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the art of being a mother (34)
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1601 W: 60 N: 3237]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (13441) | I spent almost half a day with this family : here (in colours), the baby being rocked and the other side of the same living room. There were plenty of young children running everywhere in and outside that house, plus one powerful and happy grandmother, plenty of mothers too... Another way of raising children there, as those women living a very traditional life don't work (not even in the field) and rarely venture outside their neighbourhood (or even, out of their house) - are they happy ? I only saw happy faces in that family, and the children were certainly the most happy... More and more, there are "kindergarden" classes in the schools but the "crèches" are still very rare and non existant in villages - of course, no need of them in this case !
(NB, one question : in the discussion, Isabela tells me that it is a "universal tip" to put the babies asleep : can you confirm this, from where you live ? I only saw this in Turkey, another photo here )
[PS : because there were really too many conflicting reds in this shot, I tried something new but many of you know already that I don't know anything in B&W - What I did here was to start with the "colorize" option in photoshop, then I lightened up the faces, darkened a bit the wall behind, had to smooth the faces (on the coloured version this had not been necessary). Your advice are welcome, I should learn as I have other photos where the colours are disturbing !] |
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| Changed to black and white usuing the channel mixer, you can add certain percentage values to look similar to various types of film. also doged the stove a bit to get a bit more detail on it. |
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(FYI) same room, earlier
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| ... Where you can see a bit more of the living room (with also conflicting and typical colours) |
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rocking the child
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| colours in another photo, where you can see how the baby is put to sleep : a traditional way of doing it... |
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