For good luck Photo

Photographer’s Note

After photographing the kids of Ramni, we continued the way through the village and suddenly we found this "family" blocking the passage. The mother insisted that we touch the hump of the sacred cow and also make a photograph of them - "for good luck", she said. I had to be fast and couldn't complain about the bad lighting conditions. One quick shot and this is the result. I decided to post it...for good luck ;-)

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AiresSantos (42010) 2007-08-13 7:59

Hi Ricardo,
Another magnificent portrait from India. Excellent capture of the expressions. I like how you framed the picture and managed the light.
TFS and have a nice week
Aires

feather (49858) 2007-08-13 8:22

You even managed to get a cow in; your favourite animal. Very nice triple portrait. I don't mind the oe sky at all as it's not important. It's all about this hard-working family. Let's hope you keep getting your good luck.
Kath

ninaL (19508) 2007-08-13 8:23

Hi, Ricardo.
Good scene, very quiet and natural.
A little pitty for the croped feet...but is no the most important.
I like this scene and those persons.
Best regards. Grazyna.

syd1946 (17889) 2007-08-13 8:56

Hi Ricardo,
A strong sense to this portrait shot!They come(including the cow!)closer to your camera...looks so real and this is the big advantage for this photo.Only the the perspective to the far mountains with the different light gives some kind of dream.
They like very much to be photographed by you...so good luck to the nice family and to photographer,of course!

Wishes,
Thomas

bdayer (489) 2007-08-13 9:04

Hi Ricardo,
Excellent picture! I like how you could capture the faces of the boy and his mum, happy and proud of their cow. Hope luck will smile to you after this ;-)
Cheers,
Bertrand

josepmarin (33785) 2007-08-13 9:08

Olá Ricardo,
Buena captura de esta escena divertida, simpática y muy informativa. Yo no sabía que tocar la joroba de una vaca sagrada daba buena suerte. Me gusta la expresión en los rostros de la mujer, el niño e incluso la vaca, que parece muy tranquila y dócil.
Buen trabajo, casi periodístico y muy interesante.
Un abrazo,
Josep

photographer123 (5750) 2007-08-13 9:11

hi..
wonderful dual portraits...composition is good...but you should not cut the boy and cow"s leg this way....best wishes...subir

Burberry1 (6041) 2007-08-13 9:39

A wonderful ethnic shot Ricardo, using an original POV, with a beautiful background and atmosphere.

With greetings,
A.

ben4321 (9787) 2007-08-13 10:01

Good triple portrait Ricardo, and you managed to catch great expressions on all three of your subjects!
I do find the framing a bit tight though, especially at the bottom where you've cropped the feet of both cow and boy. I also want to see the end of the woman's stick.
More care taken over the framing at the time of shooting would have paid off, but even so it's an appealing image and it still manages to work well.

Cheers,
Ben

Scharan (13951) 2007-08-13 10:23

Olá Ricardo

Que imagem linda...linda pela simplicidade, pela singeleza. Gosto da naturalidade da mulher e da criança; as suas expressões me passam uma paz interior e isso não tem preço...
Ótimas cores, ótimo trabalho.
Grande abraço
Vera.

pablominto (40578) 2007-08-13 10:38

Hello Ricardo,
That is one fine animal!
And the owner(s) is proud too, with a reason...
The portrait is great, showing so many different expressions... the boy, the cow, the mother!
Good ducumentary of another side of daily life!
Greetings,
Pablo -

UnTrained (0) 2007-08-13 11:02

Olá Ricardo,
frontal study, well done. The background is .. far enough away. But those three, ok, a bit cut foot but the rest is just good. I think the cow is the one less posing, therefore the most natural impression ;-)
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

delic (6735) 2007-08-13 12:14

Hello Ricardo,
Nice grab shot that's very well composed. I think the light conditions are quite fine for this sort of photography but you could use some fill-flash though that has its own risks here. One issue seems to be the focus, which is somewhere on the cow's head, I think. Regards,
Hakan

jasmis (50298) 2007-08-13 12:18

Excellent daily life scenery. Superb exotic composition.
Regards!

nicol_g (759) 2007-08-13 12:46

Hi Ricardo,
Composition could have been better - Ben made a good critique imho :) - but my words here are for the simplicity of the scene, the kindness I can read in the woman's expression, the candid story behind the picture ... and for good luck ;).
Thank you.

alvaraalto (5231) 2007-08-13 12:47

Hi Ricardo,
Nice to see that the cow is back in the scene. The artificial cows were now in Copenhagen, but most of them were well hided.
groet Rob

lucasgalodoido (16601) 2007-08-13 16:43

Olá Ricardo!
A vaca sagrada da ìndia, mas deve ser bom tocar mesmo, azar é que não da! Boa foto mostrando esse país tão interessante!
Parabéns e Abraço!

leonorkuhn (13559) 2007-08-13 20:02

Olá Ricardo,

A foto está ótima, uma cena rural indiana típica. Bem, eu gosto das vacas e acho que elas sempre dão boas fotos (além de leite, queijos, etc). Bela composição, com muita nitidez e boas cores e luminosidade. A neblina não atrapalha.

Beijinhos
Leonor

berek (28881) 2007-08-13 21:38

Ola Ricardo,
its good point of view . lovely two face with the cow. all of them look to you very clearly. I like this quick shoot my friend. take care.
B.Erek

Angshu (33627) 2007-08-13 22:15

Ola Ricardo
At long last, a new post! A very good portrait, maybe a bit too tight at the bottom, where there was some space still at the top. But this was a hurried shot, so I understand. Like the expressions on the faces of the mother & the kid. But is this a cow? Looks more like a buffalo to me!
Friendly Regards
Angshu

ribeiroantonio (21895) 2007-08-14 2:12

Mais uma vez, um daqueles instantâneos que ou se faz o que se pode no momento ou, perde-se a oportunidade. claro que teia ficado melhor com os pézinhos completos, com o pauzinho da senhora todo incluído na imagem, com um fundo menos esbranquiçado, etc, etc. Mas, como dizem em inglês, "who cares"? Isto não é nenhuma competição.
Espero que a boa sorte que a cena era suposto te dar (!!!) se esteja a concretizar na tua vida pessoal.
Voltando à foto, será que tentáste alguma coisa "com o "shadows/highlight" do photoshop? Eu fiz um pequeno teste e parece-me que podias melhorar o fundo das montanhas e também o detalhe das pessoas e da vaca. Se queres, posso mandar-te por e-mail ou mesmo incluir no WS.

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kiwi_explorer (12195) 2007-08-14 4:01

Hi Ricardo,
Lovely portrait ... possibly this animal is their most valuable pocession. Image quality is still very good considering bad lighting. Well captured and composed. Well done! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

polter (6082) 2007-08-14 4:32

Great family scene. Can't imagine the owner of superb-shiny-brand new-car having that proud expression and that possessive hand touching it. And the cow is a beauty of it's own standard :))... And I like very much colouring and soft light and the fading background. Great shot.
And I do prefer the darker version - perhaps it's a matter of the screen.
Greetings T.

Bluejeans (32173) 2007-08-14 5:30

Oi Ricardo muito interessante esta tua foto daquelas que tem de ser rapidas :), gostei da expressão dos dois , a vaca ficou fantastica , as cores ficaram boas , gostei do Ws do Antonio a vaca ficou bem iluminada .
Parabens e uma cena unica !!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

danos (32364) 2007-08-14 6:04

Ola Ricardo,
what expressive faces!I like the serious glance of the boy and the cheerful smile of the mother.Excellent the colours and light in the foreground but the light in the background is over saturated.I know it's difficult to capture two themes beamed from different lighting conditions.Never mind it's a good effort Ricardo.

Regards,Danos.

noborders (14199) 2007-08-14 6:36

I thınk that generally ıf we thınk posıtıvely and belıeve ın our luck, we are bound to feel certaınly lucky and even, to attract more luck to us ; thank you for thıs happy and ınterestıng post, I hope that touchıng the bufallo gave you some extra luck, to all of us...
TFS,
Regards from a lıttle town where there ıs an unendıng storm, I cannot leave ıt to return to my vıllage as I forgot my umbrella but thıs ıs not bad luck as I am happy to escape the overwhelmıng curıosıty of the vıllagers for a whıle,
Cath.

john_c (24635) 2007-08-14 8:22

Hi Ricardo,
A high impact scene, with superb clarity of detail. I like the tasteful cropping here and the way the path angles beyond the people. Very fine work, Ricardo. Best regards...later.
John

Tue (25608) 2007-08-14 8:49

Hej Ricardo,
The mother and her child seem to be very proud of their cow! You captured them very well with the cow nicely in the middle. I like the layered blueish background actually too. Well done and thanks for sharing!
Regards,
Lars

jmdaoudal (82) 2007-08-14 10:25

The pause and siles are a sufficient reason to post. I find this is a good portrait talking of this family and their life up the mountains.
Nice meeting for you.
Jean Michel

pboehringer (770) 2007-08-14 11:46

Ricardo,
The strong and harsh light in the sky is definitively a real problem and limitating factor for the complete success of this shot. Antonio's WS gave some ideas of better approach to enhance the colors in the foreground that seems to be slightly overexposed in the main post. However, the sky in the Ws got even worse, IMHO. That is the type of shot that having RAW gives you so much more possibilities to do "darkroom" work. May this post be finally the "good luck" moment to get you on RAW? I understand that you didn't have all the time to get your camera ready for this shot, otherwise the use of a ND grad filter would be another option to control the light in the sky.
Abracos, Peter

sleon (9352) 2007-08-14 12:49

Hi Ricardo
What an endearing portrait you've captured here. This trio of characters is so photogenic and it's nice that we see the background of where they live. A good shot for luck!
Regards, Susanna

paura (38310) 2007-08-14 15:47

Ricardo,
Parece que todos estavam a posar para esse arquitecto português. Consigo até ver um ar quase enfadado do ruminante, como se estivesse a cuidar da mulher que, embora humilde, apresenta indumentária cuidade.

Excelente foto.

paulo

atus (15452) 2007-08-15 2:28

Hello Ricardo,
this shot is not about the bg. and the triple portrait fills nearly the whole frame, making it almost insignificant. Good one!
Tfs and best wishes.
Attila

John_F_Kennedy (31355) 2007-08-15 4:59

This is underlining the theme of TE to learn more about the world through photography.
Well done.
Best wishes,
Achim

Graal (57821) 2007-08-16 0:21

Hi Ricardo,
very nice portraits, good composition, pleasant natural smiles. Good work and reportage. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

flory (4804) 2007-08-16 1:27

dear friend from Portugal:like this friendly image who talk me about them traditions,ya,don't complain;)they are happy and proud by their cow..even the cow posed for you,somehow seems lost in her thoughts;)it's sharpn,natural colors.like it!
grande abraco,
Flory
p.s.next week i'll go again in vacation!take care!

Vato_Law (11666) 2007-08-16 11:15

Olá Ricardo,
Belo retrato triplo, se bem que acho que a vaca não estava com muita vontade de entrar na cena, mas ficou muito bem. Bem mesmo ficou a expressão do miudo, muito orgulhoso desta foto, tal como a mãe. Espero que tenhas deixado ficar um exemplar para eles recordarem (se é que tiveste hipotese de o fazer). Os montes ao fundo a desaparecerem completam bem a foto.
Quanto ao WS ficou com um pouco de ruido, isto às vezes acontece-me tambem, especialmente quando as fotos estão um pouco escuras. Se calhar aqui deverias ajustar os 'levels' (não automaticamente) e a exposição, experimentei e a foto não perdeu qualidade, não vou postar mas fica a dica.
Um abraço.
Paulo

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Emile (19947) 2007-08-16 21:40

Hola Ricardo.
Muy buen retrato con la presencia de la vaca sagrada acompañada de la señora y su hijo, el encuadre esta muy bien logrado y la foto esta muy bien captada. La definicion y DOF estan muy buenos. Espero que te diera buena suerte el pasar las manos sobre la joroba de la vaca.
Felicitaciones
Un abrazo.

manatee (4279) 2007-08-17 0:08

I like this people, they teach us a very nice things, I like the way they look at the camera, their loks very inocent and a clear people, no vicious, a very nice people.

Very well my friend I like it a lot

Elias

coco (27820) 2007-08-17 12:44

Hi Ricardo.

Technically is not a masterpiece, but that's not important. I love the scene and how you capture. They look proud and it is very nice.
Well done and thanks for sharing.

Standa (1861) 2007-08-20 4:01

Hi Ricardo
another emotive shot from India.Nicely focused,
with good eyes contact. Great framing too.
Regards,
Stanislav

xuaxo (5713) 2007-08-21 4:29

Olá Ricardo,
Aqui gosto principalmente da vaca, com seu ar resignado.
F

Jonas_Schmitt (3074) 2007-09-25 10:16

Hi Ricardo!
Nice picture with a very good athmosphere.I like your pov and the colors and you can really experience the situation here.
Tfs,Jonas

jmdias (19171) 2008-09-11 7:59

ricardo

é um belo retrato contando muito sobre a vida deste povo e sua maneira de viver. gostei da naturalidade de suas poses e do enquadramento com o animal e as pessoas bem posicionadas, a luz é que era meio fraca, mas nada de tão ruím

abraços

jorge