every great photograph tells a story...

[Gato Moteado]

...and this is my biggest struggle in photography, particularly wildlife portraiture, which, i guess, is a good description of what i do the most.

too often i am so overly concerned with focus, clean backgrounds, low ISO, diffused light, shutter speed, aperture, and everything else that causes me to chase image quality standards that i can never live up to. and because of this, composition sometimes suffers and, more importantly, my work becomes so clinical that it lacks a compelling story.

so many of the greatest photos...the ones that tell the most riveting stories...are not technically perfect.....many are technically very imperfect; in the world of photojournalism, you don't have time to set up a shot when you need to catch the decisive moment of an event happening in front of you. yet these are the ones etched into our memories. a few that come to mind instantly are these:













....and there are thousands more!

so, at times i intentionally try to capture a story and sometimes it just happens inadvertently. here are a few of my photos that tell a story. i can tell you the story of each, but i think (or hope) you can come up with the story on your own. please, in this thread, post your favorite photos, that you have taken, that tell a story.

















OK....now let's see yours!

[mitch96]

1. I struggle with composition at times....well most times. The story never seems to flush thru. I keep trying..nt

[AllaN01Bear]

2. some times i feel ,"just shoot" works well too also. i shoot for fun when i do. i dont worry

about things . its the subject i choose . some times its so fleeting its hard to do.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My photo tells a story . . . Can you guess what it is?

[Gato Moteado]

4. powerful image, peg!

i can think of a lot of stories here....what's the real story behind it?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Thanks so much, dear Gato!

It's simple, actually. The hands belong to Andy and me. Not sure which one of us took the photo, but it was taken with my Olympus Mark IV camera and the 12-45mm lens.

It was my idea to do this. We experimented with different poses but this one pleased us both the most. I converted it to B&W and Andy liked the way his veins stood out.

This was last August, when he was here visiting.

[Gato Moteado]

6. what a story!

love it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Me too. Since we had no idea what was coming, especially.

[George McGovern]

8. This photo of my friend and her horse hugging reminded me of this famous photograph taken in Times Square on VJ day.