On the topic of Dad's

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On the topic of Dad's

Postby Geoff on Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:05 pm

Viewing Craig's recent shots of his Dad it inspired me to take this candid of my Dad early this morning..Comments welcomed as always:

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Postby Nnnnsic on Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:28 pm

I saw this while I was at Stubbsy\'s.
Great image and nice black and white but the composition seems a tad tight on the right side.

Perhaps a slightly different crop?

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Postby marcotrov on Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:30 pm

Can't see the image geoff, sorry :( I can see it now. Nice image geoff I like the eye contact you've managed to achieve, lighting is good and B7W was a good choice, it speaks volumes:)
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Postby gstark on Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:32 pm

I agree with Leigh that a different - tighter - crop would help an already good image, Geoff.
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Postby Alex on Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:32 pm

Great image, Geoff. I'd use a tighter crop, may be?

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Postby leek on Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:37 pm

On the topic of Dad's what??? :lol:

Seriously though... I like the shot but would probably be tempted to crop it to a square format - thereby removing the pen in his pocket and some of the space at the top...

The resemblance is uncanny BTW...
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Postby owen on Sun Jan 15, 2006 6:14 pm

Hi Geoff. Personally I would have tried taking a step around to the right, just to avoid having the brightness in the background. Your dad's pose is great though :)
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Postby wally on Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:59 pm

jeff - nice pic. my old man wont let me take his pic even thos he got me init in the 1st place when he gave me his yashica RF.

my dad always had a pen in his pocket 2
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Postby Geoff on Sun Jan 15, 2006 8:47 pm

wally wrote:jeff - nice pic. my old man wont let me take his pic even thos he got me init in the 1st place when he gave me his yashica RF.

my dad always had a pen in his pocket 2


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Postby Alpha_7 on Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:53 pm

Like the B&W and love the eye contact, while I don't mind the crop I'd like to see a different crop to compare it against perhaps the square John suggested ?
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Postby Marvin on Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:57 pm

What does your dad think of the image Geoff? I like the eye contact too but I find the window on the right a little distracting. I don't find the pen in the pocket a problem, in fact, I think it gives a little bit of information about your dad. (If only that he likes pens in his pocket!)
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Postby wally on Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:22 am

Geoff wrote:
wally wrote:jeff - nice pic. my old man wont let me take his pic even thos he got me init in the 1st place when he gave me his yashica RF.

my dad always had a pen in his pocket 2


Thanx Wally, but please note my name is spelt GEOFF .

sorry Geoff - I have a frend called jeff so its a habit :wink:
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