faces Boy, Nepal

This photo literally grabbed me and pulled me in. I wonder, what does this child see? For me, this photo captures suspicion, innocence, hunger, and timidity.

Wonderful photo. Nothing more need be said.

If you have not been told this yet, this is a beautiful picture! Its the sort of picture that makes me stop and wonder about the subject person's life and his thoughts and who he is and what his future would be like....

The nice tight shot really helps capture the emotion and innocense of the child! Great job!

I like the contrast between his bluish jacket and ruddy skin, and the other conflicting juxtapositions, the awkward turn of his head and bold eyes, weathered hair and youthfulness, a wisdom that is beyond age. Phil

Maybe its just me, but I think the picture is a bit over exposed? Other than that I do like the composition, the kid has wonderful eyes. They tell a story almost.

I like the photo of the boy,but i'm afraid it's overridden by the photo that Phil posted.I cant help wondering WHY it's been posted.

Truly art to me; and the little one's eyes say nothing and yet everything at the same time ... and so differently to each of us. Interesting how something piqued his curiosity as he now does ours (are we curious about what he may have been curious about at that moment)?

Congratulations Sir. You've been twice photographer of the week in a very short time.

I also enjoyed the other photos in your folder.

To Philip: what is purpose of posting the picture on this board??

 

You've said it all - as a mother, I feel I want to give him a big cuddle and tell him the future will be OK. Hope it will. Absolutely terrific - congratualtions.

Looks like he's trying to steal a glance at something he hasn't seen before/rarely...maybe an european? very cool photo!

I don't get all this excitement about this picture. It's blurry, overexposed, grossly colour-corrected, and all in all not very good at all! Ok, I may be biased, but in light of the poor quality of a shot like this, I don't see why my pics never get posted :-(

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Giacomo, to paraphrase a famous politician:

 

"It's the (composition), stupid."

 

Your shots, however, are very fine indeed.

I do see some basis to -Giacomo Tognoni's- comments, though I wouldn't go off and dismiss the photograph as poor. Though it may not appeal to him/you, it is a technically sound photograph, and yes, everyone may have their own oppinion. Personally, I like some of his other photographs better, but this is still a winner. He's surely gotten up close and personal, and this is what makes this photograph so strong. The connection between the subject and the photographer is key. Going back to -Giacomo Tognoni-, I also like his photographs. I believe they deserve some are well suited for POW as well. They are however done in a different style, and everyone has their own taste.

 

Chao!!

the soft roughness of the exposure gives it much more emotion and sense of the location and situation then if it had bright sharp contrasty colors. You're up close, you can read his face, look into his eyes, no where else to look but him, there is no fence seperating you from the subject..

 

I like the whole roll, but this one especially. it seems very natural and unposed. There's a unawareness of the camera and lack of falsity that is hard to get when shooting people, even more so when there is this box pressed up against your face seperating you and your subject.

 

a photo I wish I could have taken, thats what photo of the week is all about.

I think you are missing the entire point of what makes this picture great Giacomo- it is the expression on the child face that needed to be conveyed in this shot, and it is the primary reason the photographer needed to overexpose this shot. Without it, it becomes a muddy backlit shot with no facial detail- and without the facial detail, the way the image is framed you really don't have a shot. Would fill flash have help this image- I don't think so. I think the mood of this image would be completely ruined. Maybe a reflector card could have helped, but by the time you do all that, maybe you don't have a shot. I think Wee Keng Hor made the compromises that were necessary to get this shot. Ultimately what makes a photograph great is not its technical virtuosity, but our emotional response to it.

 

As far as your porfolio, you made a similar compromise on the two boys in India in order to retain facial detail. Unfortunately you didn't compromise enough on the inclusion of both boys in the frame- I find the 2nd boy in the background to be a distraction.

 

As far as emotional response, the one that strikes me is the picture of the old man in Nepal. But it is an image that I think could have benefited by the decisions Keng Hor made in order to retain facial detail. I keep wanting to see more of the face- but then again maybe that's a strength.

 

The image that I love, and wouldn't change a thing about however is the Elderly Jewish man in NY. That would be the image I would select as a POW nominee. The Royal Palace in Bangkok and the boy on the mountain side in Nepal ain't bad either.

"It's the (composition), stupid."

No, it's the light. Without good light, the composition is useless. One can always find a good composition when the light is good, but not vice versa. The light is in the wrong place, on his back, not in his face. Fill might have helped but it wouldn't appear to be a particularly natural shot, which this needs to survive. But with the light where it is, his face doesn't really hold.

I'm just a first stage beginner in photography, so my comments can be just nonsense. However, it seems to me that this picture is quite nice. The slightly blurry image works well for the portrait of a somewhat confused child with unruly hair, dirty face and a robe without a precise design. Out of all this unruliness, the inquisitive eyes of the boy strike me as adding some focus to the image. I don't exactly understand the light, but it may be indeed that the photo had to be overexposed in order to see the child's face as clearly as possible. Thanks, and sorry for the amateurism.

Very, very good. Thank you!

This photo draws on my emotions. The photo makes me wonder what the child is looking at and also about his life.

 

Giacomo's photos are very beautiful pictures as well, but this one really puts a smile to my face and gets me thinking.

For me the the image is wonderful, the soft focus and lighting add to the mood - the expression captured is complex and optimistic.

Exellent Portrait.

Ideal, submit to National Geographic~!! or begin series for a gallery~!!

 

D~!!