In the shade Photo

Photographer’s Note

Tuareg man at a market in Agadez, Niger. He was trying to sell his camel to me. Very serious and proud man.

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gracetansc (67) 2005-05-16 9:35

Beautiful image with excellent detail! There seems to be dust/specks or something like that on the right of frame. Would be better without it.

Grace

hajle (1087) 2005-05-16 9:53

szkoda ze polowa twarzy jest niedoswietlona;ale i tak fota mi sie podoba;
pozdrawiam
sławek

Booz (13880) 2005-05-16 10:54

chyba bym kupi³... dobry portret - bardzo tajemniczy
Pozdrawiam
Tomek

entrelec (8342) 2005-05-16 10:57

Again and again this burning sun!White 'tagelmoust" and very black skin...hard task (impossible ?). It would have been better for you to meet this man in the evening.Here is a good exemple of the real proudness of the touaregs; well seen. For me however, I should have prefer the background on the left.
Joel

kdien (9261) 2005-05-16 15:13

Mistyczna i tajemnicza twarz, wspaniale pokazana. Ciekawe ile dostanie bakszyszu? Pozdrawiam, Krzysztof

alimo3 (6826) 2005-05-16 15:43 [Comment]

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everlasting (10940) 2005-05-17 1:16

I hop eyou bought the camel, very handy in canada. :)
You have done a good job in the harsh light, would have been better for you to have met him later in the day.

Czarusek (466) 2005-05-17 2:02

brak odrobiny ¶wiat³a na polowie twarzy powoduje wy³aniajace sie z ciemnosci oko doddaj±ce grozy calej postaci, ciekawe foto

kinginexile (2440) 2005-05-17 2:28

Hi, Krystof, your note is perfectly conveyed in the portrait of this man. What a difficult, hard light and elements to deal with. You managed very well.

note: Again, a perfect shot, i have no doubt, loses definition transferred over the net, and it's always the under-eye skin parts or cheeks that suffer the most, for some reason.

bboss (3548) 2005-05-17 8:54

This is fantastic, he has such an amazing face.And good composition as well.
This one would certainly benefir from some photoshop stuff - a little lightening around his eyes and a little darkening of his headscarf to bring out a little more detail. This is not the fault of the exposure which is spot on, but the joys of photoshop can make it even better. I may try a ws later if I have time.
A few bits of dust on the scan as well. Still a beautiful image.
cheers David

so I have tried a ws, it could be better than this with more time. what do you think?

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manny (21378) 2005-05-18 7:57

You have a good compo here . Really a good color contrast which I think will even look better in BW. Great picture you have.

faubry (32415) 2005-05-19 5:32

this man is very beautiful, prestance, i like the background
thanks
francine

oochappan (22032) 2005-05-20 21:14

although you were put on to comments Krzysztof, don't know why, I am kind of keen on this portrait of this proud Tuareg, sharp on his dark face as he is dark of skin and a explicit DOF to spot him out from the background.
Very well portrait that I like very much.
Warm greetings
Henk

ballyna (1689) 2005-11-20 8:10

Krzysztof,
very hard light conditions but result is pretty;well DOF here and color heat is nice.so sharp,we can get many details of his face;and read his proud from his eyes.
regards

Jovillard (0) 2006-03-15 20:18

Beautiful !