Photographer's Note
In order to post other photos than only landscapes, here is a portrait of a Balinese woman.
I took it on a market and I was amazed to see the difference between the bright colors of the clothes of this woman and the sadness on her face.
This photo is relatively old but everytime I look at it, I remember this vivid moment as it was yesterday.
I like also the complementarity of the forms and the colors.
Material : the photo was taken before digital cameras, with a body Nikon F801s and a zoom 80-200 mm f2.8. It was here at 200 mm. It's a slide.
Post-processing : scan of the slide, cropping, levels, sharpness.
I hope you will like it.
summer89, cool_s15, Rinie_Hoff, carper, PechePassion, ChrisJ, Kenny10pin, sunny, scalerman, piozac, eleparc, jrj, papagolf21, avigur_11, CoolDan marcou esta nota como útil
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clodreno
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(0) 2004-04-13 5:13
I simply love portraits.. landscapes tend to make me fall asleep.. So I am very happy to see this one. Nice profile with lovely colors and very good DOF.
Great shot..
Your framing is also very clean.
summer89
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(5422) 2004-04-13 5:17
Wonderfull portrait photo, Yves.
A perfect use of DOF with beautiful colors.
Well done
cool_s15
(4050) 2004-04-13 5:20
The framing here is interesting, Yves!
As well as the DOF. Simply beautiful shot.
gringofil
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(0) 2004-04-13 5:24
This is just amazing. The composition is striking and the way the colors seem to match throughout the shot works wonderfully. Nice DOF as well. Good job!
AdrianW
(2274) 2004-04-13 5:41
Lovely shot! I really like the contrast between the reds and the blues here, and the lighting on the bowl. DOF is perfect too. My only slight criticism is that your scan doesn't seem as crisp as I'd hope - I'd try a little less sharpening with the wide USM, and a little more "narrow" if you understand what I mean! Very well captured, thanks for sharing :-D
vbourrut
(32482) 2004-04-13 6:03
Superbe portrait, avec une PDC adéquate pour mettre en valeur ton sujet, seul regret, l'effet d'escalier sur le haut de la bassine, probablement du au redimenssionement de l'image
carper
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(96) 2004-04-13 6:06
Yes yves this is realy a good one from your side. The composition is very good, the colours are great, It's only a shame that she don't look to you for a moment, great job anyway
jhonny_blue
(4956) 2004-04-13 7:23
Wonderful picture and composition Yves !
It´s realy perfect !
One of my favourites !
Thanks for sharing ! :)
PechePassion
(483) 2004-04-13 7:51
Super photo avec une qualité de scan irréprochable car le rendu des couleurs est superbe !
omritoppol
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(826) 2004-04-13 9:22
Superb colors, and the lighting is simply great, i like it hits the ball. Well done
Kenny10pin
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(19301) 2004-04-13 11:46
perfect shot, great focus on the subject the big object on her head, really good blurring effect.
Well done
sunny
(3069) 2004-04-13 12:45
Wow!!! Yves, this is a real jewel!
Fantastic vibrant colours, perfect DOF and the sharpness is just as much as needed. Simply great!
piozac
(2065) 2004-04-13 15:06
Wow! What a great shot Yves! Great colours, compo, DOF, everything is great here!
Well done!
eleparc
(24063) 2004-04-13 15:40
tres jolie photo yves;-) j'aime bcp comme tu as réussi à faire en sorte que les deux bassines soient à l'horizontale de ton cadre en haut. tres jolis tons de bleus et c'est vrai qu'elle a l'air triste ou préoccupée... c'est aussi ça la beauté de la photographie, de nous faire revivre des instants précis que notre cerveau a enregistré mais qui sont rangés loin au fond de notre mémoire... J'ai une photo avec ma soeur faite il y a 37 ans environ ou je la prenais par la main pour aller découvrir nos cadeaux sous l'arbre de noel , et cette photo me replonge toujours dans cette douce et belle période de l'enfance;-)
jrj
(34843) 2004-04-14 4:54
Great shot with the very good colour setting framed in the best way. Well seen and composed. And yes, the facial expression is maybe not in the line of the joyful dress..
papagolf21
(152599) 2004-04-14 6:03
Très belle composition Yves. Excellente profondeur de champ. Vieille photo, peut-être, mais parfaitement réussie.
Très bien fait Yves.
Félicitations et louanges amplement méritées.
Bravo !
wilkinsonsg
(8662) 2004-04-14 8:49 [Comment]
avigur_11
(22535) 2004-04-14 16:26
Wow, Yves, shrpness, sharpness sharpness.
and also DOF, subject, colors, clarity, timing..
all excellent and stunning. Very well done.
CoolDan
(2516) 2004-04-14 18:59
Ce portrait est tout simplement magnifique Yves. La couleur, la lumière, le regard de la femme tout est très bien rendu. Bravo.
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elena
(1054) 2004-04-22 18:04
tout est déjà dit, je suis merveillée par la technique de cette photo, le choix du sujet, les couleurs, la luminositée, la poesie...
je vais l´inclure entre mes préférées...
maciekda
(19895) 2004-04-24 7:40
oh, i missed this one, i was probably in Cambodia then ;)
very nice, wonderful composition with those bowls at the top of the frame, great pose of the woman, good focusing and nice shallow DOF, very good picture
Luko
(14000) 2004-05-19 12:22
Shapes, color matching and DOF are perfect. Excellent job, apart from that slight sharpening issue that Adrian also noticed.
Photo Information
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Copyright: Yves Duchemin (Cool-ice)
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(5289) - Genre: Pessoas
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 1992-00-00
- Categories: Vida Diária
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Tema(s): CLODO's selection IV [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2004-04-13 4:57
- Favoritos: 2 [ver]
Discussions
- To AdrianW: The scan (1)
by Cool-ice, last updated 2004-04-13 07:19 - To vbourrut: effet d'escalier (1)
by Cool-ice, last updated 2004-04-13 07:25
