'Vasily'

This is Vasily, a Russian, in a strange land, and also an onlooker.

Your ratings, critiques and observations are invited and most

welcome. If you rate harshly, very critically or with to make a remark,

please submit a helpful and constructive comment; please share

your photographic knowledge to help improve my photography.

Thanks! Enjoy! john

A separate portrait of Vasily without the onlooker also exists, same post.

It is an entirely other photo, though his expression (or lack thereof) is exactly the same.

It may be posted some day here or on another service.

john

John (Crosley)

The editing window.

The paragraph should read 'same position or same pose' instead of what it says.

My apologies.

john

John (Crosley)

This image has been changed to one that tones down somewhat the highlights which revealed themselves as somewht distracting on posting (to me).

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john

John (Crosley)

Expressive portrait! Life treated him very harshly!

Interestingly this man, for all his interesting expression, had only one expresssioon -- this one -- a featureless, flattened affect.

When I suggested he think of different things or express different feelings, it fell on fear ears, and it wasn't a language difficulty -- he was just incapable of adopting a different expression -- the straight stare ahead . . . like a deer caught in the headlights.

The woman behind was sweeping, looked up, and I snapped.  I liked it as it gave what I felt was interest and depth to this simple but complex portrait.

I will do further work on this one -- as it is capable of more than one workup.

Thanks again, Svetlana.

john

John (Crosley)

One of your best in my mind.

Thank you for the vote of confidence for this particular photo.

It was extraordinarily hard to work on, and I had much difficulty, even though it looked very good on my camera monitor and also on the computer, but still manipulating it in any way proved to be an issue.

I always appreciate when you comment and they needn't always be positive -- your good faith is proved to me.

john

John (Crosley)