maya girl Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Portraits are not very easy in Latin America, and people get angry, they gesture with their hands, and in some places like San Juan Chamula, in Chiapas State
photographers can really get into trouble. But there are some exceptions. This Maya girl was even happy, because I was lucky to find her working on her loom, before her husband showed up. He chased me as soon as he spotted my presence. The colors of the rug around her face are out of focus on purpose because I used a long focal with a wide aperture.

Paolo, don_narayan, hugolef, Albrecht, hispic, summersun, AmiBe, eleparc, nerve, shirgold, evanrizo, yunusemre has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

dolin (15647) 2005-06-09 5:19

Hi Izzet.
Full beautifull colors in this compo.
I like this blur on the right and left, noce POV.
Good attitude of this woman in action.
Nice compo.
Fred

Paolo (40755) 2005-06-09 5:21

Great shot Izzet!
the girl came out from a color explosion!
great focus on her, good light and interesting note.
thanks, ciao

sandip (3492) 2005-06-09 5:23

Hi Izzet, i liked this a lot with a command on red/purple here.. the lady has given u a great look.Good use of DOF here..

don_narayan (2014) 2005-06-09 5:32

Hola Izzet! beautiful photo, the the way she is framed by those blurred colors is brilliant. her shy smile is classic. great photo.
Narayan

cobraphil8 (11652) 2005-06-09 5:35

Fabulous carried with this vagueness any goshawk... I shall have liked having seen and made it such as you.
I like, in the favourites express
Goodbye
Philippe

Fabuleux portait avec ce flou tout autour... J'aurai aimé l'avoir vu et fait tel que vous.
J'adore, dans les favoris direct

A bientôt

Philippe

lermission (300) 2005-06-09 5:43

Hello Izet,

Very nice picture. I like a lot the expression of the woman. It'a a real moment of life that you succeed in capturing.
It's true that it is very difficult to catch moment of life. I have tried in Greece to catch an old man but he doesn't want to be photographed. Good job
Regards
Pierre

hugolef (4909) 2005-06-09 5:55

Hello Izzet
tres joli portrait, plein de tendresse, et les etoffes floues du premier plan font un cadre charmant.
Une tres belle realisation, pleine de vie.
Amities, hugues

Drom (1165) 2005-06-09 6:05

Magnifique portrait volé.
Il est vrai que dans le Chiapas il n'est pas facile de photographier les gens.
C'est d'autant plus intéressant.
Amitié
Dominique

Albrecht (11219) 2005-06-09 6:53

Hi Izzet
This is such a lovely colourful peep through. Lovely smile.
Greetings Albrecht

Zepi (22848) 2005-06-09 7:08

Bonjour Izzet,
Magnifique image!
Quel festival de couleurs!
J'adore cette profondeur de champs!
Très belle MAP sur ce charmant visage
Excellent
Beau travail
Amicalement
Sébastien

MiKa2000 (2426) 2005-06-09 7:28

Good camera, exellent lens, perfect film !
result a nice pictures !
Bravo

guliz (438) 2005-06-09 7:50

Sayin hocam
tek kelimede sahane!
canli ve uyumlu renkler, utangacla gulumseyen kiza cok uymus...
ne kadar renkli cekmeye calisirsam da renkli cekmesini beceremedim. siz musait oldugunuzda sizi arayacagim hocam.
Sevgiler ve saygilar
Guliz

HalloweenHJB (152) 2005-06-09 11:53

Exceptionally fine photo! Wonderful captured moment just as the girl is biting the thread and you can see the smile in her eyes. Great photo. Cheers, Herbert

bantonbuju (48796) 2005-06-09 14:26

merhaba izzet, i love this one - nearly candid, yet not, nearly focused on the model, yet the "frame" seems to be so important, a very very nice portrait, colourful, joyful, very nice;
bw, jerzy

summersun (4964) 2005-06-09 16:47

Superbe portrait Izzet, j'aime beaucoup ce rose flou qui encadre ce visage de cette jeune fille tres net. meme si elle cache sa bouche, son sourire se lit dans ses yeux.
Vanessa

AmiBe (6042) 2005-06-09 16:58

Hello Izzet,
quelle belle image colorée, une fois de plus !
J'aime ce flou qui entoure ce très joli visage !
Bravo pour ce superbe portrait.

eleparc (24059) 2005-06-09 20:05

j'adore ce jeu de profondeurs de champs qui lui ouvre une fenetre de netteté... belles harmonies de couleurs également;-)

Eric

michel_r (1114) 2005-06-09 22:59

beau cadre que celui crée par ce flou. Belle expression complice dans le regard de cette femme. L'image marche très bien
amicalement, michel.

nerve (10212) 2005-06-10 8:25

Selamlar Usta,
Harika bir portre olmus, bir anda bana C.Renault'un "Babu" adlı resmini hatırlattı..
(aynı soft önplan belki..) Bu teknigi pek kullanmıyorum ben, her defasında kendime hatırlatmama rağmen (yaslı monk resminizi de hatırladım simdi bir anda, su mingun queen'di galiba..)
Kızın mahcup nefis bir gülüsünü yakalamıssınız,,
Selam ve sevgiler, hürmetler.. Evren

Amelia (245) 2005-06-15 4:38

Very good portrait!!!
Bravo!!!!!

clodreno (0) 2005-06-15 12:17

un festival de couleurs.. superbe portrait une nouvelle fois. En prime, elle t'offre un regard coquin.
bien fait

Luan (15935) 2005-06-21 3:51

Que de belles couleurs, en prime, ce superbe visage au regard si souriant. Une tres joli portrait Izzet.
Luan

faubry (32419) 2005-06-25 5:17

ouah!!! what colors and light!!! i like it, very great work, thanks
francine

shirgold (2439) 2005-07-13 13:41

Impressive capture.
True - not easy to take pictures of people especially indiginous.
The composition is just perfect with the soft and bright colors all around.
Good work - Shir

evanrizo (456) 2006-07-01 10:30

Hi Izzet, an excellent portrait, nice frame for the face, nice colors.

Johny (142) 2006-07-01 11:08

Hi wonderful moment.This is really decisive moment.Eyes of girl express happyness. But what i like much are incredible colors very characteristic for Provia 100F.Simply i love this slide.Also DOF is great.for me it´s for NG magazine.Thanx for sharing. Jan

phlenain (47) 2006-11-14 13:12

really nice colors, beautiful expression. really nice shot!

scalerman (25787) 2007-03-23 0:09

Izzet: just found this one. I was planning perhaps some travel to Chiapas and browsing the TE archives. Great 'foreground bokeh' - a veritable explosion of saturation here. Another fine, and older piece of film from you. best, c

Lavan3d (269) 2007-10-26 1:44

good portrait
TFS
regards
LavanSJ