Critique Welcomed A Sweet Moment

[Brian Moore]

I attended a dance event last week. At half time,...er, excuse me, intermission,...the lady in front of me returned to her seat with a gift for her little girl. It must have been a special gift because the little girl was clearly surprised and emotional. I missed capturing the best part, which was the look on the little girl's face when her mum presented her with the gift. The best I could muster was this, a loving mother embracing her child. It was very sweet and touching.

Olympus XA and Arista EDU 400 film shot at 800 and then developed in Caffenol as if it had actually been shot at 400 because I forgot to push it. I gave it some tweaks in Lightroom including the sepia tone.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

You may have missed the smiley moment, but this one is so tender. You big old softy!

 

[Brian Moore]

You may have missed the smiley moment, but this one is so tender. You big old softy!

Guilty I guess. Thanks, Rob.

 

[Tom Dunne]

Very lovely moment indeed Brian. Very private and more enjoyable that you avoided getting any interference from anyone/thing that might have disrupted their moment.
Is this from one of the poor negatives you referred to earlier?

 

[Pete Askew]

I'm actually glad you missed / didn't shoot the 'smiley' moment. For me that might have felt intrusive. But this is more abstract, still has immense tenderness and has wonderful form and soft tones. I like it a lot.

 

[Peter Blake]

the more you look, the better you see

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Excellent capture of a wonderful moment. Touching...

 

[Brian Moore]

Very lovely moment indeed Brian. Very private and more enjoyable that you avoided getting any interference from anyone/thing that might have disrupted their moment.
Is this from one of the poor negatives you referred to earlier?

Thank you, Tom. Yes, this is one of the poor negs I referred to. It wasn't until I was loading the XA with another roll of film that I realized I had the ASA set at 800 and therefore should have pushed the film one stop. (Normally I would have used Rodinal to develop it. Usually I do a "stand" development with Rodinal, which would have rendered moot the need to push the development.) Thanks again, Tom.

 

[Brian Moore]

I'm actually glad you missed / didn't shoot the 'smiley' moment. For me that might have felt intrusive. But this is more abstract, still has immense tenderness and has wonderful form and soft tones. I like it a lot.

Thanks, Pete. Much appreciated.

 

[Brian Moore]

the more you look, the better you see

Thanks, Peter.

 

[Brian Moore]

Excellent capture of a wonderful moment. Touching...

Thanks a lot, Glenn!