Preparing herself for the celebration, a photo from Barahona, West

Photographer's Note

This picture was taken last December in a town called Cabral, located in the south-west of the Dominican Republic, she was getting ready for the New Year's Eve party with her colorful curlers, almost every women in town do the same and you can see this also in young girls.

In my WS a girl is helping another girl to have her curlers ready.

They were very happy to have their pictures taken.

Hope you like it.

josepmarin, Gerrit, papagolf21, feather, Cricri, angie-barcelona, gracious, ChrisJ, siolaw, riclopes, AiresSantos, danos, Floydian, Charo, ALIRIZA, jhm, axiotea, plimrn, Cretense, paura, isabela_sor, stego, pboehringer, lucasgalodoido has marked this note useful

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josepmarin (55023) 2009-02-09 11:49

Hola amigo Emile,
buen retrato, lleno de color por estos rulos que lleva la mujer en su cabeza y su vestido rojo.
La foto tiene una gran luminosidad también, y el WS nos da más información gráfica de esta actividad, mientras las chicas y las mujeres se preparan para la fiesta de Fin de Año.
Es del tipo de fotos que yo no me atrevo a tomar, bien hecha.
Un fuerte abrazo para ti y cariños para Rosa, y esperamos que el tiempo mejore, aunque aquí tenemos un invierno muy malo.
Pili y Josep
PS: El Barça está fantástico este año.

andante (7092) 2009-02-09 12:02

Una doña en rolos!! esta es una foto clasica! Para aquellos qu eno han tenido la oportunidad de conocer nuestro pais, esta es una estampa clasica.
Claro que me gusta!
Un gran saludo,
E

Gerrit (43743) 2009-02-09 12:03

Hi Emile,
Good portrait in fantastic colors. I've seen those giant rollers a lot in your country. Great idea to make this portrait.
The fruit on the table is a fine detail.
Regards, Gerrit

Scharan (14144) 2009-02-09 12:40

Olá Emile

Uma foto divertida e muito colorida.
A senhora parece estar bem feliz posando para a foto com este cabelo enrolado no capricho...
Parabéns, um bom registro.;)
GA
Vera

emilbo (20838) 2009-02-09 14:23

Salut Emile!
Une photo très colorée de cette femme aux rouleaux. Je me souviens que tu en avais présentée une autre il y a déjà assez de temps. Excellente qualité d'image et le bel éclairage la met bien valeur devant ce fond flou et donne un bon rendu des couleurs.
Tous mes meilleurs compliments,
Amicalement,
Emilius

barrufeto_77 (28876) 2009-02-09 16:07

Hola buenas!

Tremendos los detalles y el colorido en la foto! Además, el desenfoque ese del fondo, realza el retrato.

Me gusta, me gusta.

Un abrazo!

papagolf21 (76515) 2009-02-10 1:42

Bonjour, mon ami Emile,
Je suis toujours surpris et admiratif par la patience dont fait preuve une femme pour se faire belle et se préparer pour la fête ! J'aime le regard pétillant de cette femme en plein préparatifs.
Les couleurs pétillent d'une bien jolie façon à travers cette composition.
Amitiés.
Philippe

feather (51128) 2009-02-10 6:26

Those giant rollers certainly make a very colourful image, but not many women would consent to have their portrait taken wearing them! ;D Very good portrait with the ¾ pose.
Kath

Cricri (86391) 2009-02-10 7:41

Hola Emile
Trés colorés ces gros rouleaux, j'aime le regard pétillant de la dame sa blouse rouge sous cette trés belle lumiére, beau portrait et WS
Friendship
cricri

jemaflor (68867) 2009-02-10 10:13

Hola emile,
Funny picture well taken with good strong colours, good light for this portrait well managed.

angie-barcelona (2784) 2009-02-10 10:59

Hola Emile,

como siempre una fotografía muy buena, esos colores son increíbles! Encuentro muy difíciles hacer fotografías de retratos, así que aún admiro más esta fotografía!

Un abrazo bien fuerte desde Barcelona,

Gemma

gracious (20025) 2009-02-10 11:01

Hola my friend Dr.Emile,
Como esta usted!
this is a real cheerful image with those wonderful colours and a warm smile! this lady seems happy to have photo taken with a nice warm smile on her face!
those hair curlers really big with nice colour!
thanks for the sharing!!
take care and my sincere regards always
muchas gracias
Saludos
tony

siolaw (37568) 2009-02-11 0:33

Hi Emile,
A fun portrait with these huge colorful curlers, she has also a friendly expressionand seems amused you take her picture
;D
Greetings
Laurent

riclopes (35567) 2009-02-11 1:18

Olá Emile, very funny portrait. I like to see her smile and shining eyes but it's her head covered with rolls that makes the photo so enjoyable. As if it was a costume for a carnival party. Good the way she stands out from the blured BG and nice complementar WS.
un abrazo,
ricardo

AiresSantos (56155) 2009-02-11 1:21

Hola Emile
Magnificent details in this great portrait. Well captured the big smile. Excellent POV, colours and sharpness
Very well seen and done
Greetings
Aires

danos (73960) 2009-02-11 2:57

Hola Emile,
nice the portrait of this lady with the colorful curlers on her head, preparing for the celebration.I like the brilliant colours and the good management of the light.Well done.

Regards,danos

faubry (35335) 2009-02-11 5:12

quelles couleurs!!! fantastique composition au format carré, j'aime beaucoup ce portrait, amical sourire;
merci
francine

Floydian (30970) 2009-02-11 7:06

Hola Emile,

Those curlers look great, what a festival of colours on her head and that smile below is priceless. Strong colours you have here, that's good. But, the framing is not my taste at all. The background is very disturbing with all that fruit on the table and the strong purple colour on the table, it draws my attention away from the woman her face and curles. A much tighter crop, only showing what you want to show (the woman, the smile, her curles) seems more than enough to me to make this image present as it should be.
But maybe you see it different...

Kind regards,

Henk

batalay (32858) 2009-02-11 8:11

Hello Emile,

A first rate portrait of the woman with the colorful headdress! You have cropped the photo with the woman's right eye on the vertical centerline, inline with Christopher Tyler's discovery in 1998 that the great portrait painters (Leonardo, Rembrandt, van Gogh and Picasso all employed the technique of placing one-eye of the to subject squarely on the centerline. (I wrote about the principle in my book 'Math and the Mona Lisa.")

Warm regards,

Bulent

Charo (51174) 2009-02-12 14:21

Hola Emile,
Muy simpático este retrato con la mujer y sus grandes rulos de colores en la cabeza. Es una estampa que también se solía ver por aquí cuando yo era pequeña, hoy día yo creo que ya no se usan mucho.
El tiempo ha mejorado algo por esta zona, hoy hemos visto algo el sol después de semanas, pero por otras zonas, las lluvias de los últimos días han acelerado el deshielo y hay muchas inundaciones, y en otras lugares del norte están con nieve hasta el cuello, como verás, no nos falta de nada.
Un fuerte y cariñoso abrazo,
Charo

Paul57 (2205) 2009-02-12 18:33

Hi Emile,
What a colourful picture and luckily the colors match her clothes. Good lighting and also very sharp.
TFS
Paul

ALIRIZA (16419) 2009-02-13 1:25

Hi Emile,
Beautiful, colourful and interesting portrait. Very well composed my dear friend...
Best wishes...
Ali Rıza

jhm (122410) 2009-02-13 2:08

Hello Emile,

What a original picture, a woman she that getting ready for the New Year's Eve party with her colorful curlers.
Excellent colourfully image.
Also the woman enjoyed of the photographer.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

axiotea (21647) 2009-02-14 9:41

Hola Emile
Vow! these 'curlers' look huge and very colorful...It seems this lady preparing her hairstyle was enjoying to be photographed and her smile is like a sunshine! The fruits and vegies on the table are providing a good BG.
Cheers
Marilyn

plimrn (21344) 2009-02-14 19:04

Hola Emile,
It would be a hard choice for me between the primary post and the WS. The eye contact is good here, while in the WS the total involvement in the process is quite unplanned and spontaneous. Both have great color and detail.
HLJ, Pat

Cretense (68663) 2009-02-15 3:37

Hola Emile!

Tremendo retrato, amigo mio, una toma muy "natural", la vida como es, y la vida es bella, aunque a veces un poco de preparacion es necesario! Me gusta la expresion de la senora, y vuestra "colaboracion". Gran encuadre y perfecto manejo de la luz! Felicidades!

Un saludo,
Hercules

paura (47166) 2009-02-15 4:50

Emile,
A very interesting colorfull portrait here, friend. Vivid details and nice composition to show the interesting job. well done!

Abraço

Paulo

isabela_sor (47265) 2009-02-15 9:18 [Comment]

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stego (22556) 2009-02-18 18:22

Hola amigo Emile,

Como la anterior, este es un retrato excepcional. La sonrisa es contagioso, es del tipo que nos hace sonreír al verla, oh quizá reír por los grandes rollos tan característicos de muchas mujeres de tu país. Los colores fuertes también ayudan a hacerla muchísimo atractiva.

El WS tambiém está muy logrado. Técnicamente, el manejo de la luz es admirable, no es fácil controlar la situación de tener el asunto principal en la sombra y sol en el fondo. los cuerpos componen un arreglo visual muy interesante y además, es muy efectiva como reportage de "vida cotidiana".

Un fuerte abrazo, José.

Colombiana (2931) 2009-02-19 9:34

¿Qué tal te va Emile?

Tremendo retrato muy colorido y con una expresion muy contenta de la señora la cual anticipa una larga y divertida celebracion. Todos los detalles se aprecian con excelente claridad y la exposicion esta al punto. ¡ Linda sonrisa de la doña !

Un saludo cordial,

Maryori

lestans (16770) 2009-02-21 8:59

Hi Emile!!

great idea for a portrait!! A colorful picture and a friendly siling lady!
Good DOF, very sharp portrait.
Thank you for sharing!!
Ciao!!!

Livia

Jean-Luc (5488) 2009-02-23 2:48

Ola Emile,
Quelle splendide composition! De belles couleurs qui explosent et un beau portrait très souriant, une réussite.
Amicalement
Jean-Luc

pboehringer (770) 2009-02-26 6:18

Emile,
the colors of these monster curlers and the face with these eyes and warm smile is simply perfect. You did a perfect use of the flash to enhance the foreground without making it to obvious. The background probably would deserve a different lens that would allow you an even more pronounced blur ou boukeh. Latter seems important to me to avoid the distraction that the background does on the main attraction. A Nikon 135mm DC f/2.0 would have been ideal, but that is a VERY exoensive glass.
Peter

devimeuxbe (58557) 2009-03-03 14:59

Hi Emile
This picture is excellent ! what a strange portrait. it make me smile
excellent
Bertrand

lucasgalodoido (21030) 2009-03-14 14:43

Olá Emile,
bem engraçada essa cena mesmo, parece a Dona Florinda do episódio do Chavo del ocho! Gostei das cores de sua foto, ficaram ótimas. Belo trabalho.
Parabéns e Abraço

cknara (556) 2009-03-17 8:24

Very Colorful picture.Nice one.