Photographer's Request for Critique
--Michael Ging
Best Friends
These 2 girls were holding hands as they rode a swing ride at a
street fair.
Critiques
James Vincent Knowles
, July 17, 2004; 10:49 P.M.
This is the sort of thing that makes photography so downright awesome. It is SO much about the way we SEE! Great photo/ kudos!
Brian Barksdale , July 17, 2004; 11:56 P.M.
What a timed shot!! Great Job!!!
Joam Pires , July 18, 2004; 08:25 A.M.
Top job!
Charo Diez
, July 18, 2004; 08:27 A.M.
Michael, I love all your shots! I can not comment one by one, every new upload is amazing.
Sarah Underhill
, July 18, 2004; 07:47 P.M.
Michael Charlebois , July 19, 2004; 07:55 A.M.
How does it feel do be Cartier-Bresson's illegitimate son? Beautiful picture!
Michael Ging 
, July 19, 2004; 08:10 P.M.
Thank you
Michael ,you honor me with your comparison,I hope HCB feels the same way. Thank you
Donald Lee , July 20, 2004; 02:24 A.M.
Better than the flying bullets in Matrix. Absolutely beautiful.
David Robinson , July 20, 2004; 01:51 P.M.
Awesome -- quantum mechanics applied to classical scale...
Steve J Murray
, July 20, 2004; 05:22 P.M.
Timo Hartikainen
, July 25, 2004; 06:50 A.M.
Salvatore Mele , October 18, 2004; 02:31 A.M.
What a great gem I found today on photo.net
I know that's thirty years ago, but do you remember how you "saw" the shot and what you did below the carousel?
Did you pan? I guess 1/125th should have been enough, do you happen to remember the speed?
Moreover, is this cropped? If it is not so, I'm even more impressed by the way the four seats nicely fill all the space, the feet of the left person are projecting us out of the frame.
To add even more to my amazement, the bokeh to the back gives even more a funny, fuzzy, dizzy, feeling of movement to it all.
Michael Ging 
, October 18, 2004; 05:11 P.M.
Salvatore
I can't remember exactly what I was thinking at the time. I was panning as I took the photo . I do this a lot in photographs to show motion. I would think this was shot at 1/125 or 1/60 of a second. As far as the seats in the background ,I was just lucky. Being in the right spot,at the right time,with the right lens,with the right Idea,plus LUCK gives you the shot. Remember,the great theme of this photo came from the girls ,not me.
Salvatore Mele , October 18, 2004; 05:30 P.M.
You are a modest and diminutive guy and you know that... The girls were holding hands in some remote spot thirty years ago, but you pulled out something which froze that timeless moment. I can only repeat how licky (since you prefer it this way) you were in pulling this out... I have the impression, and some look in the archives seems to confirm this, that lenses of thirty and more years ago had this different out-of-focus shaky bokeh type of thing which for this picture nicely complements the overall feeling of action.
Charlotte Aberg , December 10, 2004; 04:10 P.M.
what a fantastic shot! it's all been said already - love it!
www.charlotteaberg.com
John Beebe , April 20, 2005; 07:15 P.M.
Great in too many ways
taken too many shots at amusement parks and never come close. It is the hands but so much more. The lines of the supports against the grey background, the feet, the lack of faces (I probably would have tried to get the faces but it works better without them). And of course the movement.
You have a truly awesome range. (Although I am most drawn to your people)
Ektor Coughanour , July 14, 2005; 12:08 P.M.
Just one adjetive...Excellent!!
Danielle Toews , December 19, 2005; 11:10 A.M.
Incredible image one of my all time favs I've seen here!
Strauch Georges Antoine
, January 03, 2006; 01:00 P.M.
Excellent !!!
Et comme tout le monde l'a dit, je trouve cette photo extraordinaire. Elle est chargé¥ de sens et elle est belle.
Magnifique !
Peter Mead
, April 04, 2006; 09:55 P.M.
Another of your amazing images that is so much more than the sum of its parts. It is also an essay on life, friendship and the ties that bind.
Funny, this picture and several others of yours on Pnet are worth so much more than the 12.5 Million paid for Warhol's Red Liz...but don't get me started.
Fernand Hick
, April 30, 2006; 08:07 A.M.
Wow ! Superb shot, original angle, a picture full of live. I like it.
Best regards, Fernand.
Michael Hatley , August 13, 2006; 11:44 P.M.
Sophia Douma , August 18, 2006; 01:00 P.M.
Amazing photo!!!!my regards.sophia.
Alex Pergament , February 25, 2007; 05:20 P.M.
This really packs an emotional punch. It's quite beautiful.
Hataiiia Hataiiia , June 14, 2007; 12:58 A.M.
Martin Mounzer
, June 27, 2007; 01:39 P.M.
Uhh.. I like it. Great capture. Real BW film aswell.
Kay Yats , November 29, 2007; 11:08 A.M.
Nice
A photography teacher said once in a class I took that some of the best photos are "happy accidents". I love it when it all comes together like this. Great shot, you should be very proud of it.
Razvan Pantescu , November 30, 2007; 07:21 A.M.
Roman Gorchakov , March 02, 2008; 05:00 A.M.
Iren Nagy
, August 16, 2008; 12:15 A.M.
Michael
Great timing/capture! Bravo~ Regards, Iren
Sheldon Hambrick 
, September 24, 2009; 11:18 A.M.
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