Fauxtog Posted July 21, 2018 Share #1 Posted July 21, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Please feel free to post any portraits of the people you have met while traveling. Do give some back story of the person shown and why and where you took the picture. Looking forward to some interesting pictures and stories! I'll start it off with this one taken in Malaysia. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! This lovely lady is the eldest of three sisters and she has the ability to enter a trance-like state where she apparently can commune with the spirits in order to help people with whatever problems they may have. She does this only on a personal level, not commercial or advertised as a service of any kind. This is her home, nothing has been arranged for the shot, it is what it is. I'm not a believer, and make of it what you will, but she does bring much comfort to those that come to her and that's not a bad thing at all. M9 with 35mm Summicron mark IV 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! This lovely lady is the eldest of three sisters and she has the ability to enter a trance-like state where she apparently can commune with the spirits in order to help people with whatever problems they may have. She does this only on a personal level, not commercial or advertised as a service of any kind. This is her home, nothing has been arranged for the shot, it is what it is. I'm not a believer, and make of it what you will, but she does bring much comfort to those that come to her and that's not a bad thing at all. M9 with 35mm Summicron mark IV ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286791-open-thread-travel-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=3559196'>More sharing options...
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abrewer Posted July 21, 2018 Share #2 Posted July 21, 2018 Splendid The contrast of red with yellow (in the wood countertops, the brass bowls, the candles and her exquisitely tailored gown) is spectacular Thank you for sharing 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fauxtog Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted July 22, 2018 Splendid The contrast of red with yellow (in the wood countertops, the brass bowls, the candles and her exquisitely tailored gown) is spectacular Thank you for sharing Thank you, that's kind of you. (I usually prefer B&W, but how to resist a riot of such rich colour?) Also thank you to: Graham, edds, stuny and stray cat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fauxtog Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted July 22, 2018 (edited) Life Lines by Peter Davidson, on Flickr Now in his seventies, I think a hard life in the Chinese rural community show in the life-lines of this man's face. He's lived through some dangerous and epic times but was polite and patient to a fault to this Westerner pointing a camera at him. M9 with 90mm tele-elmarit. Edited July 22, 2018 by Fauxtog 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted July 22, 2018 Share #5 Posted July 22, 2018 Near the Temple Of Heaven, Beijing. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286791-open-thread-travel-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=3559811'>More sharing options...
Fauxtog Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted July 22, 2018 Interesting picture Michael, thank you for sharing it here. (I was beginning to think this thread would become an orphan) Your picture has a fine film quality about it somehow. Due to the softness and evident grain/noise I'm guessing. No matter. The street musician appears (to me) to be looking directly at the viewer almost in surprise and the awkward pose of the other man is intriguing. Was he just listening or did you interrupt a conversation? Never to be known I suppose but I like an image that asks questions! Personally, I would have preferred more interaction between them and the watching man's legs not to have been cropped along the bottom line as (to me) they jar the picture. Just my opinion, you and others may disagree, I hope you don't mind the observation. Graham, rpittal, study and Lois, thank you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted July 23, 2018 Share #7 Posted July 23, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Fauxtog, many thanks for your kind words. The man seemed to be a kind of busker – an independent musician working for small donations at a famous and busy location. The man with his back to me was far from planned. It just seemed to me to be the right moment to press the button. I also remember that I wanted to be somewhat unobtrusive. I turned and pointed the camera at something else that was about the same distance from the musician and focused. As I watched things unfold, at what seemed like the right moment I quickly raised the camera to my eye – click – camera down and me moving on. I imagine I was noticed, but likely as a marginally annoying foreigner. There is also – in my view – a little of the abstract and ambiguous. Qualities that are powerful, particularly in B&W. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fauxtog Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share #8 Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) In Malaysia I met this delightful great-grandmother who is now into her nineties - but you wouldn't know it either by looking at her or talking with her. A lovely lady with a great smile. M9 + Summicrom 35mm IV. Great Grandmama by Peter Davidson, on Flickr Edited July 23, 2018 by Fauxtog 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 24, 2018 Share #9 Posted July 24, 2018 In Dmaraland, just west of the Namib Desert in Namibia. The woman had a roadside stall where she sold minerals and rocks. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286791-open-thread-travel-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=3560744'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 24, 2018 Share #10 Posted July 24, 2018 Rhino Camp manager Daphne, on our way to look for black rhino - Namibia Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286791-open-thread-travel-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=3560746'>More sharing options...
Fauxtog Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share #11 Posted July 24, 2018 (edited) Namid desert and black rhino. Mmm exotic! Nice shot of mother and child, despite mom having her eyes closed. If you knocked back the white things above the babies head, they would be less of a distraction and strengthen the shot I feel. (once you notice them, they really do draw the eye) The vehicle mirror shot with the clipped sky just doesn't work for me. It's ok, and I can see this working very well as part of a series though. Cropped tighter might work better, but it's still dangerously close to a tired visual cliche. (Sorry Stuart, as always, only my opinion) btw, I'm making constructive comments here as I thought forums like this were for that sort of thing (pretty pointless otherwise) but I actually see very little, here or anywhere. People too sensitive? Perhaps I should refrain unless feedback is specifically asked for? Feel free to tear my shots apart if anyone wishes to do so. Edited July 24, 2018 by Fauxtog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fauxtog Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share #12 Posted July 24, 2018 (edited) The Baker , This is the local village baker, fresh from baking the mornings batch of bread in a small town in Malaysia. He's standing in his shop doorway with the bakery behind him. No traditional bakers uniform, just a vest and a smile! M9 + 35mm Summicron Edited July 24, 2018 by Fauxtog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 25, 2018 Share #13 Posted July 25, 2018 Papua New Guinea highlands Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286791-open-thread-travel-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=3561335'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 25, 2018 Share #14 Posted July 25, 2018 Papua New Guinea Sepic region Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286791-open-thread-travel-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=3561336'>More sharing options...
Fauxtog Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share #15 Posted July 25, 2018 What fabulous lens-candy! The first three shots and the first one of the second post are simply superb. I wasn't going to make further critical comment as you haven't requested it but... Personally, they are wonderful but could be outstanding. I'd respectfully suggest better cropping choices (all are very static compositionally, with the eyes almost dead-centre of frame and have distracting backgrounds) and some brave and judicious processing should in order to better emphasize impact would make them sparkle. I know you want to show the full head dress, but the main emotional impact should always be human, in the expression, the eyes. That should be the main focus point. Everything else should be secondary and supportive of that. Get in closer at the expense of the ceremonial, make a better connection with the viewer to the human in the mask. (Unless, of course, you are simply making a documentary record). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fauxtog Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share #16 Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) A cycle repair shop in rural Malaysia. He can fix anything... Check out the spare parts hoard in his garage and yes, he knows where everything is. M9 + 35mm Man Cave , Edited July 25, 2018 by Fauxtog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnK Posted July 26, 2018 Share #17 Posted July 26, 2018 Stuart, Love, luv your Papua New Guinea portraits. Bravo!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnK Posted July 26, 2018 Share #18 Posted July 26, 2018 Melvin Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286791-open-thread-travel-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=3561581'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 26, 2018 Share #19 Posted July 26, 2018 Shawn - Navajo in Monument Valley? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 26, 2018 Share #20 Posted July 26, 2018 Sri Lanka Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286791-open-thread-travel-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=3561747'>More sharing options...
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