Net Hat

Thankyou for stopping by, critiques, comments, rating and suggestions of every kind.

 

Mauro

Ciao Mauro,

I contrasti sono forti ma ben rappresentano la situazione a pieno sole, le ombre rilasciano i dettagli anche nelle zone più scure, i capelli a destra e parte dello sfondo a sx sono un tantino al limite con le alte luci ma personalmente le ritengo accettabili considerando il contesto della composizione. Entrando nel soggettivo, un stop più chiuso avrebbe aiutato a dare una definizione ed un fuoco più omogeneo (vedi orecchino di sx e capelli sx). Questa considerazione non incide assolutamente sulla buona riuscita di questo scatto.

Congratulazioni, ottimo lavoro.

 

Scatto molto ben riuscito, in una condizione d'illuminazione difficile, a forte contrasto.

Non so in che condizioni hai realizzato la ripresa (immagino un ritratto "street" e forse anche croppato) ma un colpo di fill flash avrebbe aiutato ad illuminare un po' il viso, restituendo delle ombre (dovute alla tesa del cappello) meno crude: il fatto è che il cappello sembra il soggetto dominante e distoglie l'attenzione dell'osservatore dall'espressione malinconica del viso della donna.

In ogni modo è un ritratto spontaneo e tecnicamente molto ben eseguito (qui la "barba" c'è tutta.... :-)

Un saluto, Alberto.

Difficult to get/set the contrast right in this shot.

The sum of your critiques is exactly what I think about this shot. I mean, that now that you expressed the ciritiques I see easily what are the weak and strong point of this picture. Paolo I tried all the ways I know to recover the whites, but this resul bring as a side effect a light gray all over the picture. And yes, an f11 would have been better than an f8, but the picture, as far as the smoker as been caught "on the fly" and as far as I started to take pictures 35 years ago, when I go on the street I keep the lens on f8 and haven't had the chance to modify it.

 

Alberto you are right about the fill flash and for a nanosecond I tohught to fill-flash but this could have attract the pattention of the lady and I didn't want to give explanation of why and how and so on. For the fact that the hat looks like the protagonist of the picture my wife made the same comment (like lieutenant's Colombo wife) but I answer to both of you that the protagonist is the net shadow designed on the face of the lady.

 

Rajat, you are right and I have not been able to correct the contrast although I tried in a lot of ways. When you have the 12 AM sun in central Italy you cannot deal the light with.

 

Thank-you to all of you for the very helpful comments you've made my friends. Have a nice week-end

 

Mauro

This is candid photography! And candid photography is photography stripped to the essentials. It only requires the willingness to let technique play second fiddle to spontaneity. And that's what you have done here! Compliments!

 

 

Ho provato a lavorare sulle alte e basse luci. Ti invio il risultato. Se la cosa ti crea problemi fammi un fischio e rimediero' immediatamente.

Non me ne crea affatto, del resto perché dovrebbe?

Mi piace come sei riuscito a gestire le luci, in particolare i capelli sul lato destro, proprio quelli che io non sono riuscito a salvare. Anche il drappeggio sul lato sinistro è decisamente meglio ma lo consideravo un elemento secondario mentre i capelli sono molto importanti. Per quanto riguarda il viso preferisco l'effetto dell'originale un po più contrastato perché marca di più l'effetto rete dell'ombra del cappello. Proverò di nuovo ispirandomi al tuo risultato a lavorare sulle luci. ti ringrazio moltissimo Paolo per il tempo, la voglia e l'insegnamento.

 

Mauro

Mauro, S.G. is a bit busy these days to be available for translation. Do oblige. Just the gist.....thanks

Dear friend, you are so right!. A lot of times I scold my Italian fellows because they don't use the English language (or that language similar to English that allow almost anyone to understand the gist of a conversation) and I made the same error. Forgive me please!

 

Paolo published a manipulated version where he had been able to recover the hilights and to lighten up a bit the shadows. Paolo asks to confront the versions and to comment.

 

I answered that I appreciated his efforts and that the work he made with the hilights is wonderful, mostly for the hairs on the right side, and I will try to replicate it.

I said too that, on the contrary, I prefer the original version, as far as the shadows are concerned, since, imho, my darker shadow with more contrast helps in attracting the eye on the net shadow cast by the hat on the lady's face.

 

Here is it, Rajat Sir! :-)

 

Mauro

 

PS: what's S.G? Or should I ask WHO is S.G.?

ok, thanks...now i shall voice my opinion -- as u know i have an irritating penchant for that: i know i'm more often than not advocating changes -- and getting flak for it -- in this instance i'm for no changes at least to the eyes area, which i expect would be the area under shadow (i would have loved to disagree with u but it pains me to have to agree at least partially with you). More reactions: with the changes the photograph has become duller, the splendid net hat and her hair on the right side (photograph) have lot lustre -- but the hair looks more balanced left and right, so let the sun not shine so strongly on that side of her face; her difficult skin has improved; but the ear-ring on that side (photo right) has lost sheen and in fact the other one which is in shadow looks more bright!

What difficult photographs you take, Mauro, putting your friends to to so much effort -- not so much in my case i'll admit.

And S.G., my friend (had to restrain myself not to preface it with an appropriate adjective), is Sonia Gandhi, Italian born Queen Mother of India, whom I admire and respect. She's busy mothering her squabbling supporters -- their are rich fruits to be plucked, plums.

Please inform your Italian friends you have a most inquisitive Indian friend who threatens to google Italian words he doesn't understand and thereby make a hash of this ancient language.

Ciao. It is 3-24am here so Buona Notte to me....rajat

a person like you would be invented! I appreciate your comment and I'm relly not in pain when you agree with me, on the contrary, I start to be afraid when I do agree with you. Will call my doctor to have a diagnosis.

 

Regads, my nocturnal friend

 

Mauro

Well done! love the shadowed net on her eyes and face :)

 

Biliana

I rather like this, Mauro. The light is harsh, indeed, but I'm sure this is exactly what she looked like on this particular day. The wrinkles and imperfections in her lovely face are evident.....no glossing over to 'create' the perfect face. It's a face of character, and I think you've done well with this. And I love El's comment above.

Hi Christal and thank-you for your comment and generous rating.

I love to meet you again since a long time.

 

Mauro

I attempted a similar shot years ago but my subject was too much in the dark. Your is very much in the light and I like that better. Good work.