Mama..are you tired?..
by honikum

Comment by chugginrail:
cool pic.......... b/w suits it perfectly.... good composition with the girl seated a little bit in front....... shud be in India????

Mama..are you tired?..
by honikum

Comment by Princess Pink:
Beautiful. (10)

Mama..are you tired?..
by honikum

Comment by CyBri2000:
This is a really cool picture. I would have like if the focus was more on the two people the middle and all the pots behind them (the person on the left wasn't necessary) This is one of my favorites

Mama..are you tired?..
by honikum

Comment by dahkota:
The oddness of the point of view and crop really make this image work for me. The toning is excellent. I want to know how you left those two green pots - I believe that somehow, they add meaning to this, but I haven't figured out the storyline yet. Excellent focus BTW. 10

Mama..are you tired?..
by honikum

Comment by espy2:
I don't usually like comments or give them, but since candids are near and dear to my heart, I have decided to comment on every photo in this challenge.

Seen a million shots like this before, but it has good clarity and a good but small amount of interest a bit more then some others. I like the tones used. Would have liked to have seen more facial expression. A 5 vote from me.

Amour - Never let it go.........
by honikum

Comment by honikum:
RKT...Thnx for ur kind commnts!!!!!!!!!

mmmmmm its nice to know someone will have my name :)

Message edited by author 2006-04-03 12:26:51.

Amour - Never let it go.........
by honikum

Comment by RKT:
Hi Anil...and how interesting!...my nephew who is to be born in a few short weeks will have the same name as yours...Anil Kumar! A small world isn't it?

I am a huge fan of the very short DOF...as I mentioned in my comment made during the challenge, this is an image one needs to take their time with when looking at...enough time to allow the image to draw us, the viewer in and "see" the couple...for me, the focus on the knuckle empahsizes the physical embrace, the grip...and the image is all about the embrace, the moment...about two people sinking into one and other...it's all about passion, but in a more cerebral level and not an "obvious" way which would have been more DPC friendly IMO. The toned down coloring was nice...full on color would have been distracting...maybe try another verion and give B & W processing to see how the image evolves? I enjoyed the subtle "intimacy" of this image very much...hope I was able the shed some light on your placement....really 85 out of 281 isn't all that bad in my book...it's a fine image.

Message edited by author 2006-03-29 16:15:47.

Amour - Never let it go.........
by honikum

Comment by blazingmoonlight:
I agree about the DOF...it's actually too shallow. Hard to tell what's going on in the background. Had you not posted in a thread, I wouldn't have known. Even if you stood to the right a bit more, there may be more detail in the faces where the hand is blocking any kissing action as it is.

I'm also not crazy about the selective color. That pulls your eye to the foreground even more, which is what you don't want since the focus is supposed to be on the "amour". Also, how does the fact that someone has a blue shirt add to the image? I didn't vote in this challenge, but thought I'd add an IMO per your thread request. Very creative idea!

Amour - Never let it go.........
by honikum

Comment by ShutterPug:
I like your creativity with this. The only problem I have with it is the DOF - it's too shallow . I would at least like to see the front hand in focus...or at least the fingers. My eye gets drawn to the OOF ring.

Amour - Never let it go.........
by honikum

Comment by RKT:
An image one must sort of "glide" into...at first we see the hand, then we are slowly pulled into the rest of the embrace...nice work.