castelo mendo El Descanso

This shot goes back in time. To the casual viewer of a Photonet thumbnail, the

picture might be dismissed as a gratuitous "bum" shot in Central Park or somewhere.

In actuality, this picture was taken in a Portuguese village back in the 70's. The place

was a time warp: no electricity, agriculture accomplished through mule power, etc. I

captured this villager taking his siesta reclined against a huge tree.

 

My question to you all is on the composition. Does it work for you? How about the

tonal quality? Should I play with toning a bit more? All comments welcome.

Nice.

perfect tone, expression and cropping.

Hi Ricardo,

 

I like the composition very much! As for the tones the only thing that I might suggest would be to lower the contrast in the tree somewhat. Right now the texture of the bark dominates the image a bit in my opinion. When looking at the sleeping gentleman the bark distracts slightly. I'm not talking about anything major, just a slight move really.

 

Nice shot by the way!

Thanks for the comments and encouragement. Bob, I think I see what you mean, perhaps the extra pop to the bark shifts the viewer's attention a little too much away from the descansero. I liked the dream quality of the bark and may have over-burned it a tad. I'll try backing off a bit. That's for the observation, I really appreciate it. Rick

The old man is "ARTUR" and i have tears in my eyes. Is strange see a picture with 30 years and remember the GOLD past