our guide Amadou Photo

Photographer’s Note

a small homage to our guide touareg Amadou, which made known to us his country apart from the beaten paths, and instead of making day of 15 with 20km indicator which we were not beginners to be counted on 25 with 30km per day, a true pleasure here you see all the power of the 10M pixels look at the WS and you will include/understand.

Floydian, aznegrao, rakeshgupta, riclopes, axiotea, ayobami has marked this note useful

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gebala (0) 2006-03-29 16:16

hello, exellent is this work, great point of view, great lighting, nice cropping, great one
rgs

bibiweb (8) 2006-03-29 16:22

Salut Gilbert,
C'est vrai que c'est pratique les 10M de pixels pour les recadrages! :o)
Il a l'air sympathique Amadou et j'aime bien le geste qu'il fait avec le sable au moment où tu prends la photo. Comme s'il disait: "Regardez comme il est beau le sable de mon désert!". Une belle photo souvenir!
Amicalement, Brigitte

Emmie76 (2009) 2006-03-29 16:27

Bonsoir Gilbert,
Je trouve que tu as eu une très bonne idée en recadrant l'image uniquement sur le guide. Je me demande cependant si je n'aurais pas enlevé le baton à gauche. Mais en même temps, je comprends que tu aies décidé de le laisser car après tout, il s'intègre bien dans l'image.
J'aime le symbole du sable qui s'écoule entre ses doigts.
Bonne soirée,
Emma

banyanman (7716) 2006-03-29 23:49

Hi Gilbert. When I first saw this I was going to tell you what a great composition it was, but then comment on the noise and contrast. But then I read your note and looked at the workshop and saw how you had cropped this - so in the circumstances the technical shortcomings are quite forgiveable. This is certainly a great demonstration of what you can do with 10 megapixels. I am saving my money to upgrade to a D200! Cheers . . . David

Floydian (30970) 2006-03-29 23:57

Hi Gilbert,
Lack of contrast was the first thing what came up to me. After reading the note i understand why. The D200 is an very good camera, and with 10M you came make the most beautifull crops, what we can see here. The pole in the sand, his hand over his knee, it all works out te be very good.
Really nice, and thanks for the note.
Regards, Henk

alainh (35379) 2006-03-30 0:18

bonjour Gilbert
un recadrage musclé et un resultat superbe.
le guide, le rocher et le sable.
bel effet que ce sable qui s'ecoule dans sa main qui est toute sa vie.
amicalement
alain

triptych2003 (1398) 2006-03-30 0:37

this is a great shot of a man who has spent his life in the desert. his tanned skin, brown and leather textured shows he is almost at one with the sand he holds in his hand. nice to see his tradional adidas jacket, native to his lands!! :)

Didi (36196) 2006-03-30 0:45

Il ressemble à Morgan Freeman dans Robin des Bois. Fier et détendu.
Bonjour Gilbert
Faire d'une pierre deux coups
Photographier ses potes et une photo du guide pour TE.
Très astucieux !

P-S-I-G (24482) 2006-03-30 1:21

Salut Gilbert,
Brigitte a raison, on sent de la fierté de son pays dans l'attitude du guide. Bel exercice, le WS nous donne un bon éclairage.
La falaise rocheuse sert agréablement de fond.
Bien vu.
Amicalement,
Fabrice

GilbertB (12246) 2006-03-30 5:56

Salut Gilbert, tu as su arrêter le temp en figeant ce sable qui coule, très beau portrait. Super les 10M. Amitiés.
Gilbert

lucinka (9902) 2006-03-30 7:47

Gilbert, I am bit jealous to see this photo as I wanted to be in Libya myself, well some other time. You've captured great desert scene here with local guide and beautiful background. well done. L.

capthaddock (28640) 2006-03-30 10:59

Hi Gilbert - excellent crop, and the pose is perfect, and another cool stylish touareg sporting adidas this time, great work. Just for experimant I did a workshop to the workshooop.

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lukie (0) 2006-03-30 11:28

Bonsoir Gilbert,

je vois que le guide est bien sportif, avec son pull d' Adidas... Fine shot !

regards,

Luc.

Cricri (43212) 2006-03-30 12:26

Bonjour Gilou,
Joli portrait d'Amadou avec son sourire râdieux, tout fiére de montrer le sable du désert, belle prise. félicitations
Bisous
cricri

aznegrao (10246) 2006-03-30 13:25

Hi Gilbert!
Interessante e espontânes expressão do homem com sua roupa exótica para nós brasileiros. Great work.
Greetings.
aznegrao.

rhizomes (15325) 2006-03-30 13:37

Salut Gilbert,
Très belle vue avec ce guide souriant...
Peut-être est-il cadré un peu serré, ce qui lui donne l'impression d'être coincé dans le cadre de ta photo...Dans ce sens, je préfère le WS plus large...
Mais très belles couleurs et sujet !!
Christophe

Stepan (27175) 2006-03-30 14:16

Et bien, je préférais clairement l'arche et je trouve que le pied et le baton sur la gauche gâche beaucoup le sujet.
Par contre, j'aime bien le fond qui ressemble à un décor de carton pâte. Assez marrant comme effet.
Stéphane

xavshot (62617) 2006-03-30 14:38

Bonsoir Gilbert
vriament impressionnant ce recadrage. Tu as bien fait de nous mettre le WS ! Le résultat me plait et j'aime beaucoup l'effet du sable.
Bravo et bonne soirée
Xavier

Rossignol (2289) 2006-03-30 16:35

Very effective, Gilbert.
stunning backdrop and nice character study of the figure. Capturing the sand falling through his fingers like that was a master stroke.
Great work
Peter

rakeshgupta (2670) 2006-03-30 21:13

He is looking hardworking man. His expressions tells he knows inches of this area. He is posing very well and showing his country's soil as the attraction and its worth.
Good POV. Great background. Excellent composition.
Thanks for sharing.
- Rakesh

jafadabret (39777) 2006-03-31 11:28

Beau portrait de Mamadou, Gilbert, ton D200 fait des merveilles. J'aime ce philosophe qui nous dit avec le sable que la vie s'écoule et qu'il faut la vivre pleinement.
Jacques

devimeuxbe (55873) 2006-04-01 16:34

Bonsoir Gilbert
Joli portrait de ce guide qui semble honorer le sable qui le fait vivre. Tres joli cadrage et belle luminosité.
Amicalement
BErtrand

riclopes (33011) 2006-04-02 6:04

Bonjour Gilbert,
Wonderful shots from the desert in Lybia. Impressive powerful close-up of your guide. I like his pose and the gesture that he is doing with the sand. The background is quite attractive and very well done with the original in ws, to give us some perspective of the place and the crop that you have done.
Merci,
Amitiés,
Ricardo

donluicu (23927) 2006-04-11 10:48

salut Gilbert
excellent cadrage pour ce portrait en situation..
les falaises au fond rajoutent un plus a la compo

bravo
loic

axiotea (16135) 2006-05-21 11:23

Bonsoir Gilbert,
Une belle compo avec un guide qui a l air tres sympa...son regard sur le sable qui s ecoule de sa main est tres beau et fier....bon cadrage...
Amicalement,
Marilyn

ayobami (1343) 2006-08-20 7:31

This has a lot of potential! If only he wasn't squinting so much and the image were a little sharper overall. But a great crop from the original, it's nice to pull him out and put him in these surroundings where he so naturally fits. Of course now, having seen the original, I see a foot on the left, perhaps this could be cloned out? Must have been an amazing experience!