A-PP (MP)

Salut Gabriel... cette photo est tres belle... l'ambiance est super. Simple, elegante. Bien fait. Je suis ici grace a ton reponse d'une de mes photo du Lac du Bois... non, je n'ai pas d'une amie de MN qui s'appele Ambre. Mais merci pour avoir aime ma photo!

Merci Jennifer; j'aime cette image bien aussi. Je me souviens de quand j'ai mis mon response ?es images depuis d? long temps; j'ai aussi demand? Ambre si elle te connaitre, mais non. Elle et?ussi prof de fran?s au nord de Minnesota pendant l'et?98-99. Salut, et merci encore pour ta response.

Une tr賠belle photo d?une tr賠belle femme. Je l?ai vue quand tu as mis dans un thread ࠬeica forum. L?atmosphaire et l?ambiance de cette photo sont excellentes.

Let me add my two cents in english. This composition is outstanding as is the lighting and choice of black & white. Congratulations, wonderful image.

Thanks Howard, very much. This is one of my pride and joys, and the picture that conviced me that sharpness isn't everything; a near-60-year-old lens can outperform the latest technology.

I obviously like to hear positive feedback, but also would like to hear what does not work about this picture; a rating followed by a comment is the best critique I can have, so thank you all that have done so so far.

Nice but too blurry.

I see Ramon, but you gave this one a 6/6, which is indeed blurry, so I think you mean that you don't like depth-of-field effects, at least in this picture?

stunning portrait!

Thank you, Craig. This was a candid photograph; no staging or anything like that. I asked my friend if she would mind if I took a few pictures of her so that I could test my "new" lens (it's 60+ years old) that I had just bought; as she pondered, I took the picture. She agreed, of course. I thought this was the best of the roll, and the most natural.

que buena foto gabriel. te felicito. hoy tuve oportunidad de ver la que le enviaste a pericles. creo que le fue muy bien en el intercambio de fotografias!

 

david lee

Very nice! At least at this sized jpeg, there is no sense of unsharpness in your lens - and why should there be? People seem to take it as a given that newer = better but this is not so!!

An examples: In the late 60s/early 70s, NASA went to the Moon - let's see if they can do that now!!

Or how about this: lenses were made to the best of the ability of the designers & manufacturer's during 50s, 60s, 70s... it's only sinse the 80s that they have been held back. Why? So as not to spend money on design which is not 'needed' - whatever the market will bear, that's what we'll get now. (This doesn't mean that things haven't got better - digital is on a steep improvement curve right now).

Keep your 60 y.o. lens; there's no reason why it shouldn't be a wonderful lens in its own right!

I like this a lot... it's fresh like april wind.

I think this is a wonderful portrait, this is flattering to the subject and I like the pose, the lighting, and the tones. I would be happy with this effort.

 

But since you asked for some recommendations...I might wish for her face to be turned a slight bit more towards the camera. This would keep the nose from breaking the plane of her face and allow her left eye to be separated from her hair.

Wow, super protrait, du tres beau travail!

Leica glow? :p

Steph-

Very excellent black & white. The image really shows her humanity.

wonderful