Portrait of the watermelon seller

Yes, Grigoriy,

I keep coming back to photography by showing old photos, ha!

Thank you for your nice comment!

PDE

Thank you, AJ!

I'm glad you like it!

PDE

Now let's see the watermelons :-) Brilliant portrait.

Welcome Mr Downs!

We always welcome rare visitors, you know!

Thank you for your extra positive critique!

PDE

A fine portrait, Pierre.  The B&W is perfect.

Welcome and thank you, Dominick!

Perfect you say, a! Must be so when you say so, ha!

Cheers to that

PDE

Pierre! a beautiful  work very nice expression. great lighting and contrast.

best regards janegbert

Welcome and thank you, Janegbert!

Cheers

PDE

Odličan portret, prirodna poza, sviđa mi se kontrast, toniranje i oštrina. Bela pozadina se lepo slaže sa facom. Sve čestitke na ovom radu, Pero!

Beautiful portrait!!

Hvala Sretene,

Sve se po tebi ovde slaže, a meni je žao što tad nisam imao moga Sonija da sve bude tehnički bolje, mada sam ja bio tad oduševljen od toga maloga Canona, sve je znao da radi a tako mali, ha!

Veliki pozdrav

PDE

Muchas gracias Alberto!

Un abrazo

PDE

Brano, otkud ti!

Dugo te nema, brate! Kažeš da sam još uvek majstor, pa nije tako, prestao sam to biti  i otkad sam prestao izlažem stare fotografije iz vremena kad sam to bio, ha!

Hvala na poseti!

Pozdrav

PDE

Hello Pierre. Interesting portrait! Although the square format is not the usual, I like it here. The black and white is a good choice also white background.
Despite the convenience of the digital age, sometimes I miss the days of film. Good job!

Kind Regards,

Rosario.

Welcome and thank you, Rosario!

Well said! I would only correct you in one word, convenience = advantages! I could write a book on the theme, but I still love my pet Canon Prima Super 130! Never use him, of course!

Best regards

PDE

very expressive face and BW suits very well to the age

Expressive indeed, Maria!

Thank you for your visit and comment!

PDE

Excellent Pierre.

I always wondered why the most poignant portraits have always appeared to be in black and white, whereas one could well imagine that a colour version would be more true to life.  

I looked very carefully at the two versions produced by you here, and what strikes me in particular is how much more forceful the character seems (to me) in this version. The use of black and white would seem to accentuate that in some way.  Imagine for example Karsh's famous portrait of Churchill with his cigar in colour, would it be the same?

The crop is courageous, though some classicists may complain about the cropped hair and beard.  We have just been through Photo Month in Paris, I saw many images such as yours here in which features were highlighted by leaving out the superfluous.  It works perfectly like this. As already said, a remarkably good image. 

Thank you for your thorough elaboration of the theme, John!

I know it all well, but in this case I can't be quite satisfied with the B&W version because of its technical imperfection, it's due to the lack of sharpness and details of the film and the scan! The color version leaves an illusion of more details and even looks sharper due to that!

PDE

That's interesting Pierre and I enjoy the debate, but for me it has always been the message and not the language used, but of course anyone is free to disagree. 

Wonderful portrait shot! Love the expression , detail, everything !!!

Welcome and thank you, Andrea!

Cheers

PDE