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Grandma's back!
And in comparison to yesterday's image she's all smiles 
I think my grandmother is certainly the strong noble woman I hoped to portray in yesterday's image, but most of the time she is simply this dear warm person you're seeing in this image. She's actually rather camera shy, but there's no chance she'll say "no" to her granddaughter 
I'll appreciate you comments on this one plz.
Have a great week!
Ayelet
| Camera: | Olympus SP-560UZ  Check out Olympus Image Space! |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | Granny says Relax |
| Username: | 
Ayelet_A |
| Uploaded: | 21 Feb 2010 - 9:44 PM |
| Tags: | Portraits / people |
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love the tones and the diffuse light, but the window seems to grab my attention more than the old lady and the table set... still, nice, really nice.
I love her. I love everything here. Warm and glowing.
Moira
Again you have chosen your composition beautifully. A fine and charming study.
Bruce
The love you and your grandmother feel for each other is so obvious in this shot.
The focus looks a bit soft but I think that actually enhances the photograph, especially in the appearance of the candle flames. The composition seems a bit odd to me, though. Shooting portrait means that your grandmother is leaning in from outside the frame and the left-most candle is hard against the other side. It also puts a lot of bright window in the photograph, which draws a lot of attention. Was there any reason you didn't go for a landscape orientation? That would seem more natural, as long as it didn't bring anything unwanted into the image.
Thanks everyone, I'm sure grandma would be delighted for such responses
Dave, thanks for the critique. I usually prefer to shoot in portrait crop, can't really explain why I find it more appealing usually in the composition than landscape crop.
In this specific image the subject wasn't necessarily a portrait of my grandmother but more of the entire room and atmosphere. I felt she has a strong enough personality to shine through even if not placed in the center of the image. I also really liked the window, with the wooden frame and delicate drapes. The light was the crucial choice I think for me to choose this orientation, and I felt the image was better illuminated using this crop.
If I'm not mistaken (it was almost a year ago) the room was rather small and a nasty fridge was placed on the left which would have shown on a landscape orientation.
After all this being said, both you and Lesley commented on the portrait orientation, so maybe it was just a personal preference, and not necessarily the right one 
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