curiosity – photo critique
once again i find myself posting pictures of the boy. lately i’ve been taking a lot of pictures of what surrounds me. a lot more than i used to. we’re expecting a baby in june so i’ve been doing less assignments to prepare for the birth. this means i have more time to spend with the family and a lot more time to take personal pictures. it’s great: i’m trying out new things, learning, failing and thinking more about composition and storytelling. learning to be a better storyteller with my images is one of the main goals i set for this year. storytelling is the most important thing in photography, it’s very hard to achieve and it’s very often overlooked.
so for this week i want to try something new: i’m asking my audience for feedback. here are two pictures taken at the same time and place but from a different angle. the title is curiosity. which photograph do you like best and why? what do both photographs tell you? which one conveys a stronger message? which composition is better? maybe you hate them both? that’s fine too. what would you have done differently? you don’t have to answer in english. dutch is fine. i’ll buy you a beer if you respond in the comments section!
picture a.
picture b.
a bit of info for the gearheads: both images are shot with a canon 5d & 50mm 1.4 lens at f1.4 in aperture priority (shutter speed was 1/800 & 1/600)
Hey Ian,
beide zijn heel koddige foto’s. Zo zie ik ook eens iets van uwe kleine! (ja en dat gaat snel zeg!)
Mijn voorkeur gaat zonder aarzeling naar de eerste. Heel zijn lichaam spreekt hier. Een klein mannetje dat iets nieuwsgierig en voorzichtig opneemt. De zonnestralen er rond geven een mooi effect. Ik vraag me alleen af: is het geposeerd? Ik had die indruk op het eerste zicht niet hoor, het is een bedenking die ik me op het laatste moment maak. Gewoon nieuwsgierig
De tweede vind ik ook leuk, maar minder bijzonder.
Ja, dat trakteren, daar kom ik nog wel eens op terug. Altijd welkom in Brussel
Stefan
29/03/2011 at 19:59
To be honest: i don’t know really. For the moment pic a tells most the story in my opinion. But if you had captured a bit more of the (curious?) expression of your boy in pic b, that definately would have been the winner. Emotion works best in close-up.
On the other hand, imagine a shade – of whatever it might be – reflecting through the fence in pic a…
Jan
30/03/2011 at 16:46
I also prefer the first image. You can see the boy looking through the fence, while the touch in the second image does not reflect that feeling to me.
But that’s a personal preference of course, and both images are technically very well done!
Bart Braem
30/03/2011 at 18:36
ZO SCHATTIG!!! Echt mooi ventje zeg… En is dat het koddigste truitje éver of wa?
Heel mooie foto’s Ian, zowel qua compo, scherptediepte, licht en kleur!
Katleen
12/04/2011 at 21:59
Ah, en ik vind de tweede nog net iets beter.
Het handje en het open mondje, tonen dat hij echt geconcentreerd kijkt door het hek.
Ook leuk dat het stukje hek waar hij doorkijkt, net scherp is.
Katleen
12/04/2011 at 22:02
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