Arbat

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Would love to see the color with the same crop as the black and white. I think you need some more contrast in the conversion to black and white in the man.

Therese, thank you for advice. I reloaded picture with contrast increased.

Appreciate your attention!

Oh, Galina! This is too much. I love the delicate way Arbat is holding his likeness and the incredible similarity between expressions -- or maybe that's Arbat's only expression? But Galina, you can't just put up a photo that's this offbeat and unique without giving us a little more background. Who is the colorful old guy and why is he clutching a Russian doll that looks just like him? // Your memory is amazing. I looked through my portfolio for "Reflections in a Government Building" -- and that was exactly the title, the gov. building was a Canadian Navy Recruiting office in Quebec City, the reflection was from a French-era stone building -- and it seems to have been deleted. I'm thinking of adding a new folder of images that I've scrapped, but shouldn't have. I'll start with that one. Great to hear from you and see how your photographic skills are progressing. --jim

Hi, Jim,

To tell you the truth, Arbat is the name of old Moscow street in downtown, which was source of inspiration for many Russian musicians and poets. Modern Arbat is remodeled for tourist's needs walking street, it is pretty, but in my opinion, lost that "unique Russian spirit" this nova days. The man on the picture is Dyadya Vova, who was an engineer before, but last fourteen years paints and sells matreshkas (sets of nesting dolls)-traditional Russian souvenirs. Color version and full frame you can find here

Thank you for your interest and comment!

Will be looking forward to see your new folder with familiar pictures.

All the best,

Galina

Galina

 

Yes, I like this version as much as I thought I would!

Very nice Galina!

wow! Fantastic ! Nice model and well done work ! Keep it up ! 7/7

Color is good, but b&w is excellent! Seems to highlight the intensity of his eyes. Very interesting composition, Galina!

very enjoyable and superior candid. quibble with the background a little, but my experience is you sometimes don't get many chances at finds like this. excellent tones, but i'd brighten him and dull the doll a little bit. just a question of taste.

wondlerful :)

B:l:ana

Galina, U Vas tak mnogo interesnih rabot.

Zamethatel'nii portret! Pozdravliau. :-)

Fantastic portrait. Interesting details in his face. I see a very nice person with kindly eyes.

Congrat. V.Aus.

Oh, this is just marvelously detailed and expressive. He reminds me of St. Nick!

Galina, what an interesting portrait of the man, hugging himself...,love it in B/W.nice in colors but my favorite is this.very good crop. Pnina

Hi Galina:

The colors are so vivid and harmonious in the original! However, I think the tight crop and the B&W conversion have a slight advantage when it comes creating a scene that both captures Vovo's personality, and incites curiosity within the viewer. --jim

very good contrast, expressive portrait, and I like the picture in picture idea. Nice work Galina.

You made some good (and not obvious) choices here:

the more important was probably to convert it into a B&W: the impact is much greater...but it was certainly difficult to abandon the four blue eyes!

The cropping on the left was a good decision too, because the left background was unfortunaly very bright and distracting - even if the whole hand would have been still better if possible!

I liked to read your interesting answer to Jim McNic about the story of this image.

Kind regard
Michel

Great, great work!!!

 

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How do I get my own action figure???

Terrific, nice picture..You see the light in the eyes of this "young" man that is impossible to get in the small statue ...