I did my best to re-edit this. I have a few versions of it kicking around and the low contrast, slightly soft B&W is the one that pierces me the most. It has been up on my wall for about 3 years and I like it more every day.
Intentionally low contrast and slightly underexposed. I hope people see that.
Re-edits to bring it up to speed with noise reduction and other editing techniques that have seen improvement in the past 3 years. It is substantially almost identical to the print in my room. Editing was done with a strong view to being subtle.
Taken with a 50mm f/1.8 II that I no longer own. In the original, you can see the backfocus that caused me to move to the f/1.4. I compensated by softening the in-focus areas in the final version.
I have no idea why they are so sad. It was just their pose for the camera.
Originally shot in JPG.
This really is a hidden gem for me because it sits in a folder that I never actually got around to archiving!!! and it's on an old spare HD that I was going to reformat if I needed a bit of extra space since I thought that I had already sorted everything. Also, I don't think I have ever posted this online in this crop, yet it's also the only one from that first day that I ever printed in a large size - AND the only one that really takes me back and captures my own emotion of melancholy for the feeling for my early times here in Taiwan and the people that I met that were so very special, but that I will likely never meet again. Reviewing these shots almost brought a tear to my eye for real.
Post Challenge:
I knew that the score would be low. I was hoping for a low 6. I expected a 5.6.
Reviewing the comments was a bit frustrating to me.
Things like 'it's a bit soft' and 'it's too dark' make me wonder if people have ever experienced a moment of sadness.
Oh well. It was fun for the challenge. At least it's in the top 50% :)
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perfect title, it fits their emotions very well. great dof, i love how the boy seems a bit softer, and yet is just as clear as his sister(i am assuming). great crop and b&w too
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