Hello from friendly Syrian army, a photo from Hims, South

Photographer's Note

I do not know who had a greater fun - me doing photos of the friendly soldiers or they. Photo was made in the beautiful Krak de Chevalier Castle - I will show it later.

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Helisa (330) 2010-03-08 1:01

Hej Malgoska!

Swietny portret, przez chwile zastanawialam sie czy to skan ze starego zdjecia, ale oczywiscie Twoj komentarz szystko wyjasnia!

Naprawde super portret, dobre miekkie swiatlo stwarza ze kazda z tych twarzy ma w sobie historie!

pozdrawiam

pauloog (11751) 2010-03-08 1:16

Hello Malgorzata,
Looks like the old ties coming back. A wonderful group portrait with five different and sponaneous expressions and attitudes. A good idea to bring in sepia.
Regards,
Paul

Jonathan_Tree (0) 2010-03-08 1:18

Witaj Malgorzato!
Ciekawa scena, interesujacy wojacy. Dobra sepia. Intrygujacy efekt starej fotografii.
Serdecznosci!

dta (98848) 2010-03-08 1:19

Hello MAlgorzata ,
Excellent choice of the sepia , here ! It could be an 50 years old picture . And the soldier are very happy to be in front of your camera .
Well done

holmertz (102732) 2010-03-08 1:31

Hello Malgorzata,
Sepia suits their first world war-style uniforms well. I remember Syrians as generally nice people, so I guess that must include soldiers too. Maybe some Lebanese or Israelis will not like the title of this photo though.
Kind regards,
Gert

vagabondtravels (6511) 2010-03-08 1:38

Hi Malgorzata

Great capture of these soldiers. Good b&w, nice comp and sharp. The guy on the far left really makes the image. I really like the range of emotion and the tight comp bringing us into the scene. Well done.
Ben

saxo042 (38078) 2010-03-08 8:06

Hi Malgorzata,
This is the forth picture that I am commenting on now, all being B&W or sepia. And all them with a strong atmosphere of times gone by. This could indeed be a picture from about one hundred years ago, with these ill fitting uniforms. But they look indeed friendly and very happy too. A very good capture!
Kind regards
Gunnar

raszid62 (18457) 2010-03-08 10:13

cze¶æ
Zdjêcie jak ze starego albumu dziadka, fajnie ustylizowane na retro. Ci ¿o³nierze to raczej m³odo¶ci± nie grzesz±, byæ mo¿e rezerwi¶ci, ale twarze maj± sympatyczne i mundury odlotowe.
Pozdrawiam
Józek

cobra112 (15589) 2010-03-08 12:06

Ciao Margherita. Buoan scelta del viraggio e grande sharp per questi "compagni d'arme". Simpatiche espressioni.

Roberto

edge (7409) 2010-03-08 18:18

Hello Malgorzata, As others have said, the sepia really makes this very attractive. The soldiers appear very pleased at your taking their picture. You have a good unrehearsed composition here. Excellent group picture. Regards, Roger

jjcordier (79299) 2010-03-08 22:59

Malgorzata
Excellent choix du sépia qui donne un air très rétro à cette photo de groupe.
Amicalement
JJ

francio64 (39888) 2010-03-09 5:11

Ciao Malgorzata,
siamo sicuri che questa foto l'hai scattata tu giorno 24 febbraio 2010?
Sembra una foto di 60 anni fa! :))
Eccellente resa del sepia. Bravissima!

L'Assessore

Bluejeans (64251) 2010-03-09 5:24

Ola Malgorzata ,
Voltaste atrás no tempo parecem soldados da I Guerra Mundial , muito bons os detalhes, gostei muito do tom sepia ,bom enquadramento da foto ,parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

jlynx (12647) 2010-03-10 0:47

Witaj Ma³gosiu,
A niech to, obrazek jak z wojaka Szwejka albo ze znanej powie¶ci Sienkiewicza. Ale¿ te chopy Ciê czaruj±... ¦wietna fotografia, a by³bym j± zaniedba³. Nie wiem jak to siê sta³o. £adna sepia, bardzo naturalne twarze i wszystkie oczy w intensywnym kontakcie z Tob±. bardzo oryginalny portret "rodzinny".
Pozdrawiam,
Jurek

rodgerg (55767) 2010-03-10 3:26

Witaj Malgorzata,

a very good framing and an efficience PP give this sympatic shot with a plesant athmospher of nostalgy. attitudes and expression of the five soldiers very well colected.
Best regards,
Roger

InasiaJones (31566) 2010-03-13 22:01

Hi Malgorzata,

These soldiers seem to come from another era, and this perception is amplified by your choice of sepia conversion, which is clever.

Your choice of title appears awkward at first sight, as I was wondering which army can possibly be friendly, but these men are indeed looking not too menacing, almost caricatural.

Cheers!

André