Fotos

everlasting (10940) 2006-01-02 7:20

No, its not suppose to be tlike that but life is hard for many.........
Her expression says it all, downcast, faraway eyes.
Maceij, you have composed this well the three eldery figures, spaced apart, the DOF is spendid.
best wishes to you for 2006 and keep shooting!

faubry (32409) 2006-01-02 7:41

hello Maciej

sad image from old people, but better here what in the streets... good POV,
one month ago laetitia and me wa in mamallapuram, chennai, tiruvananalai also.... good end of the trip
francine

pascal13 (1632) 2006-01-02 7:53

Bonjour Maciej,
Image trés forte que celle ci.
Le regard dans le vide de cette vielle dame,l'expression de son visage et les deux personnages en second plan,nous font prendre conscience de ce qu'est la solitude,et combien il doit être difficile de vieillir dans ses endroits,seuls,abandonnés de tous.Image triste,certe,heureusement que certaines personnes peuvent parfois les aider,et les accompagner dans les derniers jours de leur vie.
Superbe photo,excellent travail.
Amicalement.
Pascal

bnallama (3755) 2006-01-02 8:23

Yes it is a powerful look... full of sorrow and worries.. Hope uwill find what u r looking for.. All the best for u in 2006... Take care. Bala

Furachan (0) 2006-01-02 8:59

Beautifully measured photo, Maciej - super sharp on the old lady's face, perfectly soft in the background. Mature work indeed.
Loking forward to seeing a lot more from yur projects there.
Have a wonderful New Year!
Francis

jcandeli (40) 2006-01-02 10:34

It's a beautiful shot. The lighting is great and nice sharpness on the woman. I personally think you are makeing your DOF a little too shallow. There are details I would like to see in the background more. Maybe not 100% sharp but not quite so blurry. That is just my personal taste though. Great photo. JP

sebautourdumond (3104) 2006-01-02 11:16

Hi Maciej
Very nice picture with great atttitude and very good depth of field. Like also your compo. Very beautiful.
Bye
Seb

tad (77) 2006-01-02 12:43

wspaniala twarz, tyle wyrazu... to co sie dzieje w tle dodaje smaku; kapitalne zdjecie!

Drzoana (1122) 2006-01-02 16:09

Nie ma sie co zalamywac ale ja tez wlasnie w Indiach mialam najmniejsza motywacje do robienia zdjec..
powodzenia w reszcie.
zdjecie jest dobre choc juz wiele takich sie tutaj widzialo ;-)
pozdr.
j.

CliffW (2310) 2006-01-02 17:58

Maciej, I am always astonished at how you manage to get such candid expressions. This one is very moving, but mysterious as well. I am not sure if I can tell what she's thinking, but I wish that I could. I think that you would have to be her to really understand. The lighting here is excellent too.

nygus (8077) 2006-01-03 3:47

ogolnie standard u ciebie, ale za wyraz twarzy duzy plus, niezly klimat - tak uchwycone akurat czy caly czas takie zawieszenie miała?

sohrab (7423) 2006-01-07 14:36

"2006.01.01 - Hapy New Year. Still in Chennai, completely frustrated. I don't think I will go to India ever again. Unless a miracle happens. I am completely out of ideas, I am unable to take photos anymore, no joy at all, all people annoy me, it seems like everybody is watching me, the camera draws so much attention here."

haha don't get bugged but these are really funny statements..

you know.. i'm sure you've got some great photographs, but because of the outrageous number of photographs and naturally a large number being not upto the mark, they're hidden..

take it easy.. be patient and spend time at a place and i'm sure you'll be more satisfied with what you do..

also maciej.. i think a photographer will be able to get better work if he/she has some sort of an objective or vision or something like that.. for example.. when claude came here in 2004 to work on his book he was getting really good photographs.. not that his other work is not good.. but there seemed to be some sort of a vision in his work.. it's quite natural to feel that you're not getting anything.. happens to me lots of time..

now coming to this photograph.. you have loads of emotions here.. HOWEVER i totally hate the depth of field here.. infact i feel that these days you're a poor exponent of the depth of field..

fine you've got a bokeh here.. bokehs are nice.. but there are lots of times when a deeper depth of field can bring out the context more clearly like in this case.. even the background could have expressed a part of her life (context) but you've muddled it up..
you seem to be shooting at a low depth of field very often.. but very rarely getting meaningful bokehs.. photographs like the one of the horse and the temple scream for deep depth of fields..
try and experiment with the depth of field as well.. once you start using the depth of field more appropriately your photographs will get stronger..

take care :)

p.s. i'm being hard on you on purpose.. lemme know if you want me to take it easy..

p.p.s. actually i had written a much longer critique a few days ago.. but my connection's not working well.. so it wasn't getting posted and ultimately i lost it..

maki (0) 2006-01-11 11:35

czesc Maciek,
Jej oczy zdaja sie wracac w przeszlosc, widac w nich troche smutku i tesknoty za tym co bylo... i chyba latwe to zycie nie bylo. Piekne kolory. Fajnie ulozony kadr z innymi starszymi osobami w tle i chociaz nie widac ich dokladnie to ich "pozycja" wskazuje na odpoczynek wlasnie starszych osob, ktore zwykle nie leza w najbardziej wygodnej pozycji a sa jakby przykurczeni w swym oczekiwaniu... Doskonale, przemyslane zdjecie. Pozdrawiam. maki

rahul__rahul__ (2250) 2006-01-23 16:54

Hi Maciej,
nice picture, Her expression is sad and gives alot of thought, and the blurred background is nice. I also like the colors of her sari, and the picture is sharp. Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Rahul

clarita (654) 2006-03-19 0:59

excellent, excellent piece here. i really like everything about it...the expression, color, focus, composition. good work!