is beautiful at emotional, aesthetic and technical levels. Thanks for sharing! Just curious - were the curtains white, or off white, closer to the skin-tone value?

Jon

 

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  SuzanneR

• Apr 8, 2011

Thanks, everyone!! These curtains were off white, kind of an ivory color, not far off in tone from his fair skin.

 

• jgcull

• Apr 8, 2011

Such a beautiful little bird.