Your trash for our food

[Stryker]

A family gathers trash for your existence

 

[molested_cow]

Not digging the post processing. The composition can be more dynamic. It's too still now and isn't stirring the emotion that I wish it does.


Culturally, there is nothing wrong with scavenging waste for sale. It is a much more dignified way of survival than just sitting around with a sign asking for pity, or cheating.

 

[imagemaker46]

Way to over prosessed, this looks like this should have been a really nice image. Now it looks a little like a cartoon. I think this would work really well as a black and white.

 

[Trever1t]

Hmmm, I don't know...I kinda like the processing here.

 

[bottguardo]

Hmmm, I don't know...I kinda like the processing here.

I don't mind the processing either, especially if you were going to print it on a newspaper page.I wish it would have been cropped a little tighter though. The car and the canopy in the background are really distracting.

 

[Stryker]

If you havent noticed, I blurred the child's genitalia. This photo created a bit of stir in my county when I posted it in a local photo blog site. Search me, I dont know why. I never wanted to exploit the mother nor the child, I was just showing the raw reality that poverty and the need to survice exist in Manila and in other parts of the world. That what makes street photogarphy so much different and interesting.

Regarding the processing, yes I went a bit overboard softening the scene...

 

[molested_cow]

Well, I wouldn't have showed that in the photo either. There are other and better ways to show that the child doesn't even have pants to wear.

 

[imagemaker46]

Self censoring photos, the politically correct thing to do in this overly politically correct society. If you are concerned that the photo you shot is going to offend then at what point do you not shoot it? In this situation it is part of a larger image, I understand the concerns involved, but if you have to make a change in a photo, why even shoot it? People that look at an image for what the image is will appreciate it, those that look at the image and say that you were right in adding the blur, have issues within themselves. I'm sick of the politically correct mentality.

You may have well just photoshopped on a pair of pants.

 

[reedshots]

I like the image and the blur (would serve no point in not blurring when needed.)

 

[RockstarPhotography]

Self censoring photos, the politically correct thing to do in this overly politically correct society. If you are concerned that the photo you shot is going to offend then at what point do you not shoot it? In this situation it is part of a larger image, I understand the concerns involved, but if you have to make a change in a photo, why even shoot it? People that look at an image for what the image is will appreciate it, those that look at the image and say that you were right in adding the blur, have issues within themselves. I'm sick of the politically correct mentality.

You may have well just photoshopped on a pair of pants.

First off, I DO agree with this. I just wanted to ask, how would you like it if somebody took a picture of you with your genitals out and posted it for the world to see? Its a hard call, and could be a very sensitive subject.

 

[imagemaker46]

As an adult having myself exposed is NOT the same as a child, too many people look at this as child pornography. This is why I mentioned issues within themselves and being politically correct. This is one of those images that the photographer may have not have noticed that the child wasn't wearing any underware, there are situations here you don't see all the small details because of the big picture you are shooting and it is not until after you shoot the frame you see inside that big picture. I don't believe that there was any intent what-so-ever to focus on the child, but sadly that is what it has come down to. This image could have so much more impact, without the heavy post processing and the bad edit. What has happened, it has turned into a non-image that is upsetting people. When photographers are pressured into-self editing innocent photos it's time to stop shooting.

 

[NayLoMo6C]

Remember that famous picture of the young girl in Vietnam during the war who is running down the street completely naked? No editing was done on it, and yet it is still one of the most well known photos of our time. Just a thought

 

[RockstarPhotography]

well, I think this thread is getting too much into the political/moral side for me. I'm out.

 

[Roam]

I like the picture, I feel it does convey emotion. The colors look a little too HDR for my taste, but I like the composition.