Response to In My Life (Response #49)

Uploaded 347 Days Ago by pursang - - 19 comments

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TammyLynn said 347 days ago:

Can't help but give this high marks across the board, excellent shot. <---(I noticed the pun after I'd finished typing haha. I amuse myself)

mtmartini said 347 days ago:

Very nice one Mark.

mysight said 347 days ago:

Great black and white,fine composition,
but kinda dark and scary for me!

pursang said 347 days ago:

TammyLynn and Carl, thank you. My son is a championship level marksman with a .45 caliber 1911. Scary accurate actually...

joecow said 347 days ago:

Um... Nice suit, Nice gun, Nice shot (both connotations), Mafia!?

Lamdennison said 347 days ago:

Bond? Jimmy Bond?

Another intriguing image. Love the choice of black and white for that noir feel. Nice positioning of the subject and object. I might've suggested crossing the other leg as the dirty tread distract the eye a little.

Beamer said 347 days ago:

Feels a little "corny" to me... Real tough guy...
But, very nice tonal range/exposure. A slightly different camera angle might tie the 2 subjects together a little better. Move about 3 steps to your right and frame the target up over his arm/hand...??

pursang said 347 days ago:

Moving the target or me from a camera angle yielded an unbalanced image. I tried it.

Flatline said 347 days ago:

My monitor is absolute crap, but I think I like it. I want to know the story behind this.

Flatline said 347 days ago:

Good-looking kid Mark!

pursang said 347 days ago:

He must be adopted...

kyla said 347 days ago:

I put 5 for relevance since you are American(said with a southern twang) and it is a gun he is holding! Does he always shoot in a suit? How very 007. Intriguing photo Mark.

mtmartini said 347 days ago:

So 2 Bond references, interesting. I have personally seen Niko in action both with a gun and with the girls and he is as smoothe as Bond in both repects, now what is scary is that he is only 16 yrs old and if he is like that ow what will he be like when he is 21.
:-)))

Romko said 346 days ago:

good photo, but i dont know about

pursang said 346 days ago:

Kyla, Tracy was standing in line with Niko at a camping store when she was here. They were at the cashier and Tracy came over to tell me that 'your son' had the very pretty blond flustered. He's just getting into that stage in his life where he's learning how to strike up a conversation with young women. And no, he does not normally shoot in a suit. We had planned to do this image, so he brought his 'good clothes' to do the shoot after the range closed.

As much as he complained about doing it, tonight he told me that he's 'pretty happy' with the results. Both of my kids are so very 'ho hum' about Dad's photography passion... My daughter is constantly worried about me getting arrested trying to 'get a random people shot.'

Kids, you can't sell them and you can't eat them!

Ana said 346 days ago:

Pass the beer nuts.

(congrats)

pursang said 346 days ago:

Ana, Beer Nuts? Do they still sell those? Thanks

Ana said 346 days ago:

*eats a beer nut*

yes, I think so!

CraigMartin said 346 days ago:

Nice shot, but living in a city with over 7 times the handgun murders of all of England last year, I find it oh sooo sad that Americans are so prone to indeed make handguns such an important part of their lives...

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