1946

[Chris Calohan]

It was a good year and I have my mother as proof of that. As with this image, I too often feel like some things just want to go around the bend to me to wonder - where, why. Creeping amidst the oldness and vagueness, youth still finds it way. I guess when I saw it, regardless of its somewhat mundane existence, I saw lots of me hanging about as well.

[Rob C]

Helluva nice tones; I'm becoming almost totally oblivious to colour. Atavistic? Guess so.

You could make quite an interesting series around the concept of 'just around the corner', examples of which haven't crossed my radar yet, so cliché would play no part, which is something in itself!

Rob C

[David Eckels]

Excellent! But I have to ask, what is going on with the out of focus trees (?) in the background right? Bad bokeh, lens phenomenon, or something else? BTW, I love the tones in this as Rob said.

[Chris Calohan]

Overzealousness in using a lens blur, I suspect...it got worse during the conversion. I'll likely go in and fix it if I decide to go to print with this one.

[cjogo]

I like the shallow depth --   makes it that much more interesting  --  It would be too "busy" with the distance very sharp .....

[seamus finn]

I like it - not just because I was born in 1946!

[Rob C]

I like it - not just because I was born in 1946!

Hell's teeth! You missed the best part!

;-)

Rob C

[Christoph C. Feldhaim]

After fixing the terrible background bokeh you might want to consider making it square by cropping a bit more from the right than from the left.
Should be pretty awesome then.

[RSL]

Leave it alone. It's already as "awesome" as it needs to be.

[Christoph C. Feldhaim]

Leave it alone. It's already as "awesome" as it needs to be.

Russ, don't tell me you like the background bokeh as it is.
It HAS to be fixed.
Of course we can agree to disagree ... 

[mjrichardson]

Hi

This shot shows how important good processing is, great shot which would be so much better without the lens blur effect which has ruined the background. Why not use it as a planning photo, go back and shoot it wide open and get some nice natural bokeh, it's worth it because the balance and elements are all there to my eye.

Mat

[Peter McLennan]

I've been experimenting using negative clarity instead of lens blur for depth of field effects.