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Peace and Love


Peace and Love
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Copyright: Laurent Vidalin (siolaw) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3991 W: 403 N: 6676] (22701)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-09-28
Categories: Decisive Moment
Camera: Finepix S7000, Kingston CF 1GB
Exposure: f/4, 1/220 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Your Top 20, My portraits, saddhu [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-12-31 7:05
Viewed: 3822
Points: 132
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I didnt really find a suitable 'New year picture', so i dug in my Nepal photos and came up with that Saddhu, apparently a Vishnu devotee (you can see that by the shape of the forehead marks) He joins me in wishing everyone a happy year 2007 with peace and love spreading around the world

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Bonjour Laurent,
Je profite de ce très beau portrait pour te souhaiter également une bonne année 2007. J'aime beaucoup la netteté de cet homme qui tranche bien sur le fond. Belle expression sur le visage.
amicalement
Xavier

Hello Laurent,
This is a magnificent portrait. With your excellent composition and exposure, you have captured your subject's soul. That does not mean a small amount of tweaking would not make it better. Move your subject abot one centimeter to the left, so that his right eye (on the viewer's left) passes right through the vertical centerline of the image. It was discovered in 1998 by the British pyschologist, Dr. Christopher Tyler living in San Francisco, that in all great portraits painted by the masters — from Leonardo to Rembrandt (and even Picasso) — the centerline passes very near one eye. (I wrote about this in my book on Leonardo, 'Math and the Mona Lisa.')

Great portrait! Greetings from Virginia,
Happy New Year
Bulent

All the best for 2007 Laurent! This is a very sharp image, well framed with very natural colours. Love too the soft focus background.
Cheers
Mark

Salut Laurent,
Superbe ce portrait! J'aime le cadrage décentré avec cette porte rouge à l'arrière plan et la qualité de la photo est top. Merci pour tes voeux de paix et d'amour pour notre planète et meilleurs voeux pour 2007 à toi aussi.
Brigitte

Iassou Laurent!

This is one of the finest portraits I 've seen so far in your gallery. Great moment, great framing and composition. Perfect DOF for a portrait. Nice expression and beautiful "Nepali" colours. Most of all, what matters is the message. Congratulations and Happy New Year, file mou!

Hercules

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  • atus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2287 W: 205 N: 4455] (14907)
  • [2006-12-31 8:55]

Hello Laurent,
great portrait of a perfect clarity and sharpness.
Tfs and I wish you, once more all the bets for 2007!
Attila

Hi Laurent,
a great shot of this man. Very nice portrait with great colours.
All my best wishes to you for 2007,
Nino

bonjour my friend laurent
beautiful interesting portrait.very good colours and composition.well done.
happy new year my friend.
gürkan akçakır.

Salut Laurent,
Excellent portrait bénéficiant d'une netteté parfaite, j'aime beaucoup les couleurs des habits et l'expression du visage est extraordinaire.
Je te souhaite une très bonne année 2007!
Christian

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  • delkoo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3869 W: 235 N: 5055] (24828)
  • [2006-12-31 10:40]

bonjour laurent
merci pour tes voeux et cette belle image de sadhu a la netteté parfaite et aux couleurs détonnantes.

meilleurs voeux pour 2007

didier

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  • Gerrit Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4287 W: 87 N: 5264] (25510)
  • [2006-12-31 11:13]

Very good new years postcard, Laurent.
Thanks and keep up the good work in2007,
Gerrit

Excellent choice for New Year Laurent. Marvellous composition and excellent DOF. TFS. Leon

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  • vincz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2997 W: 85 N: 5051] (17520)
  • [2006-12-31 12:08]

Superbe portrait de ce personnage completement fascinant. Couleurs excellentes, je crois bien que Katmandou me verra passer cette annee peut etre si j'y arrive pour la fete des saddhus a Pashupatinath en fevrier. Merci de cette belle image et bonne annee!

salut laurent
peace and love avec ce regard qui tue, beau portrait de ce personnage bien typique avec cette netteté au top
amitiés
all my best wishes for you
gilbert

Hello Laurent,
This is a great portrait of this man.
I thonk you've captured the essence of his soul.
Great colours, light and exposure.
I wish you a happy new year for you and your family.
regards
teresa

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  • leo61 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3713 W: 343 N: 7449] (31756)
  • [2006-12-31 18:45]

Hi Laurent!
Happy new year for you and your family!
It`s good to have such an archive to find such a well fitting shot for this day.
Wonderful portrait with great expression.
My best wishes for 2007,
regards,Leo

Hi Laurent,
A beautiful portrait of the Sadhu with typically Nepalese setting in the BG specially that red wooden window in the BG.
Best Wishes for Happy 2007
Sabyasachi

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  • tcht Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1395 W: 68 N: 1359] (7161)
  • [2007-01-01 2:13]

Hi Laurent
Superb portrait! Very interesting person, actually I find him quite humorous with his stare and the 'okay' sign. Great details of his clothes and nice colours. One minor issue is that the door in BG is slightly distracting, apart from that very good stuff.
Happy new year!
CheukHin

Salut Laurent,
Le titre et la photo vont très bien ensemble..!
"Peace and Love"..peut être le mot d'ordre pour cette année 2007..!
Il a du goût pour les couleurs en tout cas..:) Une bonne photo Laurent.
Bien à toi et encore Bonne année 2007 à toi...
Amicalement
Patrick

Hello Laurent
Very interesting face. Good capture with strong colours and great depth of field.
Regards

Hi Laurent,
I think Saddhu's image is quite appropriate to send off a new year. Lovely colors and DOF is good. Best wishes. Danilo

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4891 W: 121 N: 487] (43121)
  • [2007-01-01 11:43]

Hi Laurent,
amazing portrait, good colours and composition. I like the sharpness and DOF also. Well done.
Best wishes in New Year to you!
Aleksander

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  • GLEM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 510 W: 124 N: 403] (2790)
  • [2007-01-01 12:15]

bonjour Laurent,
très belle perspective pour 2007 si tu pouvais avoir raison !
Le cliché est plein de couleurs vives, le regard détermniné.

Merci

Gaetan

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  • JCG Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3319 W: 435 N: 4731] (16902)
  • [2007-01-01 13:30]

Bonsoir Laurent,

Quel regard impressionnant que celui de cet homme, impressionnante et captivant à la fois. Une beau portrait avec une belle gestion de la lumière et des couleurs. Un joli travail, bravo.

Avec toutes mes amitiés et je te souhaite ainsi qu'à toute ta famille une bonne et heureuse année 2007.

Jean-Charles

Salut Laurent,
Interesting portrait.
Very good capture.
Best wishes for 2007. Uğur

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  • emilbo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 812 W: 317 N: 552] (6335)
  • [2007-01-01 14:42]

Bonjour Laurent,
Magnifique portrait bien choisi pour la circonstance et superbe clarté d'image.
Félicitations pour ta superbe galerie et tous mes meilleurs voeux pour la nouvelle année.
Emilius

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  • Stepan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5129 W: 94 N: 3976] (26165)
  • [2007-01-01 22:05]

Pour la nouvelle année, c'est plutôt bienvenu la paix et l'amour... Super look, bien fascinant, bien typique de cette partie là du monde.
Bon réveillon.
Stéphane

Salut Laurent!
Fabulous portrait with very rich colors (with perfect saturation and contrast).
Excellent details and perfect luminosity.
Nice blur at the background and fine focus.
TFS and have an excellent 2007 first week!
Rosa

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  • cessy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2256 W: 99 N: 2341] (13567)
  • [2007-01-02 5:42]

Hi Laurent
very nice portrait for the event :)
his eyes and pose with great colors ornamentation are nicely captured

happy new year and all the best
cessy

Bonjour, mon ami Laurent,
La photo est tout à fait appropriée pour présenter ses voeux.
Le personnage est très bien photographié. J'aime beaucoup sa posture et ses marques sur le visage !
Excellent cadrage.
Que la paix et la joie de cette Fête soient avec toi, tous les jours de l'Année nouvelle!
Meilleurs Voeux 2007 !
Philippe

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  • elmec Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1724 W: 63 N: 774] (12184)
  • [2007-01-02 7:58]

Hello Laurent!
This is amazing photo!
I like the full of colours and details scene!
Very good work!
Happy New Year!

Hi Lo,
Superbe portrait au regard percant, bonnes couleurs et nettete. J aime bien aussi l effet flou du mur et de la porte rouges.

A+

Marilyn

Salut Laurent,
Très bon portrait devant un fond bien flouté.
Les couleurs éclatent. C'est vraiment réussi.
Très bonne année 2007,
Fabrice

I appreciate the message Laurent, well done, also to this beautiful portrait of this man, it's full of intense feeling, well done, compliments.
Happy new year
Ciao
Vinicio

Bonsoir Laurent
Il y a toujours quelque chose d'incroyable dans le regard de ces Saddhu. Ici la netteté est magnifique.
BElle image
Amicalement
BErtrand

Thansk for your wishes (from you and this saddhu). The portrait is excellent, especially in terms of sharpness. Initially I had questions about the framing, but after some reflexion, the door in the background is an interesting secondary topic.

All the best,

Emmanuel

Hi laurent, this is a nice shot of the man. Interesting face. Also great focus by bluring the BG. Well done. Sothy

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  • Angshu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5036 W: 170 N: 7789] (25424)
  • [2007-01-02 22:43]

Hello Laurent
A very nice portrait from Nepal...with the sadhu’s piercing look, the colours on his face & his hand gesture. Good use of DOF too. A lovely portrait to start off the new year
Regards
Angshu

Hi Laurent.

A nice first picture for this new 2007. My best wishes of course.

The portrait is great. The colours are lovely and how you focused in the man is good.

Rgs and happy 2k7, Oscar

Bonjour Laurent,

Peut-être que ce n'est une carte de Nouvel-An ce qui ne l'empêche pas d'être de toute beauté avec ce visage si ibtéressant et aussi un diaphragme assez ouvert qui nous permet d'avoir le fond légèrement flou, mais qui nous montre cette porte qui balance si bien le portrait.
Meilleurs souhaits pour 2007 - Izzet

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  • parbo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1673 W: 15 N: 1873] (6824)
  • [2007-01-03 18:58]

Hello Laurent,

This is wonderful portrait of his and colors, sharpness are full with your photography skill. Congratulations.

I wish you and your family a healthy, happy, peaceful and prosperous New Year too.

Friendly Regards,

Ertugrul

Tu as raison Laurent, Peace and love est le message qui convient. Mes meilleurs voeux 2007.
JP

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  • ChrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 8765 W: 923 N: 11773] (57261)
  • [2007-01-04 3:11]

Bonjour Laurent, & greetings from Kamala Beach, Phuket.

A superb portrait, character study & daily life scene, with good colour. Maybe I'd boost contrast slightly, but that's a subjective choice. Well framed & composed. Bon travail!

Salut Laurent,

Excellent portrait de ce saddhu qui ne semble pas être un imposteur. Tu as vraiment saisi son expression de sérénité et d’abandon. Belle netteté sur le sujet avec une ouverture stratégique qui donne un background correctement flou, révélant à la fois les détails architecturaux intéressants tout en mettant le personnage en relief.

Du boulot bien ficelé!

André

P.S.: Je pars pour la Thaïlande et le Cambodge le 18 janvier prochain... As-tu des conseils particuliers pour un gars qui voyage seul? Dois-je m’inquiéter, être extrêmement prudent ou tout baigne dans l’huile? Il est parfois difficile de faire la part des choses entre les mises en garde des guides de voyage et l’état de la situation sur le terrain...Je n’irai probablement pas à Phnom Penh, mais je vais passer plus de temps à Angkor Wat. En Thaïlande, je fais Bangkok puis je grimpe au nord... Il semble que çà bardasse au sud!

À +

André

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  • Paolo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4704 W: 146 N: 9094] (39995)
  • [2007-01-04 4:06]

Hi Laurent, amazing portrait, colorful and with a good message for the 2007!
excellent composition.
thanks, ciao

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  • PJE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2170 W: 138 N: 3878] (18443)
  • [2007-01-04 22:14]

Laurent I have never seen anyone like this.. ever. In fact if I ever saw a man like this in my dreams I would have to say it would be a little scary to say the least. Excellent details rendered!

Hello Laurent,
Excellent sharp well framed and composed shot of the Sadhu. I like the sharp penetrating glance of the sadhu. Well done.
Thanks for sharing
Best wishes
Vivek

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  • sufi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1778 W: 187 N: 1552] (9468)
  • [2007-01-05 8:01]

Merhaba Laurent, my friend...
It's another interesting and wonderful portrait and beautiful composition... The background is also wonderful... The colors and the light are great...
TFS....
Happy New Year...
Stay well..
Salimç

Bonjour Laurent,
Perfect portrait, colourful. Framing, composition and DOF are excellent.Well done my friend... Happy New Year. Best wishes for you and your family this year.
Have a nice weekend...
Ali Rıza

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  • berek Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4017 W: 172 N: 5151] (23614)
  • [2007-01-06 0:09]

Bonjour Laurent,
he he interesting colorful face. you caught well. nice portrait my friend. have a nice weekend.
Burak
my overall evaluation -> ****

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  • pady Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1012 W: 60 N: 445] (4798)
  • [2007-01-06 12:56]

Salut Laurent,
Une super cadrage pour un portrait assez décoiffant. Quelle paix et sérénité chez cet homme.
Allez tous mes bons voeux t'acompagnent dans cette nouvelle année.
Amitiés
Pierre-André

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  • Emile Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4087 W: 137 N: 4416] (16045)
  • [2007-01-06 16:28]

Hola Laurent.
Excellent portrait captured from a very good point of view, one of your best picture posted in TE. Good point from Bulent (batalay), if you watch his eyes and you move your head from one side to the other side of the picture, the eyes of the Saddhu will follow yours. With his deep look it's scary and mysterious. Very good colors and DOF.
Happy New Year and best wishes for 2007 to you and your family.

Hola Laurent,

Muestras una imagen muy bien compuesta, de colores intensos y variados, el rostro de este hombre es muy expresivo y de mirada penetrante, me gusta la composición y el control que has realizado sobre la luz, un trabajo muy interesante.

Saludos
José

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  • Cricri Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4499 W: 229 N: 6162] (29609)
  • [2007-01-07 3:39]

Bonjour Laurent,
Superbe portrait, j'aime les couleurs agréable contre sa barbe et ses cheveux noir, joli contraste
une expression décidé accompagné du jette de la main, bon cadrage et DOF, compliment
bon dimanche
cricri

Salut Laurent, tu as déposé une merveille de photo pour souhaiter la bonne année, oui peace and love, on ne le repetera jamais assez mais ces 2 ingrédients sont primordiaux !!
Il est terrible ce sadhu, quelle sérénité, j'ai une profonde admiration pour ces gens la ... ils ne vivent vraiment pas la même vie que nous.
Bravo

This is a nice shot,a perfect portrait...it gives me very tranquil feelings!!Excellent framing,focus and DOF
All the best in 2007

Happy belated new year Laurent - I can't think of any improvements here, the pose and position are both perfect, even the background seems tailor made for this portrait.

Hi Laurent,
An interesting portre! Amazing view, excellent colors and good DOF. Best regards.
Have a nice weekend.
Ahmet

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  • mdetay Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 505 W: 3 N: 857] (3920)
  • [2007-01-12 23:29]

Salut Laurent,
Joli Saddhu, et bon message de nouvelle année.
La photo est superbement nette.
Bonne année a toi aussi et beaucoup de smiley sur TE.
Bien amicalement de Shanghai où internet est dinosaurien.
Michel

Hi Laurent,
i just saw this picture on the front page of TE and it've caught my eyes, what a gesture and expression, great portrait of this charming man.
Vero

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  • vascao Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 790 W: 56 N: 1056] (4377)
  • [2007-01-15 19:07]

Hi, Laurent.
A real blockbuster. The perfect portrait, with an uncluttered background and the perfect DOF. Not to mention the subject itself...
Regards, my friend.
Sergio

Que lindo, Laurent!

Que cores fantásticas!! E a mensagem que passa... maravilhosa...

Abraço de paz e amor...!
Luciana Serra.

Excelente captura Laurent!

Gosto da atmosfera inevitávelmente mística, expressada pelo interessante personagem.

Thanks.
aznegrao.

Hey Laurent

Good portrait. Brilliant colors and very sharp. You have sure captured an interesting character here. Well done.
Ben

A part of me sees this photo and just laughs. If this were a kid on the street, I think most of us would agree that it was not worth the time to post this. This photo is far too simple, far too posed and tries to take itself too seriously. Yikes.

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  • MarcT Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1851 W: 522 N: 3635] (14691)
  • [2007-09-08 22:35]

Salut Laurent,
je sais pas pourquoi mais il ne m'inspire pas beaucoup de douceur ton adepte de de Vishnu mais c'est certainement une photo pleine de détails et de qualités intrinsèques.
@+
Marc

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  • paura Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 4290 W: 8 N: 2765] (23216)
  • [2008-02-02 17:51]

Laurent,
He look like a friend. Very nice portrait with full vivid details. Colors and lighting are also very nice. Very well done, LV.

Paulo

Hi Laurent,

Good photo of this mystical man, I like his adorning beads and bright coloured clothing. He seems very friendly and approachable. It is good that you have offered a rustic background to place behind him to help suggest to the viewer the setting and it also does not distract too much (the window fills the void well and balances the man on the other side). I like the person's face and his painted colours. I wish you both a happy new year, even if I am a little late! Well done, congratulations on this exciting and colourful portrait.

Matt

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