offerings - Chennai Photo

Photographer’s Note

Raje, a hijra from Chennai, performing some kind of rituals on the day when her friends were moving to a new place

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Luko (13896) 2007-05-21 6:14

Lovely. Great light the bonus is that red color recalled all around (clothes, tattoo, sign on the wall, poster,..)... although 1/30 even 1/60 wouldn't hurt, then a recovery operation on the darker parts through RAW post processing.

Grain doesn't matter for me, glaring white area of the bare flames does.

dvlazar (6488) 2007-05-21 6:52

A very strong focus point in this powerful image. The fire is lighting up the frame so well, and I love the contrast with the dark spaces.
Dave.

vapours (7913) 2007-05-21 8:25

The candles here not only provide some great moody lighting, but also portray the feelings and sad expression well of this person. A great image.

Galeota (10334) 2007-05-21 14:10

Hi Maciek, really great atmosphere in here, mainly due to your mastering of exposure, beyond the scene in itself.

michiels (4170) 2007-05-22 5:42

hello Maciej,

Great light, perfect composed photo, everything is good here ! Very emotional, a moment we don't see every moment while traveling. really fantastic shot.
greetings,inn

nicoz (1963) 2007-05-22 5:53

Hi Maciej,
Wow, now this is a control of the exposure!!! I also like all the details of the scene that look very exotic to me.You even have a reminder of the date there ;-)Great shot!
Nicolas

Furachan (0) 2007-05-22 6:45

More I look at it the more I like it, Maciej. A brave shot - not an obvous crowd pleaser this but the way you make full use of the fre, the way you surrender the frame to it...wow.
best,
Francis

sunilshukla (844) 2007-05-22 8:05

Good work in low light, not much grains with 1600ISO, 5D is a dream.
Sunil

Darren (6819) 2007-05-22 9:19

Great colors Maciek; the make the whole shot work. I love candlelit shots and this is one reason why. Maybe just a little too much room on the left? Very nice.

ivarlein (134) 2009-02-01 1:53