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Cook & Coconut


Cook & Coconut
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Copyright: Robin OConnell (roconnell) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 475 W: 0 N: 68] (1181)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 1987
Categories: Daily Life
Photo Version: Final Version, Original Version
Date Submitted: 2004-10-08 5:32
Viewed: 2632
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Samoan girl grating coconut for the cream to be used in the Sunday meal. Olympus Infinity P&S, Scanned Slide.

Former Western Samoa, Tufui'opa, Apia.

repost - Rotated to level the horizon and removed some noise from original scan. Decided not to crop.
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You sure get around. I do like the glimpse of Samoan life, it has your usual facility for capturing an informal moment (Touristdidi has the same gift - one that I personally lack). Not sure that slide film was quite right for the conditions - print film would have given you more latitude with contrast and hence less blown-out sections. But a nice photo.

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  • taivo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 709 W: 5 N: 460] (1840)
  • [2005-01-04 10:24]

I like the portrait framing, creating a vast space above the lady. I think, decreasing the highlights while increasing the contrast a bit more would enhance the photo further. Great to see such a candid smile!

Hi Robin,
I never went to Samoa, but having seen this photo, would love to go one day... I can imagine all sorts of smells and noise, this photo really speaks to me as I saw similar scenes in Asia (of course, the faces and the clothes are not the same).
Thanks to have made me dream...
TFS,
Cath.

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