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Salgado at Cetho temple *.

Sitting under twisted trees, Sebastiaõ tells me: « Last year was a very difficult year for me; because of the exhibitions and other social obligations I did not take photographs ».

At more than 75 years of age, this man is still driven by photography.

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*  Cetho is a 15th century Javanese-Hindu temple in west Java.

 

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vor 6 Stunden schrieb carl_valiquet:

Salgado at Cetho temple *.

Sitting under twisted trees, Sebastiaõ tells me: « Last year was a very difficult year for me; because of the exhibitions and other social obligations I did not take photographs ».

At more than 75 years of age, this man is still driven by photography.

M240. 21mm Elmarit.

*  Cetho is a 15th century Javanese-Hindu temple in west Java.

 

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thank you for the photo -
i am a fan of sebastiaõ - his photos and his views on life.

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7 hours ago, carl_valiquet said:

Salgado at Cetho temple *.

Sitting under twisted trees, Sebastiaõ tells me: « Last year was a very difficult year for me; because of the exhibitions and other social obligations I did not take photographs ».

At more than 75 years of age, this man is still driven by photography.

M240. 21mm Elmarit.

*  Cetho is a 15th century Javanese-Hindu temple in west Java.

 

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Was this meeting purely by chance? A fine impromptu informal portrait, with a lens not normally associated with portraiture. 

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2 hours ago, wda said:

Was this meeting purely by chance? A fine impromptu informal portrait, with a lens not normally associated with portraiture. 

Thank you wda. True a 21 mm is not the usual portrait lens but great for environmental portraits.

It sort of makes a portrait of the environment as well as a portrait of the person.

Salgado, his wife Lelia and their second son Rodrigo are acquaintances. They visited us in Java. We spent a wonderful week in their company. Talking photography and taking photos of course. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to spend time with them. I do hope or paths will cross again.

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3 hours ago, lookbook said:

thank you for the photo -
i am a fan of sebastiaõ - his photos and his views on life.

You are welcome lookbook.

I hesitated before posting this image not wanting to be a « show off ».

I posted this image of a photographer that I too admire, who is still passionate about photography and concerned about the environment. I think he is an inspiration for many image-makers and for us humans who at time forget to take care of Mother Earth. Regards. Carl.

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vor 18 Minuten schrieb carl_valiquet:

You are welcome lookbook.

I hesitated before posting this image not wanting to be a « show off ».

I posted this image of a photographer that I too admire, who is still passionate about photography and concerned about the environment. I think he is an inspiration for many image-makers and for us humans who at time forget to take care of Mother Earth. Regards. Carl.

don't worry Carl..
Nobody thinks you're a show-off -

It's nice what you're still writing here -
it also goes well with the photo above.
Sebastiaõ knows about his responsibility and maybe that's why he continues to work on it,
to open our eyes.

Have a nice weekend Carl

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44 minutes ago, lookbook said:

don't worry Carl..
Nobody thinks you're a show-off -

It's nice what you're still writing here -
it also goes well with the photo above.
Sebastiaõ knows about his responsibility and maybe that's why he continues to work on it,
to open our eyes.

Have a nice weekend Carl

Thank you lookbook for your message. I really appreciate. Have a nice weekend also. Regards. Carl.

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2 hours ago, carl_valiquet said:

Thank you wda. True a 21 mm is not the usual portrait lens but great for environmental portraits.

It sort of makes a portrait of the environment as well as a portrait of the person.

Salgado, his wife Lelia and their second son Rodrigo are acquaintances. They visited us in Java. We spent a wonderful week in their company. Talking photography and taking photos of course. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to spend time with them. I do hope or paths will cross again.

How wonderful! An unusual experience to share news and views on mutual interests. Thank you for sharing with us.

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On 3/22/2022 at 5:57 PM, jakontil said:

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This portrait and the one posted a little later are absolutely beautiful, Jakontil. However I couldn't help but think that, to my eyes, your model's skin had a somewhat unhealthy looking pallor. I really hope you don't mind, but I've taken the liberty of just quickly removing a little cyan from the overall cast in this picture and, again to my mind, it gives a more pleasing skin (and hair/fabric) tone. I might be well off the mark here as obviously I was not privileged to attend the photo session. I do find, though, that as a general rule scans from colour negatives, especially those taken in the shade as here, often give a palette which is a little too much toward cyan and it is a relatively quick fix. Again, my apologies if I'm out of line here:

 

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I completely agree with phil on this. I noted there was a Cyan cast but didn't comment. Frequently I see 'casts' in images posted here but don't comment because it is possible the poster intended that colour. However, a lot of films do have tendency to colour bias. Ektar being an obvious one. It flicks from Red to Cyan very easily. This suits some subjects, but not usually portraits. Then there is the question of monitor calibration although I don't think it is quite the bogey man it is sometimes made out to be.

Of course light quality plays a big part, especially for film. Digital sensors handle odd light sources better.

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2 hours ago, stray cat said:

This portrait and the one posted a little later are absolutely beautiful, Jakontil. However I couldn't help but think that, to my eyes, your model's skin had a somewhat unhealthy looking pallor. I really hope you don't mind, but I've taken the liberty of just quickly removing a little cyan from the overall cast in this picture and, again to my mind, it gives a more pleasing skin (and hair/fabric) tone. I might be well off the mark here as obviously I was not privileged to attend the photo session. I do find, though, that as a general rule scans from colour negatives, especially those taken in the shade as here, often give a palette which is a little too much toward cyan and it is a relatively quick fix. Again, my apologies if I'm out of line here:

 

Hi stray cat! Exactly and thank you for pointing that out, im not very good at colour, i dont blame my partial colour blind but i knew something seems odd and since i have plenty rolls to scan at once and i dont usually do much post process other than converting it straight away using the NLP

may i know how do you correct it? Definitely it has a more pleasing skins and yes my shoot my portra to name the most, have been suffering with cyan cast as was told 

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29 minutes ago, jakontil said:

Hi stray cat! Exactly and thank you for pointing that out, im not very good at colour, i dont blame my partial colour blind but i knew something seems odd and since i have plenty rolls to scan at once and i dont usually do much post process other than converting it straight away using the NLP

may i know how do you correct it? Definitely it has a more pleasing skins and yes my shoot my portra to name the most, have been suffering with cyan cast as was told 

I think he just pick your photo and did a re-run in Lightroom, Capture One, Photoshop, Affinity Photo etc. to do the colour correction. E.g. I do that a lot in Capture One and it is really easy to do that.

May I ask what is your film scanning process setup? A dedicated film scanner, flatbed scanner or "DSLR" scan setup?

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