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A time for cows


A time for cows
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Copyright: daniel barreto (rbcy1974) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2743 W: 153 N: 3392] (20182)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-12-18
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Canon 400D (Digital Rebel XTi), Sigma 18-200 f3.5-6.3
Exposure: f/8, 1/200 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): 'more photos that I'd like to remember (VI) [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-02-11 12:26
Viewed: 829
Points: 56
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is one of my favorite towns in Yemen. The town of Tawila which is encompassed of a lower city and an upper city sitting on top of a mountain. The market was bustling specially with lifestock due to the upcoming Eid celebrations. This man was proudly walking his latest purchase.

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Great POV Daniel and a fantastic cast of characters laid out against the background of their environment - great dynamic framing which gives a real sense of movement and life beyond the frame despite the seeming static nature of the participants........nice work mate!

bw Kev

INcredible!
I`ve been keen on Arabic culture what makes me even more interested in .
Great colors and POV

Hello Daniel,
A fine close up of this young man and a nice perspective of other people, animals and houses. Yemen is truly one of the greatest countries.
Regards,
Gert

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  • Glint Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 649 W: 6 N: 370] (1898)
  • [2008-02-11 12:37]

hello Daniel,
good POV and interesting details.I like that the young man leading the cow looks somewher outside the frame.
regards
Bev

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  • Morac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 833 W: 154 N: 1011] (7327)
  • [2008-02-11 12:44]

Bonsoir Daniel,

A l'occasion de cette photo je découvre ta galerie et ton travail : il y a de la beauté à l'état pur
J'aime cette photo par la composition ,les couleurs et surtout la "vérité" de la scène quotidienne saisie

Bonne fin de soirée

Marc

Hi Daniel,
what a beautiful photo, full of tradition and actuallity!
Very nice frame, great colours and good depths.
Well done,
Mateja

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  • TopGeo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1839 W: 78 N: 2388] (10975)
  • [2008-02-11 12:55]

Hi Daniel! excellent frame. A picture of street with the persons and the cow, and the house, in a composition that if it has also strange POV gives Local authority the elements of region with a way good and very clean,image well done
Georgios

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  • AmiBe Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2067 W: 370 N: 1680] (19492)
  • [2008-02-11 13:31]

Hello Daniel,
j'aime beaucoup, le cadre est très bien rempli et ton POV bas fonctionne à merveille.
Belle architecture et scène de rue, a+

Hi Daniel,

Really like this one, plenty of life and colour shown here...you give a nice crisp appearance to an area which usually is portrayed as a more gritty area. Excellent use of what I assume is a polariser.

By the way, we're expecting to be in Toulouse in early April...hopefully you'll be around then so we can catch up.

Hello Daniel,

Very nice composition. Great use of the flash.

Have a great day!

Yemenis have such distinctive fashion don't they ... it is like nowhere else in the middle-east. I enjoy this picture a lot and makes me interested in going to Yemen one day!

Daniel: there is an implicit residue of a flair flash here, but I think that was not the case. This is the sort of complicated, almost journalistic stuff, we're all starting to fully respect and emulate. This is a tremendous image. regards, c

This is an outstanding POV and composition. It is a amazing how they are all very well dressed up for the market day. It must be very important for them. The building behind is impressive and the bit of blue sky gives that extra colour we all like to see. Very well done.
Antonio

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  • Wanda1 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1208 W: 21 N: 1411] (7580)
  • [2008-02-11 22:04]

Hi Daniel,
A nice use of wide angle for this shot. I like the clarity and each individual expression including the cow's. Great composition and detail.
Regards
Wanda

Hola Daniel.

Me encanta el POV este. La única lástima es que el mozalbete de la derecha no te estuviera mirando si no ya te mueres.

Pero bien, bien, me gusta.

Un saludo, Oscar
PD: Qué tal todo por cierto?

Bonjour Daniel
Deep blue of the sky is fascinating me. A look of father at the center that seems to be gentle is wonderful. Fill flash is also used effectively.
Splendid work!
Have a nice day, Hisashi

Hi Daniel,
at first I looked to see if you had used fill in flash here as it is a really journalistic style of shot. You should be proud of this decisive moment. Great clarity and colours. Brilliant.
Best regards,
Mark

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  • gary91 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1989 W: 485 N: 2900] (13167)
  • [2008-02-12 3:53]

Bonjour Daniel,
Superbe utilisation du grand angle.
La composition est magnifique et donne une grande dynamique à la scène.
Vraiment une très belle image de reportage, bravo !
Bonne journée à toi.
Amicalement, Christian

Bonsoir Daniel,
Great POV. Very nice daily life shot with close up of this young man and a good perspective of other people. Well done...
Friendly regards...
Ali Rıza

Hello Daniel,
I think the point of view here is unsual and make the moment very attractive.For sure a beautiful image in light and colors and most of all as a momnent of a daily life scene with a different characters!

Many wishes,
Thomas

Hola Daniel, cordial saludo

Gracias de antemano por tus comentarios a mi foto, en especial a lo concerniente sobre el tema de la marcha que se hizo. De igual forma te he agregado a mi circulo de favoritos.

Ahora sobre esta tu foto, me gusta mucho la composición, pareciera como si cada elemento haya sido colocado en su punto exacto dentro del encuadre, con gran nitidez, definición y bellos colores.
Observando tu galería, veo que tienes un talento innato para la foto social. Fotografiar a la gente no es fácil, pero tu lo haces muy bien.

Felicidades, John

Hi Daniel,
Any photo taken in that street by a good photographer like you, would be quite interesting i guess. Cow-level-POV is really nice and adds much charm to the result. The three figures, goats, fascinating architecture and the polarized sky are other fine elements which i like. The yellow rope is a very clever idea to liven up the compo.
Cheers,
Deniz

ps: upon your critique, i'll reply you via e-mail.

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  • vincz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2999 W: 87 N: 5049] (17510)
  • [2008-02-13 0:46]

POV bas superbe, lumiere dure mais extra. J'aime beaucoup cette scene un peu chargee. Une belle image.

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  • MarcT Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1552 W: 491 N: 2960] (12053)
  • [2008-02-13 5:14]

Salut Daniel,
J'aime beaucoup cette image pour ton utilisation du grand angle et du flash. L'image est équilibrée et dynamique.
Superbe
Marc

Muy buen punto de vista. Interesante composición con mucho dinamismo. Excelente nitidez y colores muy naturales. Buena luz. Saludos, Yvonne

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  • ben4321 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1895 W: 133 N: 2056] (9426)
  • [2008-02-18 10:45]
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This shot is just so FULL - full of information about the Yemeni way of life; the architecture, the clothes, traditional weaponry, livestock, how life is lived on the streets. Quite a feat to pack all that into one frame!
I think it's excellent - makes me want to go there.
It looks to me like you used flash, and I'd have preferred it if you'd reduced the flash output a stop or so, just so it's use was less obvious, while still lighting the foreground.
Apart from that, it's an outstanding piece of work Daniel, well done.

Cheers,
Ben

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  • flory Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 847 W: 23 N: 984] (4539)
  • [2008-02-26 9:39]

hi again,
this one is a delightful image as well,again with flash.oops:)love the personages,details behind,dynamic.like it~
nice evening,
Flori;)

Olá Daniel,
I envy its trips :)
you it is an excellent reporter of the places that it visits.The daily life very is well photographed.
Well done. Best wishes.
Thanks for sharing and all the best
Filipe

Fantastic shot, I like the use of the flash - the guy seems so present, and the sky in the back... super !
Bravo,
Cath.

Salut Daniel, de la grande et belle photo, celle des magazines de voyages, ceux qui font rever et qui nous nourrissent l'imaginaire des petits et futurs baroudeurs :)
Y a de tout, moyen de contenter tous les types d'yeux, du portrait avec ce fier yéménite et sa chère et tendre vache, une pointe d'humour avec ce mec au deuxième plan qui regarde tout ca et de l'architecture mettant en valeur cette jolie ville(age).
Magnifique.

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