andrew_pogrebennyk

Hi Gerry,

Thanks for drawing a parallel to the "decisive moment" concept. I bought there a beautiful photography book called "Henri Cartier-Bresson in India". I was stunned by the selection of the works and thought i'd rather not touch the camera again :) Luckily enough, I liked the outcome of the travel so I think we are moving on.

I also wish the boat in the distance have moved to the left, but the men work very fast there and the scene changes every moment. You have done some fantastic work with the shadows! How did you do that? I'm not very comfortable using computer image processing tools and I don't know how to open up the shadows without affecting overall image brightness/contrast. I will make a more balanced print in the darkroom one day.

I like the cropping: you have cut the image just along the border of that foamy wave crest. Besides, while I was there a faultiness developed in the rear curtain of my Leica and right edge of this photo is quite unsharp. Many thanks for your critique and I really hope you are watching this thread because I would really love to know what magic you have done to the shadows :)