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Excelente retrato de gran belleza, su luz, color y abstracion en la mirada la hacen perfecta, saludos cordiales Gerardo.

Gracias, Julio. A ver que opinan en el foro. La dificultad, como siempre, reside en la escasa iluminacion de los lugares donde suelo hacer los retratos.

Y le captaste una espresion otra vez de anxiedad y de sorpresa. Una espresion magnifica. Una buenisima composicion. Le captaste el momento, como Henry Cartier Bresson diria.

 

Me gusta.

Thanks

Beautiful capture . A very natural portrait

Iluminacion exquisitamente equilibrada.

Excellent portrait erardo,i love it.congrats

 

Regards Shuki

Extraordinario retrato, Gerardo.

Very nice work, Gerardo! Best regards, Ruud.

Beautiful composition, I luv the busy background.

Un retrato maravilloso.El mejor de los que has hecho.

I don't want to be rude or anything... but can someone explain me why is this photo so great to deserve those 6/6 and 7/7 notes? maybe i just can't see it myself.....

very nice casual photo, even I can feel the mood!

Actually Maria I'm agreeing with you here. If this was in perhaps street or another area of the critique forums perhaps - but as a portrait? I'm not sure what has caused such blind 6/6, and 7/7's without just thinking it's rate bumping. Ones like this make me wonder if issuing photo critiques on photo.net is a complete waste of time as a basis of comparision to see if your work has improved against your peers.

 

From the portrait perspective...

 

a) I find the TV very distracting (especially because it doesn't seem to relate at all to the man's expression)

 

b) The DOF and the clutter in the background distracting against the primary purpose of a portrait ... the person in it.

 

I think this picture would have been much better served without all the ancillary information in the picture - otherwise this should have been in documentary, news/journalism or street.

I rated this photo as 6/6 by several reasons, but one of them was not to consider the picture as only a portrait. Please, note the expression of the man and the atmosphere of the local, the table, the brown colours... Even the B&W TV... All of these elements were very well captured. It is my honest opinion. Regards to all of you. Pedro.

Excelente captura, Gerardo. Me gustan la composicion, la luz y los colores. La pose y expresion son geniales. Muy buena profundidad de campo. Saludos!

Gracias por los comentarios. Acabo de llegar de viaje y me encuentro con esta polemica. Lo leere con calma y luego ya contestare.

Pues no. Es un retrato, y lo importante de un retrato es la persona, como tu dices, pero tambien hay que tener en cueta que los seres humanos viven y actuan en determinados lugares. Es decir, que el entorno tambien es parte del individuo. Incluso Ortega y Gasset lo mencionaba en aquella famosa frase sobre las circunstancias. Pues bien, esto es una circunstancia que no se puede eludir, y, por tanto tampoco eliminar de una foto. Me refiero al entorno. Por lo que leo parece que te duelen los elementos accesorios. Solo una cosa mas: aun no he visto tu portfolio, porque no queria opinar con causa. Si crees que lo importante de una imagen es el fondo y los focos de estudio, deberias dedicarte a la fotografia profesional, de lo contrario permite que te diga que el manierismo es un tema que, incluso, estoy harto de ver en la ropa interior (tanto de hombre como de mujer) Un saludo. Gracias por tu comentario.

 

Then no. It is a portrait, and the important thing of a portrait is the person, as you say, but also is necessary to consider that the human beings live and act in certain places. That is to say, that the surroundings also are part of the individual. Ortega y Gasset even mentioned it in that famous phrase on the circumstances. Then, this is not a circumstance that cannot be eluded, and, therefore to eliminate either of a photo. I talk about the surroundings. Reason why I read, seems that they hurt the accessory elements to you. Only one more thing: not yet I have seen your portfolio, because it did not want to think with cause. If you create ue the important thing of an image is the bottom and the centers of study, you would have dedicarte to the professional photography, otherwise, it allows that it says to you that the "manierismo" is a subject that, even, I am very to see until in the underclothes (as much of woman man as) A greeting. Thanks for your commentary.