Two Kalash women pose on their veranda in Rumboor Valley, one of the three Kalash valleys, North Pakistan. The Kalasha are a conspicuously non-Muslim tribe, in a sea of Muslims streching from Turkey t

Some opinions?

Nice shot!

Nice one Geert!

Geert, your clarity and colors, exposure, DOF, all great. interesting subjects, like their placement. would like a little more on the right so the hand is not cut off, and to give a little breathing room, since their bodies are facing in that direction.

Hello Ben, I know what you mean by giving them some space at the rightside, but as you look very good you can see the shoulder of a kid just above the cut hand. Therefor it wasn't possible to give more space without including the kid, which was of no interest for this pic. Thanks for your comment. Best Geert

thanks geert, i see it. that's the exquisite pain of shooting in the real world . . . and you have a GREAT talent for it. i hope to see your photos for as long as you enjoy taking them.

Wow,what a really powerful picture.My eyes are constantly being drawn back to those magical eyes. The look is almost native american. Broad cheeks,strong jaw line.

 

This is real photography. Unposed on the move,life..

Thnks S.

Thank you for the information with this excellent double portrait.....It is of very high quality, and I would be very happy to see this in National Geographic..

Wonderful portrait.

You don't mind if I added some space as suggest above...

No problemo...it makes it better but the pic becomes manipulated and I normally don't manipulate my pix.

Is there an ehtic issue as you are a journalist? Even Dorothea Lange had manipulated her photograph (removing a thumb from her migrant mother)...

manipultaing pix as a photojournalists means you have to find another job. If my employer sees it, I get fired. I know there are quiet some photojournalists who dare to manipulate their images, and when they do it good nobody will notice, but generally spoken it's a "not done". Photojournalists have the mission to show the truth and manipulating images is not telling the truth. For this pic it isn't that important since this is just a portrait but it can't become an habit. Best Geert