Her Soul Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Another girl I saw in the streets of Siem Reap.

I can actually stay the whole day on the side of the street in Siem Reap. There are so many people to photograph. Capturing them through my lens is like interacting with them. Sharing my pics to everyone is like reaching out to my subject and other people all at once.

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adam_k (596) 2006-03-01 11:41

Quite a good piece of portrait...
Personally I would prefer the title something like 'her face' to avoid such an extrapolation and giving the person looking at the picture such a straithforward answer...
Anyway - nice to look at.

ndb1958 (9249) 2006-03-01 11:45

Great eyes ... nice expression ... the way she looks to you is very special ... and her hair is very wild for a little girl.
Nice b+w shot and portrait,
Nino

GG_Poland (722) 2006-03-01 11:45

just beautyful. you captured a lot of emotions. great colors and DOF. amazing eyes. its another of your portraits that goes to my favorites.

best wishes
Grzegorz

talikf (1290) 2006-03-01 11:50

Great portrait! I wonder how you can get them to look so sharp! Congrats...

flydragon (0) 2006-03-01 11:53

beautifull Manuel

love her big black eyes
and your black and white is perfect
great detail, u guess you enjoye your D200
regards
••simon••

zeebandy (116) 2006-03-01 12:12

What a great portrait. There is so much expression in her eyes, sadness...
dof and black and white are perfect for this shot

skegz (453) 2006-03-01 13:01

Beautiful portrait. Black and white and the emotion in the eyes make this a simply brilliant picture.

Nice one
Dave

kozerog (1198) 2006-03-01 13:14

Her eye are very deep and beautiful. I love your portraits Manuel. We have photo club here in Moscow and I recommended your page to my friends there. Thank you.

brasiu (65) 2006-03-01 13:45

A photo good to win the Pulitzer. You kept the soul of that child. My congrats.

naxius (16679) 2006-03-01 13:51

Splendid look Manuel!!
Really a wonderful prortrait..straight to your camera..
Excellent b&w transformation too.
Alex

rewshearer (682) 2006-03-01 14:46

Beautiful. The DOF means that the clarity of her face and the generic grey of the background contrast so well. It's one of the most intimate portraits I've seen.

BrianGraney (1734) 2006-03-01 14:48

Such a sad face which seems to be about to cry.
A wonderful photo! Excellent depth of field and very good tight framing.
Best wishes
Brian

Mistral (13846) 2006-03-01 14:50

Touching and tender expression, her eyes are wonderful Manny!
Great on B&W.
Love your way to approach people...
A smile
Luca

robiuk (10763) 2006-03-01 15:24

Absolutely excellent, Manny!
Lately you've been producing some stunning portraits!
Thanks,
Robi

coco (28266) 2006-03-01 17:43

Hola Manuel.
Great capture. Impressive, sensitive and with a great quality. The brightness in these black eyes looks terrific. Are the eyes sharpened in a postprocessing? Why are so... different?

Carlos.

designsoul (21394) 2006-03-02 13:47

Hello Manny,
What a sad and beautiful portrait... her eyes are on fire... a lovely poor girl. Very well done, your bw treatment is exquisite
sasa

Niara78 (0) 2006-03-02 14:31

This is a breathtaking shot, Manny. Leaves me completely speechless...

Best regards,

Nathalie

JonKilimnik (0) 2006-03-02 16:59

just ....wow! manny your people shots are super. makes me wanna jump on a plane and head over there with my camera right now.
jon

Svillegas (1165) 2006-03-03 2:34

Hi Manuel,
How can you ALWAYS obtein such wonderful eyes and this way of looking that the people in your portrais have? I think that you're doing a great job here.
This sad expressions are wonderful, I personally think that it's usually difficult to obtein a real expression (not rigid and posed) on people's faces when they now that are being photographed.
But her eyes are deep and bright. Just precise, saying lots of things with no words. It's superbe!

On the technical side:

-Wonderful use of the DOF, composition.
-Great election for black and white (and use of it), I think this encourages a lot the sad expression and the last result.

HAve a nice day, Sonia

dolin (15647) 2006-03-03 4:31

Hi Manu.
Encore un splendide portrait avec un incroyable regard percant.
J'aime bien ces yeux qui brillent sur ce visage qui semble triste...c'est très touchant.
Très beau b/w également.
Joli
Fred

Captain (509) 2006-03-20 19:12

A super portrait and I like the use of black and white. The eyes are so sharp did you do this in PS. Ian

Photo Information

Copyright: Manuel Librodo (manny) (21378)
Genre: People
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2006-02-12
Categories: Daily Life
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/320 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): PORTRAITS of CHILDRENS (2005/06) NGO contribution [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-03-01 11:35
Favorites: 1 [view]