Really cute shot of everyday life. These sorts of unplanned shots are very favorite. Just a moment of this wonderful word captured and shared with others. I love it!
I have a quite vivid remembrance of this picture as it appeared in the newspaper Morgunbladid here in Iceland last May. If I remember correctly it ran beside the editorial in the midsection of the Sunday edition.
I received quite an enjoyment from this picture on that particular Sunday morning and spent quite a while looking at the picture (and reading the [long] editorial beside it).
You see, while the picture itself is quite funny and and precisely the type of picture one wants to see in the newspaper while eating breakfast on a Sunday morning, what completes the picture were the strange circumstances at the time surrounding the house the kids are strolling past.
I'd better explain myself a bit. The house behind the children houses the offices of the prime minister of Iceland and at that time the prime minister was putting forth an extremely controversial law proposal (involving the media) that would later in the summer be the cause of a sort of constitutional crisis here in Iceland.
At that time I found it particularly amusing that this picture captured so well that while the adult world was up in flames these children's daily lives were entirely unaffected by it! I mean, here we have these children having a normal field day and strolling past the office of the prime minister in the midst of a major political turmoil, just like that!
I must admit I envied those children a bit how they could just ignore the idiocy of the so called "grownup world" and get away with it. Wouldn't that be wonderful sometimes?
Anyway, it also happens to be one of my favorite photographs by Árni Torfa.
Unusual shot - and very striking. Love the candid actions of the kids and I think the lack of colour everywhere else works well without selective desturation. Composition is strong too.
On a personal note - the only kid wearing the right gear is the one at the front! Looks like a little snowboarder - whereas the others look like skiers!
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what a fun image! the array of colors absolutely make this. great capture. i hope you're getting some good comments and suggestions, and that you're not getting overlooked in this monster challenge. good luck!
Great photography. It speaks to me of our attempts to regiment our children, our oft-mistaken idea that education is about bringing them all to some accepted 'norm' - and f the hugely optimistic hoplesness of that aspiration: the individuality of our children will always triumph over our attempts to put them in boxes, and more power to them for that. Even if they have all got the same kind of hat on. Lovely - no, more powerful than that - well, simply great photography.
The windows on the bottom row, center panes, look funny - like the glass reflection was painted over with black? Post-edit? Or they are broken? Cool pic of the kids tho.
Wonderful candid showing the sweet individuality of children.
If only the roof at the left didn't break the symmetry of the building backdrop! I'd almost be tempted to crop the top floor out and present this a panoramic.
I like this photo a LOT... but personally I might have tried it as a panoramic type shot... personally I feel you loose some of my interest in the children when I'm looking at the top to see what else there is... I would have cropped it just a tad bit above the 1 level of windows... because it keeps your attention on the children, and also I find that the whole photo seems to look tilted even though it really isn't, when I'm looking at what you have.
I love the contrast between the subdued colors of the building and the bright colors of the kid's winter clothes. Also their movement against the solid background of the building really works well. This says a great deal about the energy of children.
superb picture , simple idea , great framing , nothing special and yet very eye-catching at the same time - not to mention the colors !! looks like a winner to me - 9
The building is a bit too bright. It looks as though it might have some interesting detail in it that would be more apparent if not so overexposed. Otherwise, this is a great shot!
This is a real jewel....you must have gotten excited when you saw this on your screen. The lines are wonderful. The little girl in red, the second one from the end, caught my eye. Great Capture, I can see this one printed up really large.
This picture has alot of potential. I think I would have found it more interesting if you cropped just above the lower windows and given it a panoramic feeling. Each of the children would then be more interesting in themselves and more attention would be focused on them. Just my opinion though. Nice capture.
What a brilliant capture. This might even work a little better with more of a panoramic orientation, but I like it a lot as is. The colourful winter gear and the girl in red kicking her leg out make for a wonderful image. 8.
This is great! So many actions, and the color contrast between the building and the kids helps to really liven this shot. Definately one of my favorites.
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