From Jayapura's market. Papua Barat, Indonesia

Comments would be welcome!

It is a little spooky! Black face, no eyes, just teeth...

Beautiful shot... I love it. It does seem a bit ghostly, especially with the black background. Makes me want to know more.

Excellent, Carlo! How did you ever think of this?

well seen!

Perfect portrait.Congrats.Best wishes.BoraBenic

Hi Calro,

 

i believe you made a corageous and very good choice underexposing this image! the relationship between veils and teeth - as well as the darkest shadows on the face - immediately give a picture of a (rather) happy face, that is strange and contrast weirdly with the overall look of the image itself, that without teeth would be grim and depict a ghost... to me this is a full score..

 

regards.

g.

Great and very original shot!Thanks also for your comment and rating.

Regards,Jim

I very strongly dislike this image because it is a mockery of the subject, and believe me, if you gave this picture to her, she would slap you in the face. There is no worth in an art that makes a mockery of the subject, unless the person was full of himself and exposes himself to satire. This lovely girl merely gave you an honest and open smile, and in return, you took a picture of the VEIL? Quite insulting.

Emmanuel I really wonder how can you be so sure about your self!?

Did I told you that I shot this pic for the veil? No!

I shot this pic because the girl's face was nice and smiling.

Iso were high, light was so and so... The girl's face in the photo was, under a photographical point of view, terrible! That's the reason why I've tried to recover it this way. No mockery!