Hi Frank ... You always see more in my photos than I do ;-)) Thanks for your keen observations and kind comments.
I'm sure you remember this one .... http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/trike.html Somewhat different perspective with the 20mm lens, which I used quite a bit when photographing the neighborhood kids, those days. shel frank theriault wrote: > > As you know, Shel, > > I just love this whole series - I still think/hope you can somehow get it > published; it's such a wonderful chronical of those times. > > In this case, you show us how to use an ultra-wide on the street! The kid > in the foreground dominates the frame, even though we know he's the same > size (roughly) as the others. > > Such emotion! The "tough boy" in the front, the two in the back ignoring > him. The one of the trike, smiling (or is it smirking?). Even though he > can't see Tough Boy's face, it's as if he can, and is responding with a > "whatever" - as in, "you only ~thing~ your tough, but we both know I could > whoop your ass". > > As always, the composition is wonderful, the stairs, railing, the pattern of > the bricks, it all seems in harmony with the subjects.
