Response to The Decisive Moment (Response #33)

Uploaded 798 Days Ago by Paul - 6 comments

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zorilla said 798 days ago:

This may be an interesting, albeit highl;y stylised portrait, but it has absolutely nothing to do with decisive moments.

It would have been more relevant to post it to the "orange" theme.

Paul said 798 days ago:

This is one of the hazards of people interpreting themes differently than others. Out of context, I suppose it may not be a decisive moment. In context, which I hoping that some of which might be portrayed here, this is a highly decisive moment. It is a scene from "Lion in Winter" where King Henry decides that he might not execute his son, after all. It is the most decisive moment in the play. While I may have failed in bringing this to light in this image, "absolutely nothing" seems a bit final to me.

zorilla said 798 days ago:

When I consider the "decisive moment" in photography, I have to ask myself, "Would this have worked one second earlier or later?" If the answer is "no", then I'd consider that a decisive moment.

Assuming you consider that has some validity as a definition, what happens when you look at this picture and ask yourself the question?

Lange said 797 days ago:

Wow, the lighting, the facial expression, the eyes, the shape of the beard and moustache, the sword... all *DO* suggest to me a decisive moment. In my imagination, I see an older warrior in the Middle Ages contemplating his life and lot. The decisive moment is what will he do next? Will he continue as a warrior, will he "fall upon his own sword", or will he do something else.

Very effective!

realspear said 797 days ago:

I don't see how this is "decisive" in any way. It looks posed. If you look at the "decisive moments" shot by HCB, they are snapshots (sort of the real translation of the original French term that became "decisive moment.")

digitalpeace said 797 days ago:

Is this from a play?

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