The butcher's daughter

strong image

one after another you keep making images
that make me look, and look and look.

thanks, and keep up the great work!

john

have to agree, many strong photographs. I would have prefered not having the background girl in the shot and might have burned down the lower left shoe, the stare of the subject plus the dead pig head work well together.

Gerry
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Gerry, the girl in the background was my first target but she didn't want to be photographed, so I desist. I'll consider to burn down the shoe next time I print this image, it's a good idea.

I'd be interested in seeing a vertical cropping to emphasize the girl and the pig's head, trimming from the right and then burning down whatever's left on the right edge. Sort of what I think Gerry was suggesting.

More nice work Jose. For myself I would have trimmed the print vertically right at the edge of the little girl's hair.

I'll try the cropping, against my will. I had no cropped a photo for years. For me, if a full frame don't work it's useless and I go for another pix, maybe is prejudicial, like an obsession, but I can't help it.

Jose, I too, limit my cropping very substantially. I work almost 100% with a tripod which I feel is as useful as a compostion aid as it is a camera stability device. I do NOT trim the print unless I realized that the subject was not suitable for the dimensions of the camera used. The negatives are printed full frame to the same size and the cropping is accomplished with a print trimmer...IF I REALIZED THE NEED FOR IT WHEN TAKING THE PHOTO... Otherwise I do not trim the photo and each time I see it a say to myself "You stupid old fart you need to pay attention to what the hell you are doing."

This is not a rule that I would impose on others. It is a rule that has made my own photography somewhat less dreadful.

Hopeful am I to see much more of your fine vision.

Thanks for your support Claire.

This one popped up under 'random images' which is where I discover a lot of interesting shots on apug. I like it as it is & wouldn't do any cropping or burning. The stuff happening on the right side of the frame is interesting & adds another level to the image. If you crop it out you are left with just the one main story. Also the main subject would feel squeezed by the frame edge so close to her. As is, it gives some breathing room around her plus allows the eye to wander into the background & see the secondary story of the other girl & the mans legs.