Childlike Wonder

Antarctican · Nov 17, 2007

The big department store downtown recently unveiled its Christmas windows and I saw these two little ones admiring the display (same hastily taken pic, cropped differently).

Thanks for looking.

lostprophet · Nov 17, 2007

you know I look just like that every time I walk past a camera shop that has a hoofing great Canon L lens in the window, it's been known to take 7 people to prise me off the window.

LaFoto · Nov 17, 2007

Very good presence of mind to see that scene and be ready with the camera! I like the crop, it more focuses on the little girl's expression ... though it is also nice to get the context in the full-frame one with part of the exhibition to be seen.

Antarctican · Nov 18, 2007

lostprophet said:
you know I look just like that every time I walk past a camera shop that has a hoofing great Canon L lens in the window, it's been known to take 7 people to prise me off the window.

OMG, the mental picture I have of that is tooooo funny!! :lmao:

LaFoto said:
Very good presence of mind to see that scene and be ready with the camera! I like the crop, it more focuses on the little girl's expression ... though it is also nice to get the context in the full-frame one with part of the exhibition to be seen.

Thanks for your comment, Lafoto. I agree, and like the crop better because it got rid of some of the annoying reflections in the window. The displays are all animated, so it's fun to see the little kids react to them (there are about 5 windows I think). But there are usually a lot of people around, so I had just a second to get the shot of the little girl's reaction before someone moved in front of my lens. It will be crazy there today because it's the Santa Claus parade. Talk about excited kids!!

Chris of Arabia · Nov 18, 2007

A nicely captured moment there JC. If I was to make a suggestion, it would be to get down a little lower (leave it alone Hertz!) so that you can see more of the display in the window, and see if you could up the ISO and hence the shutter speed so that excited hands don't go too blurry.

Antarctican · Nov 18, 2007

Thanks Chris. Will keep those suggestions in mind. Didn't have time for adjustments with this pic though...just saw the opening through the crowd, lifted the cam and clicked. Any suggestions on how to get rid of the reflections in the window (of traffic, and the crowd usually)? Would a polarizer have helped? Or are reflections just something one can't get around when shooting through windows like this one?