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Doug Kerr
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Hi, Ayesha,
Thanks.
Best regards,
Doug
This is exquisite. The coloration is truly amazing - reminiscent of a sepia process but with real color to boot.
Ayesha
Thanks.
Best regards,
Doug
fahim mohammed
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Doug, Ayesha has seen your kind comments and shall respond herself.
In the meantime, thank you sir.
Best.
In the meantime, thank you sir.
Best.
fahim mohammed
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Along the street..
fahim mohammed
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I'd love to see more of this group. Young priest, "interns"/"scholars"? The fellow on the right is especially captivating.
Asher
Asher Kelman
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Asher Kelman
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Fahim,
Your picture catches fatigue and forlorn acceptance of fate, as if they have been left behind.
Keeping the color shows the garishness of the surroundings. What happens in B&W? Does the mood change?
Asher
Lawrence Brussel
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Hello there
Fahim Mohammed: The Milkman
lux 50mm asph
Nice work Fahim. The natural shoot is always more expressing.
Fahim Mohammed: The Milkman
lux 50mm asph
Nice work Fahim. The natural shoot is always more expressing.
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fahim mohammed
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Yes sir..a keeper for sure.
Asher, I tried B&W..somehow the scene did not lend itself to that treatment imo.
Thank you for your comments.
fahim mohammed
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Lawrence, thank you. I agree with you there. Most of these are spur of the moment shots.
Regards.
Mark Hampton
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Fahim,
have you noticed the top right in this burn... its beautiful... it turns the whole image ... wires flattned land... golden light....
just a thought...
cheers
fahim mohammed
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Mark, thanks for looking in. Yes I noticed it and wanted to crop it out!!
Felt lazy and left it in. Now that you mention it..I realize why I am not a visionary!!
Thanks Mark and take care.
Felt lazy and left it in. Now that you mention it..I realize why I am not a visionary!!
Thanks Mark and take care.
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Michael Nagel
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Fahim,
There are many words for all photos that could be written if I only could find them - but the above is very intense and sticks out in its very particular way.
Carry on please...
Michael
fahim mohammed
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Michael, very kind of you.
Thank you very much.
Regards.
Thank you very much.
Regards.
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Asher Kelman
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Asking for more!
Fahim,
This is a such an interesting shot with the empty baskets giving so much form and the potential for us bringing our own ideas to the picture. You were lucky she didn't whip the cloth over her face to shut out your gaze!
There's a song by Leonard Cohen, one of the most important Canadian songwriters and poets of the 20th century. He talks about being satisfied and humble about what one has versus asking for one's full share. The choice is harsh and contrary.
Listen to him sing "Bird on the Wire" and listen more closely at 2 minutes 18 seconds:
I myself always follow the encouragement of that pretty woman in the darkened door to seek a full measure of life, but with courtesy and not greed. Back to your picture! I know and now admit being a glutton here, as I already enjoy what you've generously shared! Still, I feel that it might have such further potential, that I'd spend the ridiculous time cloning out the last object on the right, (which is hardly characterized anyway), and rebuilding the very last basket. That would give her and the empty baskets full control of the space in your photograph. Alternatively, rebuild the bucket on the right adding some background there too.
Thanks for this and all the so human pictures that you and Ayesha generously share. Having these varied samplings of people you have seen in your travels, here in one thread, is a perfect treat that gets better day by day.
Asher
Fahim,
This is a such an interesting shot with the empty baskets giving so much form and the potential for us bringing our own ideas to the picture. You were lucky she didn't whip the cloth over her face to shut out your gaze!
There's a song by Leonard Cohen, one of the most important Canadian songwriters and poets of the 20th century. He talks about being satisfied and humble about what one has versus asking for one's full share. The choice is harsh and contrary.
Listen to him sing "Bird on the Wire" and listen more closely at 2 minutes 18 seconds:
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much"
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
© LEONARD COHEN STRANGER MUSIC INC;
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much"
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
© LEONARD COHEN STRANGER MUSIC INC;
I myself always follow the encouragement of that pretty woman in the darkened door to seek a full measure of life, but with courtesy and not greed. Back to your picture! I know and now admit being a glutton here, as I already enjoy what you've generously shared! Still, I feel that it might have such further potential, that I'd spend the ridiculous time cloning out the last object on the right, (which is hardly characterized anyway), and rebuilding the very last basket. That would give her and the empty baskets full control of the space in your photograph. Alternatively, rebuild the bucket on the right adding some background there too.
Thanks for this and all the so human pictures that you and Ayesha generously share. Having these varied samplings of people you have seen in your travels, here in one thread, is a perfect treat that gets better day by day.
Asher
fahim mohammed
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Much appreciated Asher. I shall leave the cloning to the stem cell folks..at least on this first pass!!
Beautiful lyrics indeed. I shall check out the url you kindly provided.
Best regards.
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I had to reduce the contrast and soften the lady's image. The gentleman's image is left as is.
Luckily I did not take Ayesha's pic with this setup. Be careful what lens you use before taking a lady's
picture.
The lens, in this instance, was the 75mm Summicron-M Aspherical. Not a lens to flatter the ladies.
Luckily I did not take Ayesha's pic with this setup. Be careful what lens you use before taking a lady's
picture.
The lens, in this instance, was the 75mm Summicron-M Aspherical. Not a lens to flatter the ladies.
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Asher Kelman
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I had to reduce the contrast and soften the lady's image. The gentleman's image is left as is.
Luckily I did not take Ayesha's pic with this setup. Be careful what lens you use before taking a lady's
picture.
The lens, in this instance, was the 75mm Summicron-M Aspherical. Not a lens to flatter the ladies.
Fahim,
Here one can see why the early 20th Century gave rise to a search for soft focus solutions. Maybe have an inexpensive filter, scratched preferably!
Asher