The Vegetable Seller Photo

Photographer’s Note

A vegetable seller in a small seaside market, near the town of Matara.

The manual scales are common to many shops and vendors in Sri Lanka.

Please take a look at some other Sri Lanka portraits by clicking the 'Portraits of Sri Lanka' link left.

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jmaddocks (563) 2004-03-15 9:05

Hi Josh. This is a very interesting picture of life in Sri Lanka. I think I would have cropped out the beets and carrots in the foreground, as they are blurry and I think it detracts from the shot. I love the woman's warm smile, the scale and all those colourful veggies. Very well taken!

clodreno (0) 2004-03-15 9:12

Another nice image..I like it, it's airy, feeling good looking at it. Thanx..

maciekda (19587) 2004-03-15 9:24

it is a nice one, good market scene, i really like the fact the woman is smiling at you - i don't have many smiles on my candid shots. interesting composition - a lot of stuff aroud the woman - she seems to be really small here... and the pattern on her dress fits patterns made by vegetables. nice

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Darren (6815) 2004-03-15 9:58

Good shot Josh. I think your composition is very good, you have created some nice diagonals and your woman is well placed. My only thought about this shot is more to do with post processing I think. To me, it looks a little too contrasty and possibly oversharpened. If you look at the ladies hair especially, there are some funny things happening. I think you have done well to have a photo with lots of stuff in it, but you have kept it quite well organized. Good shot.

mamcg (4509) 2004-03-15 10:08

Color of her dress, the stain on the scale, the white wall, the two kind of chillies, the salad, the frasbean, the karela and the whole frame is singing. Well done beautiful shot.

gringofil (0) 2004-03-15 10:53

Great shot. If I remember Luko once said that it is quite difficult to shoot a good market photo. Sure, it's a challange, but you pulled it off quite well. Nice angle (and use of wide angle lens as well). Expression of the lady is very pleasant, but I really like how almost all the colors seem to be in shades of green. Good work!

eleparc (24059) 2004-03-15 17:26

very sweet smile and composition... great DOF, even the dress mixes with the veggies...well done!

lemon_logix (1054) 2004-03-30 11:37

hey. how did i miss this one. Fresh vege and lovely smile from the lady makes this a 10/10 shot.