The little pink hood Photo

Photographer’s Note

Followers of the religion of Islam make up less than one percent of the predominantly Buddhist population of Cambodia. Roughly 80% of Cambodia’s Muslims belong to the Cham ethnic group.

There are two types of Muslims in Cambodia. The two groups include: Sunni, traditional Muslims, along the lines of Arab Muslims, who pray five times per day, and Fojihed Muslims, who follow an ancient Cham interpretation of the religion. They only pray once a week. They speak Cham, and keep the old Cham traditions.

The little girl was coming out of a Mosque and I made her happy when I came back few days later to give her picture...

ISO 100
Focal length 200mm
Time 13H25 (1.25pm)

ciakgiak, trekks, dareco, ChrisJ, AiresSantos, albertojr, besnard, alftrek, siolaw, jaywalker, Cricri, JCG, parbo, belido, Floydian has marked this note useful

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trekks (14260) 2009-04-18 6:22

salut Marilyn

This shot was taken the day we arrived in Phnom Penh. We did come to the Lake side the same late afternoon and saw a mosque near by although we almost got lost there.

The girl wearing pink is very lovely in this strong light that forces her eyes to be kept good for the camera and she has done well for this pose. You know how to highlight her feature by choosing a good bg color for this portrait work.

The look tells that she is comfortable with your camera. Good work.

tfs, bill

dareco (17024) 2009-04-18 6:25

Such a sweet little girl, and I'm so happy that she recieved this beautiful portrait of herself. I know she will treasure it. I like the lighting and shadows. Nice detail. TFS

ciakgiak (10150) 2009-04-18 6:32

Hello Marilyn.
I like so much this portrait, you captured this little girl in a fantastic expression, her face is really exciting, colors are great so as the light.
Excellent work my dear friend, congratulation.
Have a great week end.
Giorgio

ChrisJ (69588) 2009-04-18 6:42

Bonsoir Marilyn

A superb head & shoulders portrait, of the small Muslim girl, with the pink hajib. Unusual indeed, to see Muslims in Cambodia. I'm wondering if the 'Cham' described, are the same people that developed a civilisation in neighbouring Vietnam, & attacked Angkor Wat near Siem Reap, in the 12th century?

AiresSantos (41418) 2009-04-18 7:09

Hi Marilyn
Wonderful expression of islamic girl in this fine portrait. Excellent colours and light management
Have a nice weekend
Aires

albertojr (718) 2009-04-18 7:31

The bokeh blends well with the color of the hood, i like your tight framing and compo as well as the quality of the shot. Beautiful one.

P-S-I-G (24482) 2009-04-18 7:53

Salut Marilyn,
Une expression de visage bien saisie avec le regard vers nous.
Bonne netteté sur le visage. J'aurais peut-être augmenter encore la vitesse sous cette très dure lumière.
Amicalement,
Fabrice

besnard (30182) 2009-04-18 8:30

Bonjour Marilyn
Un joli portrait d'une grande netteté de cette petite fille tout de rose vétue et aux yeux rieurs.
Merci pour le partage et bon week-end.
Nicole

Graal (57292) 2009-04-18 10:41

Bonsoir Marilyn,
another very nice portrait. I like the natural smile and glance of girl. An interesting WS also. Good photojob.
Gr., Aleksander

gilou530 (34739) 2009-04-18 14:12

salut marilyn
une lumiére douce qui éclaire ce visage, un regard plein de sincérité, rien de plus pour réussir un bon portraot
amitiés
gilbert

alftrek (2703) 2009-04-18 16:16

Hello Marilyn,
You have chosen a simple and coloured BG which I think is really good for a portrait. It does not distract us from looking at the main subject. Her expression is natural under the harsh light with excellent sharpness and details, though some may be concerned about shadows for a portrait. Good work

Regards
Alfred

siolaw (25702) 2009-04-19 0:06

Sussedai Lyn...
Un joli portrait de cette charmante fillette des quartiers musulmans... le rose lui va si bien, avec cette jolie broderie qui encadre le visage... La lumiere etait puissante mais tu t en es bien tiree. Bon cadrage ;D
L.

jaywalker (12186) 2009-04-19 5:10

Hi Marilyn, A lovely little portrait with great light & beautiful colours, the detail is very good indeed, excellent shallow DOF & overall a really nice picture, kind regards Wilson.

Cricri (42853) 2009-04-19 5:39

Salut Marylin
Belle lumière sur son petit visage tout mignon encore plus adouci par le contour rose de son bonnet, j'imagine sa joie quand tu lui a donnée sa photo :-)
Passe un beau dimanche
cricri

JCG (24857) 2009-04-19 6:52

Bonjour Marilyn,

A voir ces yeux je constate que la lumière était bien présente et tu l'as bien géré donnant un bien beau portrait de cette fillette pour qui le rose va si bien et fait bien ressortir son joli minoi. Belle photo et merci Marilyn pour la photo de la mosquée.

Avec toutes mes amitiés et un très bon dimanche,

Jean-Charles

parbo (10964) 2009-04-19 13:55

Salut Marilyn,

Lovely portrait of young Muslim lady in pink scarf. Your focus worked nice with slightly blurry background. Sharpness and clarity are excellent. Congratulations. Have a nice new week.

Amitiés,

Ertugrul

danos (31740) 2009-04-19 15:29

Geia sou Marilyn,
nice the portrait of this little Muslim girl with the characteristic cover on her head.I like the good management of the light as the creative shadows on her face.Well done.

Se xereto,Danos

delkoo (33976) 2009-04-20 23:58

bonjour marylin,
la photo complete bien la note fort interessante sur les differents courants religieux du Cambodge, la lumiere n'est pas la meilleure mais le principal est d'apprendre quelque chose.

bonne journée
didier

vincz (19039) 2009-04-21 12:35

Quelle superbe lumiere, j;adore aussi l'ombre sur le rose. Une excellente image. bravo.

John_F_Kennedy (30689) 2009-04-22 2:55

Hello Marilyn,
A classic study. Wonderful colours and composition.
Best wishes,
Achim

belido (16065) 2009-04-22 5:20

Bonjour Marylin,

very attractive portrait! Clarity and the details are superb. And it's well framed as well. Love her expression, you did a great job on the catch and the approach is very good. Well done!
Amicalement,
Carlos

Floydian (30970) 2009-04-23 4:10

Dear Marilyn,

I looked long at this picture and wondering about the background. How i love that left part, so soft and smooth, while on the right side the marble brings also great contrast and gives it a very natural look. But both backgrounds don't work together, so how to deal with it....no that easy.

But the girl, so wonderful, so smooth, so innocent and look at those skintones, truly wonderful with perfect lights on her cheeks while other parts are in the shade...
Middle of the day, must be hard light, but still the result looks very good....you did well here, i like such portraits.

I never saw Cham people in Cambodia, only in Vietnam (one pic here on TE), but the woman with there veils look very beautiful and very inspiring for making a nice portrait.

Regards,

Henk

izmirli (2931) 2009-05-02 13:36

bonjour my friend marilyn
how are you?
wonderful portrait picture.beautiful lovely model.well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.