Photographer’s Note
Along paraguayan roads there are fruit kiosks where you can find fruits according to the season.
The kiosks are very simple, usually made of wood, a simple structure where the fruit (packed in dozens by means of nylon meshes) is hanged up waiting for the clients.
When you drive, you can hardly see the people there, but when you stop next to one kiosk, "suddenly" the owner appears from the bushes willing to sell its merchandise.
We stopped to purchase grey fruit yesterday and the woman who attended us had 5 kids, all of them quite curious but at the same time shy.
At the moment of the stop I did not see any of them, and a snap later they were there...surrounding us.
I chose the shyest of the group.
It was not an easy capture,
I took a few shots and collected all her smiles with me. That was the best thing I grabbed there besides the fruits :D.
K.
it was 3:41 p.m. Harsh light. Very difficult light conditions.
ISO 100.
Adjusted a bit the levels, contrast and added a black frame.
Please do not get confused by the "noise" here. I looked several times before I realized that the noise comes from the "mesh" that contains the fruit mainly which is blurred by the DOF selected.
If you take a closer look you will distinguish "patterns" of the mesh. It is a strange combination the blurred and the mesh.
The other possible origin is Picasa and my lack of experience using it. I did alter the highlights with this soft, maybe...not sure.
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robiuk
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(10763) 2005-04-17 15:00
Hi Kike,
Great natural framing, and at the same time the framing is shady dark and tight and the tightness makes the photo here, IMO (well, of course, apart from fine contrasts and minor tones' tweaking you managed to get out from this shot later in pp-ing.
Indeed the conditions were not the best as we can see both in very FG and behind the girl.
The only thing that seems a bit odd here is the amount of noise as you took this shot at ISO 100 - what happened?
Robi
don_narayan
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(2014) 2005-04-17 15:27
la foto es barbaro. me encanta el marco natural hecho de la fruta y lo DOF es maravilloso... bien hecho.
helena_seattle
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(336) 2005-04-17 16:53
Hola Kike
Esta toma esta muy bien lograda, es muy espontanea y me gusta el fondo borroso.
El juego de luces y sombras y sobre todo el verde predominante la hacen especial . Me hubiese gustado un poco mas de luz sobre el rostro de la pequeña, well done come siempre mi amigo, y nos veremos en unos dias en PY =)
oochappan
(22032) 2005-04-17 21:01
A nice see through over the fruit portrait Cesar, very well seen and good use of DOF to keep all attention on the little girl.
Henk
jmdaoudal
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(82) 2005-04-18 3:32
greatly composed, this is a very good creative shot; Depth of course and position of the modele in.
Sure this is a great one.
I like it
jean Michel
flydragon
(0) 2005-04-18 4:46
Hello Cesar
nice pov ;o) and framing
i like this green tone
also good job with the light
it was not easy with the strong light
in background
well done
regards
••simon••
more green later ,o)
Paker
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(2636) 2005-04-18 11:47
Very nicely caught. I really like this composition..... the only thing that bothers me just a tiny bit is that straw(?) on her chin... otherwise well planned.
regards,
Krzysztof
alimo3
(6826) 2005-04-18 15:24
Holla Cesar,
i like this surprise in your composition ,
and it is nice to see a frame that you cane eat :)
Nicely done.
Tom
Rockyboy
(20580) 2005-04-18 17:07
Very nice framing of this little girl trought those fruits. Intersting note about this moment and the explanation of the noise.
ash_parikh
(2266) 2005-04-20 7:12
Great composition, very original. Nice faint smile on the girls face, very expressive.
manny
(21378) 2005-04-20 10:54
This is well-framed Cesar! Very nice and unique. I would crop it toghter on top an don the right to get us closer to her and be intimate with her.
Photo Information
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Copyright: Cesar Kike Velazquez (kikvel)
(4772)
- Genre: People
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2005-04-16
- Categories: Daily Life
- Camera: Canon EOS350D/Digital Rebel XT, Canon EF 28-200mm/F4.5-5.6, Danelec 512Mb
- Exposure: f/5.6, 1/320 seconds
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Theme(s): People from Paraguay [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2005-04-17 14:24
