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Just Hangin Around


 

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Just Hangin Around
Just Hangin Around

Anthony L. Mancuso

 
 
 
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Beautiful Clarity here Tony and I love the toes sticking up and the heels pushing into the webbing. Color looks good and I like the BG.

I can not put my finger on it exactly but something about the angles is disturbing. Straight eye Dale may be able to elaborate or it may be just me.


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June 24, 2010

 
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  What a wonderful piece of history...I can see what Mike means about the angle...it almost seems unnatural to see a newborn looking like he's swinging, but it's adorable.
He looks so wide awake and interested in what's going on in his new world with his head popped out of the sack like that instead of resting back against it - though it might look more natural if his head was resting back against the sack. Not sure about that one.
Bean...your work is pretty amazing and believe me if I EVER take up working with infants or have a grandchild, I'll be all in for your creations! So perfect for newborns!


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June 25, 2010

 

Jeff E Jensen
  I really like this Tony! I love that he is so alert and interested with what is going on. The feet are the icing on the cake.

The angles don't bother me, my only suggestion would be (if you have the room)to adjust the crop so that there is more space to the right, and not so much to the left.


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June 25, 2010

 

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  Hangin Straight
Hangin Straight

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Thanks phellos...I liked the angle and was curious to see what others thought about it...This is uncropped so I didn't have much room to straighten or add to the right as you suggested Jeff, although I could add some canvas and clone some space in on that side.

Going through all the shots from this pose I noticed that almost all of them are slanted this way and must've been from my positioning..gonna have to watch that next time...also noticed that his feet are more in focus than his face in all of them. Partly because I was shooting wide open at f1.8, but sometihng else to be careful of in the future. As far as his positioning, he just naturally fell forward in there but he seemed very content. I think Beans artwork masterfully simulated his position in utero!

Here is one more that I was able to straighten out...


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June 25, 2010

 
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