a special look

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• Andro (4)
• [2007-08-28 0:55]

Hi
Excellent portrait...Special photo...

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• jslee (1878)
• [2007-08-28 1:01]

Just Beautiful portrait!
Vey impressive and strong image.

Kind regards
JS Lee

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• happypoppeye (3427)
• [2007-08-28 1:49]

A special look indeed...

...a scary looking one at that. Great saturated colors inthis one. Sharp and detailed with a nice background also. This is good one. One that connects with the viewer, with the man staring straight in to the camera.

Also, referring to your note - if you out during the day, especially in the sun where Eritrea is, you may want to consider a polarizer. This may really help with getting better colors. Now, I'm sure you're going to have enough on your hands trying to learn everything about the D80, without messing with a filter, but you may want to consider it.

Great work.
John

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• nbj (1589)
• [2007-08-28 3:22]

that is a seriously intense stare. i like it, and i like the face in profile on the right as well. the blurry stuff at the bottom of the picture is slightly disturbing, but it would of course not be easy to crop out. and who cares, anyway, it's a good picture.

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• emn (251)
• [2007-08-28 4:33]

Another extremly good portrait. You have a special gift for capture people on their special moments.
The white gives the strong touch for the image to work and it really does.
Congratulations amigo.

emn***

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• isabela_sor (30268)
• [2007-08-28 7:15]
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A very very strong portrait,and his look is really impressive!The focus only on his face and the blurred BG make this composition really great
Still I wanted to see how it looks in b&w
Tell me what do you think
Greetings from Romania

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• brevbrev14 (18885)
• [2007-08-31 1:36]
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Hi Rolando, woow...
the look of this man is incredible...
great the blured people in BG...
stunning portrait!
ciao!
Valeria

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• rafid76 (2486)
• [2007-09-07 10:59]
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simply powerful but i must say that the workshop is even better, that B&W really give it a punch.

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• mirarer (1771)
• [2007-09-22 3:54]
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Hola Rolando:
Perfecto retrato, tiene una fuerza extraordinaria. Me gusta mucho.

He recibido tu comentario sobre la falta de luz en mis fotos. Agradezco tu interés, soy una recién llegada a este mundillo de la fotografía digital e intento aprender día a día. Como digo en mi introducción funciono un poco por intuición y a veces por culpa de la técnica, que no domino, el resultado es un poco decepcionante. Tengo además otro tema que solucionar, tengo serios problemas para postproducir las fotos y comprimirlas en menos de 200 kb con buen resultado.
Por el momento en mis fotos no hay nada de postproducción, son tal cual me han salido.
Prometo ponerme a ello en breve. Ya me he hecho con una versión moderna del Photoshop y aunque me da bastante pereza tendré que empezar a currármelo.
Muchas gracias y buena estancia en Eritrea.
Saludos.
Mirari.

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• Liekje (569)
• [2007-10-20 13:46]
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How come I haven't seen this shot before, it's absolutely brilliant. Off course the white is in good contrast with the man's face, but his look also has some sort of intensity. Somewhere it reminds me a little of this photo of a Touareg man/woman (photographer unknown) of which I have a huge poster in my room. There is in both that and this picture no way you can not look at the eyes, you just have to surrender to the look!
Like this shot, the picture tries to say a thousand words, but the eyes control every detail, and that's what makes this so great/mysterious/intense.

BRILLIANT!

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• ceremo (176)
• [2007-10-22 3:19]
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Beautiful portrait!
ciao!

Ceremo

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• rbcy1974 (19875)
• [2007-10-23 13:37]
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Hola ROlando:
Un doble retrato fantastico
me gusta mucho como el color de la piel de estos hombres domina el marco
muy buenas expreiones
Un saludo
Daniel

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• Polonaise (13922)
• [2007-11-07 4:28]
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It would be one of the most loud speaking portraits on TE..
If you are so close to a magnificent post - you must obey the rules of perfection, Rolando...

"Even the slightest thing can ruin a good photo - the major flaw won't ruin the crappy one " !!! (Confucious)

That partly cut-partly visible face on left (???)

If you'd crop your photo just a notch to the right - it wouldn't be a 'half-face' there anymore...
It would be a great background to your TWO magnificent faces !!!
(Scroll your screen to the left edge of your monitor as far as to hide that neck of the guy on left, even a notch futher than that...
D'you see it ?
TaDa !!!

Oh, well...
It's still a real close shot...
And by 'close' I don't mean 'near'..
I mean close to the very soul of every portrait...

The depth of his eyes !!!

Keep running - breathlessly

g.

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Your camera ?

Like your Sheib' guy !
As close to perfection as it can be...
Don't go nuts on equipment...
It's not a 5% of success... It's a mere 1%...

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• oochappan (33835)
• [2007-11-08 21:51]
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I like this portrait Rolando, with his serious deep look, the white border pulled a bit too much ditractive attention, so I did a WS, hope you like it ?
Henk

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• kiks (3073)
• [2007-11-14 3:00]

Hi Rolando, indeed a very scary look. Even on the screen I get the feeling that is gooing to jump out. Do they look often like this?
Technacly i think you manage the light perfectly and i like the choice of the unsharp bg and including the man on the right. Great framing. Can you tell me what happend with the lower part of the image.
Congratulations for the good work and TFS
KIKs

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• serdarakyay (550)
• [2007-11-29 9:27]

hi Roland
very deep and meaningful looking.
cong.
regards
serdar

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• MLINES (7902)
• [2007-12-27 15:07]

Hi Rolando. This is a fine portrait of a fierce-looking guy. The inclusion of the profile of the second person on the side works well. I am unlikely to go to this place so to see the locals through your lens is a pleasure. TFS.Murray.