Thanks to you all for taking the time to help me with your comments.
Its a shame that her face is too dark, it was a really special moment for them both ( perhaps I should not have been taking their picture at such a time?).
And I think I might not have showed them this image yet, must mail it to them and see what they think. Thanks.
Greg your stuff is getting better all the time.....read the comments written here and learn from them..Valid points by the above shows the potential in your images...getting there
Alex - we agree - so I must have expressed myself poorly - the image doesn't work because of poor lighting. This moment would have been great if it was well lit. It would have also been great even with poor lighting if it had documented an event significant enough to the audience that we'd forgive the poor lighting. I don't know what that event might be -- perhaps newspaper headline material - or (if we want to sink so low) gossip material. The question tried to ask was "Is this moment so signifcant to the two people here that they would accept the poor lighting?"
What I was trying to say is that in documenting/ capturing instants in time, there is usually a tradeoff between the technical details and event itself - the PJ's dilemma. As you point out, there are things we can do to get prepared -- but some of the things we can't control.
Alex and I agree that we are both fans. Keep posting.
Greg, it's hard isn't it to select the right spot such that the light is good, to get everything focused up, and capture the moment. But what happens if you are in a position to document an event, but there is no way the image will be great. How good does the document have to be to override the shortcomings of the image?
For me, a stranger that knows nothing about the two subjects, this is just a generic event -- so the problems Gary mentioned swamp whatever emotional impact is going on. Did your friends feel differently though?
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