gard of Madaure Photo

Photographer’s Note

portrait du gardien des ruines romaines de Madaure, cet homme a travaillé pendant 16 ans avec les archéologues français pour fouiller les ruines. à 76 ans il continue sa passion en guidant les quelques touristes qui viennent visiter les ruines romaines de Madaure.
version N&B en WS

Portrait of the guard of Madaure's Roman ruins, this man worked during 16 years with the French archaeologists to search ruins. At 76 years he continues the passion by guiding some tourists who come to visit Madaure's Roman ruins.
version N&B in WS

gbeli, kiwi_explorer, Floydian, Gerrit, maltese, leo61, ALIRIZA, AiresSantos, danos, plimrn, sabyasachi1212, bibiweb has marked this note useful

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gbeli (2026) 2007-05-22 7:04

Hello Didier
Nice photo of the local man
Good position in the frame and colors.
Regards

kiwi_explorer (12195) 2007-05-22 7:15

Hi Didier,
Very good portrait shot ... nice tight cropping. Well captured facial expressions and well composed. Excellent work! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

Floydian (30970) 2007-05-22 7:21

Nice portrait Didier,
His pose with his head a bit down is very nice captured. Colours are neutral but very good exposed. Sharpness with bokeh is more then good...good work..!!!
Regards, Henk

ninaL (19546) 2007-05-22 9:08

Bonjour, Didier.
Un portrait très intéressant.
J'aime beaucoup le visage et le regard de cet homme. Juste un truc : le blanc vire vers le magenta, probablement, la journée était ensoleillée, et l'homme-à l'ombre. J'aurais corrigé ça en PS, mais c'est un détail.
Amicalement, Grazyna.

Cretense (56318) 2007-05-22 9:29

Iassou Didier!

This is an excellent portrait, my friend! Perfect focus and framing, great natural take, without that straight forward look we normally see in portraits. Nice look and sweet expresion in that old man's face. Congratulations!

Ta leme,
Hercules

blue-velvet30 (6524) 2007-05-22 10:01

Hi Didier!
Great portrait. Excellent POV and DOF, perfect colors. Well done!
regards
Dorota

Gerrit (35841) 2007-05-22 11:27

Hi Didier,
great portrait. A joy to watch.
Regards, Gerrit

maltese (21535) 2007-05-22 12:15

Salut Didier
Une très bon portrait avec une PDC bien gérée; Cet expression un peu malicieuse est très bien captée.
Beau travail (et en N&B?)
Amicalement
Hervé

leo61 (43438) 2007-05-22 13:14

Hi Didier!
Good portrait and I like your view down at him.Great contrast of his white "Turban" with the soft colors of his other cloth and the nice blurred background.A very clear shot,with fine details at his interesting face.
Regards,Leo

ALIRIZA (16197) 2007-05-22 16:12

Bonjour Didier,
Excellent portrait of this old man. The expression and the details are wonderful. Well done my friend...
All the best...
Ali Rıza

izmirli (3211) 2007-05-22 18:58

bonjour dear didier
wonderful portrait picture.wonderful naturel colours.well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

vincz (19043) 2007-05-23 4:06

tres beau portrait super net, super propre, bon choix d'expostion. Ton blanc pourrait etre plus blanc (beaucoup de pub sur ce sujet a la tel :) ) mais c'est un detail.

brevbrev14 (372) 2007-05-24 3:26

Hi DIdier, very good portait here and very good expression of the man..
I like the pink tones on the dresses and on the background!
i like also the BW version!
well done!
ciao!
Valeria

danos (32690) 2007-05-24 3:44

Hello didier,
very nice the portait of this old man who works till now as guide of tourists.There is an element of awkwardness in his smile, but it is a shy awkwardness that adds to the aspect of the portrait.The most striking thing about this portrait is the way you have controlled the light. Nice work.
Regards,Danos

AiresSantos (42298) 2007-05-24 3:48

Hi Didier,
Very gorgeous portrait of this man. Excellent colours and details. I like his expression and how you framed the picture
My best Regards
Aires

jhm (82723) 2007-05-24 8:26

Hello Didier,

Very nice portrait of these old man, but he have the smile not lost, we can see the wrinkles of the time in are face. I like this more than your BW WS. Thanks for sharing.

Best regards,
John.

plimrn (19682) 2007-05-24 12:23

Bonjour Didier,
I love this photo. This fellow just radiates satisfaction with his life; you somehow captured this in your wonderful protrait. Your interesting note tells some of the reasons. SAJ, Pat

carper (65028) 2007-05-24 12:24

yes it´s a fantastic portrait Didier,
fine details good light good composition and a fine qyality hwere, well done.
gr. jaap

sabyasachi1212 (19546) 2007-05-27 0:19

Hi Didier,
Interesting face and good details, well chosen POV.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

maxlp (32) 2007-05-28 13:21

didier,
il est en pleine forme cet homme de 76 ans, le regard a tout son éclat et il semble rusé comme un fennec!!
bonne netteté et bonne lumiere..
.MLP.

bibiweb (8) 2007-06-02 2:50

Bonjour Didier,
Très chouette portrait avec de jolies teintes douces et beaucoup de détails malgré le manque visible de lumière. C'est le genre de photo que je dois absolument apprendre à faire... Je ne suis jamais à l'aise pour photographier les gens, et pourtant cela laisse de beaux souvenirs surtout lorsqu'on a la chance de croiser des personnages comme celui-ci qui doivent avoir beaucoup de choses intéressantes à raconter.
Bon week-end.
Brigitte

jojo31 (1601) 2007-06-21 13:04

bonsoir Didier
Excellent portrait, tu as su capté son expression et son regard
beaux détails
amicalement

jojo
PS merci pour tes gentils commentaires