my hobbies... Photo

Photographer’s Note

an old lady selling a weird shell.i think is a local seafood.i love the green color.This lady showing her honesty with a person who she don’t know because her kids growing up and working. Selling is part of her hobbies so she never getting bored at home.

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trekks (14262) 2009-01-13 21:38

hello Siti

I saw this post few days ago, you deleted and re-post? You can re-post with deletion of original version, go to MANAGE/RE-POST.

It is said a photographer how know her subject well and can strike a good conversation with the subject is the best person to shoot the picture. In your note, it shows you know your subject. A good portrait with the lady looking wisely into the camera with a great expression and strong eye contact and at the marketplace doing her daily routine. The pose is good although I would try to avoid the crop behind her, brighten up a bit of her face and neck. By avoiding the crop of the back, you would most likely place the lady at 1/3 position and that can look better.

Good work of candid shot at marketplace.

Greetings from Sarawak.
tfs, bill

foozi (4589) 2009-01-18 5:59

Hello Siti Asyiah,
you maybe be new, but you can always improve on each and every uploaded shot. Some people give tips and some good ideas. So try our best.
This one is rich in colour, but it seems a bit blurry and misty somehow.
Still a good depiction and well place subject, the only thing is that you cut off the part of makciks's body.

Regards,
foozi