Water Carrier

Ratings and comments welcome. Thank you

interesting choice of subject Ricardo....i find the light is too harsh...the black backgorund really works tho...i like this image...ravi

Ravi, thank you for your comment. You are right, it was direct sunlight from overhead, not good, but I had no choice, the alternative being under cover, where I could not handhold if I was to get the DOF right.

Funny character with vivid colors.

I think that some fill-in flash could help a bit.

Regards

Yes, Marco, it might have helped with the shadows on the eyes, but this was a hasty shot,

the guy was nice but woulnd't wait for long, too bad. Thank you for leaving a comment.

Ricardo, this great shot is full of character.

 

I agree that there is a slight difficulty with the exposure, but for me this does not detract from the impact of the image. I wonder if this problem can be helped by something as simple as a crop? This may help to focus the viewer's gaze on the subject's face by removing much of the brighter tunic from the frame?

 

What do you think?

 

Regards, Nick.

Nicholas, I think yours is a valid idea. It had not occurred to me since I tend to leave my pictures full frame, but since we are already at it, I think I would go further and crop a bit more from top and right. Thanks for your suggestion!

Very good , color , composition and expresion of a man. Excelent.

Thanks Imanol!

Muy bonita composicion y expresion. El fondo oscura me va muy bien tambien. Un tanto amarillado o sera mi pantalla? Y tal vez un tantito mas de sharpening para el toque final.

Gracias Luke, ya creia que no volveria a oir de ti! EPD tenia un toque calido, pero si la ves muy amarilla si debe ser cosa del monitor ... o del mio, que no lo da. Le echare un vistazo, asi como al sharpening, aunque al comprimir nunca quedan igual de nitidas que el original. Un saludo.

The image currenty on display is the result of a better quality scan and processing. The image originally uploaded is provided above for an understanding of some of the previous comments.