In Perspective, Planet: Grain seller....

[fahim mohammed]

 

[Charlotte Thompson]

How beautiful and pristine! You can see by the boy he keeps a very immaculate shop-I would want to stop and buy his grain! It looks good to eat and touch and smell- I wanna buy some!!
nicenice catch Fahim-

Charlotte-

 

[Mike Shimwell]

Hi Fahim,

You have again brought forth several treasures at once. I could comment positively on all your recent posts, but chose this one to say thanks for sharing and that althogh they are all lovely - the colours of Venice or the peaceful fields or humorous hats, I do like the subject matter here. You are back to your engagement with people.

Best

Mike

 

[John Angulat]

Hi Fahim,

You have again brought forth several treasures at once. I could comment positively on all your recent posts, but chose this one to say thanks for sharing and that althogh they are all lovely - the colours of Venice or the peaceful fields or humorous hats, I do like the subject matter here. You are back to your engagement with people.

Best

Mike

Hi Fahim,
You are amazing! Mike is so correct in noting these treasures.
I too find this image as a stand-out among the fine collection you've presented us so far.

Well done!

 

[Timothy Bearden]

Great image. I love what it going on. Overly sharp though.

 

[fahim mohammed]

Charlotte, Mike, John...

My apologies for not having responded to your kind comments. It was rude of me, to say the least.

Timothy's post brought this to my attention.

Best Regards.

 

[fahim mohammed]

Great image. I love what it going on. Overly sharp though.

Timothy, thanks for looking in. You are correct, the photo is overly sharp. Since then, I have been using reduced or zero sharpening with certain camera/lens combos.

Thank you for your comments.

Regards.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Fahim,

Likely, you knew immediately that the picture was going to be special for you and us and stand out in your collection.

Fahim Mohammed: Grain Seller​

The image of a young man doing his utmost to excel is shown. That he has no physical store with a door, counter and shelves, doesn't hold back his own sense of pride and purpose. The composition is very satisfying, giving a great sense of abundance, even in this barebones market.

I wonder if you might darken the background except for the man on the left and tome down the arresting colors in the stacked chairs on the right. I have no issue with sharpness of the grains. The matt, however, can be soft. The face, (if lightened in the shadows), joins the powerful lines of black pots, balances that out the well defined grains. I'd offer that you might only need to sharpen his eyes and lips.

Asher

 

[fahim mohammed]

Asher, let me dig up the original and apply some of your suggestions; if I am capable of applying them.

Thank you for your help.

Regards.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Asher, let me dig up the original and apply some of your suggestions; if I am capable of applying them.

Thank you for your help.

Regards.

I wonder if you may have also taken other views? Do you shoot from the hip, pausing momentarily as you pass, or do you stop and boldly compose?

Asher

 

[fahim mohammed]

I wonder if you may have also taken other views? Do you shoot from the hip, pausing momentarily as you pass, or do you stop and boldly compose?

Asher

I shall have to dig into the backups to see if I took some more photos here.

If I know I shall return to a scene later, I take a considered approach. Otherwise, I try to figure out what to me seems right ( and most often easy! ). There are other times when one just clicks and hopes the moment has been captured. I guess I have followed all three approaches.

Regards.