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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: seamus finn on December 18, 2012, 02:27:23 pm

Title: Boy Wonder
Post by: seamus finn on December 18, 2012, 02:27:23 pm
Or should it be Boys' Wonder?

Title: Re: Boy Wonder
Post by: Rob C on December 19, 2012, 04:47:40 am
Am I alone in feeling happy that I'm unlikely to bump into feral youths? I must be losing my mind; I distinctly remember being chastised for pointing, but now it seems that it's perfectly fine. Maybe I'll just go hold some doors open for some young women... no, I also distinctly remember reading somewhere that that's not the thing to do anymore and that it's verging on the insulting.

No wonder some stay at home. But even then we get it wrong: you should get out more, we are told.

Oh well, I'll go make some coffee.

;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Boy Wonder
Post by: petermfiore on December 19, 2012, 12:03:25 pm
Maybe I'll just go hold some doors open for some young women... no, I also distinctly remember reading somewhere that that's not the thing to do anymore and that it's verging on the insulting.

In New York it's a funny thing, women under forty seem to like the idea of door holding again.

Peter
Title: Re: Boy Wonder
Post by: RSL on December 19, 2012, 12:11:01 pm
Talk about ambiguity. . .  A fine street shot, Seamus.
Title: Re: Boy Wonder
Post by: AFairley on December 19, 2012, 01:55:54 pm
Talk about ambiguity. . .  A fine street shot, Seamus.

Yes, I like that it obviously tells a story but you don't really know what the story is.
Title: Re: Boy Wonder
Post by: amolitor on December 19, 2012, 05:22:30 pm
I do like this, the one flaw I find is that I feel that the mystery might all be revealed if the frame was not clipped at the bottom. The mystery is not ineffable or unknowable, it's simply been cropped out. That feels like a bit of a cheat.
Title: Re: Boy Wonder
Post by: seamus finn on December 20, 2012, 05:16:33 am

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I do like this, the one flaw I find is that I feel that the mystery might all be revealed if the frame was not clipped at the bottom. The mystery is not ineffable or unknowable, it's simply been cropped out. That feels like a bit of a cheat.



Sorry to disappoint but the mystery has not been cropped out - wherever it is, it's not in the bottom left corner. Actually, it's a mystery to me too because I didn't have time to investigate as I was on the run myself.
Title: Re: Boy Wonder
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 20, 2012, 04:43:03 pm
I think there's a little dog with his leg raised behind the man. The boys are telling the pooch where to aim his nozzle.
Title: Re: Boy Wonder
Post by: seamus finn on December 21, 2012, 09:13:53 am
That's one theory, Eric!

Happy Christmas to everyone at LuLa.
Title: Re: Boy Wonder
Post by: Rob C on December 21, 2012, 10:31:53 am
And season's best to you all, too.

Rob C
Title: Re: Boy Wonder
Post by: Kirk Gittings on December 21, 2012, 12:00:33 pm
Talk about ambiguity. . .  A fine street shot, Seamus.

ditto