Old lady near butcher shop

[Pomo]

old lady near butcher shop by Pomo, on Flickr

 

[Granddad]

Very nice shot.

 

[Derrel]

I think I see a reflexive smile on the face of the little girl; a concerned look on the dad's face; the old woman. Kind of a saddening shot, to me,especially the way the child seems already to have been trained to have that fake, "picture face" auto-smile. But maybe I am reading too much into the shot? It has a heavy, overly-vignetted and a somewhat too-dark appearance, IMHO. I like the shot's content, but dislike the processing quite a bit.

 

[Pomo]

Very nice shot.

Thank you Granddad!

 

[Pomo]

I think I see a reflexive smile on the face of the little girl; a concerned look on the dad's face; the old woman. Kind of a saddening shot, to me,especially the way the child seems already to have been trained to have that fake, "picture face" auto-smile. But maybe I am reading too much into the shot? It has a heavy, overly-vignetted and a somewhat too-dark appearance, IMHO. I like the shot's content, but dislike the processing quite a bit.

Well, Derrel.

As I can remember, a dad and a girl just came out from the store. So, her father had just seen a woman, and the girl had not paid attention to her yet. Therefore, they have different facial expressions. Also, the inscription on the store is contradictory. It says "fresh meat".

 

[Derrel]

The girl sees you and is smiling for your camera. She thinks she is the subject of the photo. I dislike, very much, the parenting style in which adults teach their children to react to each and every camera appearance with a stupid, insincere, fake, practiced, reflexive "picture face". I know many people afflicted with this life-long disability. I think I see it here. It's an observation about people and photography in actual practice.

 

[Designer]

I dislike, very much, the parenting style in which adults teach their children to react to each and every camera appearance with a stupid, insincere, fake, practiced, reflexive "picture face".

My own grandchildren, taught at a very early age by their mother.

 

[Pomo]

The girl sees you and is smiling for your camera. She thinks she is the subject of the photo. I dislike, very much, the parenting style in which adults teach their children to react to each and every camera appearance with a stupid, insincere, fake, practiced, reflexive "picture face". I know many people afflicted with this life-long disability. I think I see it here. It's an observation about people and photography in actual practice.

I got what you mean, Derrel. Actually, I was far away and I had a small camera (E-PL8). Perhaps the girl was reacting to something in her father’s arms? Now it is really difficult to say.

 

[Jeff1547 47]

Nice one..........

 

[Donde]

That poor woman, those crutches are way too short for her.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

My first reaction is sympathy for the lady. It took me awhile to even notice the other people.

 

[AlanKlein80 19]

My first reaction is sympathy for the lady. It took me awhile to even notice the other people.

The lady may be bent over that way naturally due to her old age. So the crutches help her not fall over and are the correct length.

 

[Granddad]

The vignette doesn't bother me. The old lady probably has a curvature of the spine (my grandmother did) so as Alan says, the crutches are the right length for her. The little girl's smile? Who knows what she was smiling at? She could just be a happy little girl. Even at full size in Flickr my eyesight doesn't allow me to tell if she's deliberately looking at the camera or not or to judge the sincerity of her smile. Knowing that the sign on the store reads "Fresh Meat" really adds to the image, thanks for that information.

 

[Donde]

I see Alan, thanks.

 

[scooter2044]

The photo has an immediate effect on you. And the framing is perfect. I think the photo is dark as well but if it were lighter, you would be paying too much attention to the other people and not the lady herself. I really like this one.