ladies of Pienza Photo

Photographer’s Note

I spent 3 days in Tuscany, 80% for mountain biking, 20% for photography. In the late afternoon we headed uphill from Val d´Orcia to Pienza, a wonderful city on a hill. Exhausted, thirsty and sweating we arrived at the main place. I saw these ladies sitting in front of the townhall, in the shadow of the arches. They looked so "same same but different" that I took out the camera of my backpack immediately. It took me 5 minutes to convince them to be photographed by a sweating foreigner in a bike dress, and 1 minute to take all their photos. Please see my previous postings for details.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
21.05.2009 16:42:02
Manual settings
Tv 1/200
Av f/2.8
multi spot metering
ISO 100
EF85mm f/1.8 USM
85.0mm
5616x3744
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One-Shot AF
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rikko77 (5990) 2009-05-28 10:43

Ciao Christian,
my congratulations, you've done a beautiful job in Pienza. Here I like alot the ladies crossed hands...it's a pic full of respect.
Have a nice day,
Rikk

isabela_sor (42054) 2009-05-28 10:47 [Comment]

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jasmis (50200) 2009-05-28 11:28

Really great. Four marvellous women. Each is superb!

Regards.

ophelcia (5329) 2009-05-28 12:01

Amazing FACES!
Each of them looks diffently, sitting, smiling, looking...
Unbelivable capture:)
G.

leo61 (43282) 2009-05-28 12:23

Hallo Christian!
Da sitze ich hier bei selbstgemachter Pizza und leckeren Rotwein und Du errinnerst mich an die Arbeit.....
Sieht genauso aus wie in meinem Wartebereich,nur daß die Damen und Herren da 2 Krücken haben.
Ein tolles Gruppenfoto,alle gelangweilt und vom Leben gezeichnet ,bis der Verrückte im bikedress mit dem schwarzen kasten vorbeikam...
Super Foto.
Gruß,Leo

grigand (12616) 2009-05-28 12:48

Ciao Christian,
le trovo delizione se queste 4 belle signore, hai fatto bene convincerle a fargli la foto e a pubblicarla.
ciao
andrea

scalerman (25729) 2009-05-28 13:46

Christian: of course this is a timeless composition - much more difficult to capture than it would suggest. congrats. c

faubry (32281) 2009-05-28 14:09

Woinderful composition with thes old smart women, sad life i presume???,
francine

Morac (20265) 2009-05-28 14:12

Bonsoir Christian,
C'est une superbe "brochette" de mamies : belle série de portrait.
Bonne soirée
Marc

Floydian (30970) 2009-05-29 2:16

Hallo Christian,

The end of a great serie and how nice to see all of them on that bench. Bit shy, proud, with a smile...great ladies, great portraits.

Have a nice weekend,

Henk

habibusmani (83) 2009-05-29 5:07

hello Christian, a very ......cute picture.I can both my past and my future in it.

Guenther (6819) 2009-05-29 6:47

Hallo Chrstian,

eine vorzügliche Portraitserie ist dir da gelungen und das alles in einer Minute! :)
Am besten gefällt mir dieses Gemeinschaftsbild weil man da auch das Ambiente erkennt...

Schönes Wochenende
Günther

jonathan_hart (22570) 2009-05-29 12:50

i like the pose of each lady
more the two on the right
and the best is the expression of the one in blue, great
jc

tomescuc (2837) 2009-05-29 22:33

IMO, This is the best one of the series. Simply a classic.
Cristian

smarcell (14279) 2009-05-30 2:53

Questo quartetto e' simpatico e tipico. Mi piace molto.
Secondo me una foto cosi' bella non l'hanno mai avuta.
ciao Stefano

Wandering_Dan (3211) 2009-05-31 16:10

Hi,Christian -

Great human interest shot! I have to wonder if they put on those expressions just for you, or if they're always like that? One of the photographer's unsolvable dilemmas.

Best,
Dan

baba_flies (7969) 2009-06-01 11:44

Hallo Christian! Was fuer eine nette Gruppe Frauen. Manchmal denke ich wie ich mich kleiden werde, wenn ich in diesem Alter bin, werden meine Freundinnen noch leben, aber vielleicht sind wir dann alle nur noch on-line und werden nicht mehr zusammen kommen wie diese Ladies hier um sich auszutauschen ... wer weiss. Waere etwas traurig, aber vielleicht schon bald Realitaet. Tolles Generationen-Portrait ... Gruesse ... aus Colorado (nein ich vermisse TE nicht so sehr, aber es ist regnerisch, daher ein paar Kritiken ... und dann wieder raus an die frische Luft) ... Barbara.

arnabchat (7036) 2009-06-02 2:02

Dear Chris,
I have been talking to people about how difficult it is to photograph people here in Europe, as I find a different world from my India, where it is relatively easy.
I think the 'nanny band' liked you :) on the first place there were completely taken aback by the fact that a 'sweating foreigner in a bike dress' was so eager to photograph them. lol!
I guess this is the first of the 5 I see here, and the individual portraits are amazing!
greetings from Trieste,
Arnab

Clairedelune (4885) 2009-06-16 18:04

:-)) You had terrific subjects!
Somehow, I wish we had only the two middle women here, one smiling at you and the other one seeming to not trust you. ;-)
There is definitively a charm to that photo. It makes me smile which is still a good thing!
Not a big fan of the big white frame for this one. I guess I am wishing to see them more.
..............
I've notice that you are leaving TE, for a while or for longer. Enjoy your new destination(s), your new exploration(s)!
Claire

Dragut (1955) 2009-07-28 10:33

Hi Chris

Nice.........we've the same but wearied in black, speaking about you in the corner......when you 're moving ...........
I eared them....what is he doing....silly boy.

bostankorkulugu (33518) 2009-08-06 21:33

ciao christian... missed your latest shots... and "missed" your beautiful shots in general... pick up this one as these four ladies look amazing together with differentr facial expressions... great job... as always... take care man... korkut

alainh (35359) 2009-08-30 22:01

hello Christian
not a foggy morning but a nice piece ! tender and funny. Excellent !
a nice day Christian
alain