Popular Post Sohail Posted March 16, 2023 Popular Post Share #1 Posted March 16, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) 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! Siena, Crete Senesi 42 3 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Siena, Crete Senesi ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/372831-a-touch-of-the-east-in-tuscany/?do=findComment&comment=4726246'>More sharing options...
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stuny Posted March 16, 2023 Share #2 Posted March 16, 2023 What a lovely, sensitive portrait. I wonder if it would be even stronger with 1 or two inches cropped from the left, keeping all her wind-blown hair in the final frame. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sohail Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share #3 Posted March 16, 2023 5 minutes ago, stuny said: What a lovely, sensitive portrait. I wonder if it would be even stronger with 1 or two inches cropped from the left, keeping all her wind-blown hair in the final frame. Thank you! I was going for a cinematic look but yes possibly. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted March 16, 2023 Share #4 Posted March 16, 2023 A gorgeous portrait. I do agree with Stuny about cropping the left. I would cut the left from the edge of the hair in the wind, so she would be off center. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cantor Posted March 16, 2023 Share #5 Posted March 16, 2023 (edited) Sorry chaps, totally disagree!! It’s a great portrait, evenly balanced, cropping would disrupt the harmony for the sake of orthodoxy. Her wistful expression is what really makes this portrait so special. The space around the girl strongly suggests a sense of isolation. Congratulations Sohail. David Edited March 16, 2023 by David Cantor Comment revised 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted March 16, 2023 Share #6 Posted March 16, 2023 The portrait is great, indeed; and that was not the issue! As for framing, this is what is great in photography. Each one has a different way of seeing the same subject, what makes us different from each other!… Otherwise, all photographs would look the same! Nobody is wrong; nobody is right! Thanks God, we are different! 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted March 17, 2023 Share #7 Posted March 17, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) I agree with David. I think it's a fabulous portrait as presented. The cinematic effect comes through strongly and that's how I perceived it as soon as I saw it. This is a superb portrait. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sohail Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share #8 Posted March 19, 2023 On 3/17/2023 at 8:23 AM, fotografr said: I agree with David. I think it's a fabulous portrait as presented. The cinematic effect comes through strongly and that's how I perceived it as soon as I saw it. This is a superb portrait. Thank you Brent and David! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Posted March 27, 2023 Share #9 Posted March 27, 2023 Cropping the right, stopping just short of her jacket, creates an even more cinematic effect, like Antonioni asymmetry, leaving us to speculate the off-screen moment. The animation of the hair in the wind becomes its own poetic stanza, playing the left two-thirds of the composition. Antonioni used a fan in the opening scenes of L'eclisse to gently blow Monica Vitti's hair, adding movement in a surprisingly static scene that defined the tension in the deterioration of a relationship. Sohail's "actress/model" is "in the moment," and what we don't see is provocative. Sohail has deftly caught the cinematic moment. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lelmer Posted March 27, 2023 Share #10 Posted March 27, 2023 Great portrait 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sohail Posted March 27, 2023 Author Share #11 Posted March 27, 2023 10 hours ago, Ernest said: Cropping the right, stopping just short of her jacket, creates an even more cinematic effect, like Antonioni asymmetry, leaving us to speculate the off-screen moment. The animation of the hair in the wind becomes its own poetic stanza, playing the left two-thirds of the composition. Antonioni used a fan in the opening scenes of L'eclisse to gently blow Monica Vitti's hair, adding movement in a surprisingly static scene that defined the tension in the deterioration of a relationship. Sohail's "actress/model" is "in the moment," and what we don't see is provocative. Sohail has deftly caught the cinematic moment. Thanks for the Antonioni reference! If you have a movie still of the scene, please share it though of course cropping shortens the width too and disrupts the cinematic aspect ratio. 4 hours ago, Lelmer said: Great portrait Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Posted March 28, 2023 Share #12 Posted March 28, 2023 12 hours ago, Sohail said: Thanks for the Antonioni reference! If you have a movie still of the scene, please share it though of course cropping shortens the width too and disrupts the cinematic aspect ratio. Thank you! Here's a link to watch L'eclisse and see what Antonioni does with Monica Vitti and that fan during the first ten minutes of the film. Turning the sound off focuses on composition, and though we've been talking about cropping, your shot is perfectly rendered cinematic and tugs at the imagination to flesh out the narrative. Good show! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sohail Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share #13 Posted March 28, 2023 Blocked where I am. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sohail Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share #14 Posted March 28, 2023 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 1 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/372831-a-touch-of-the-east-in-tuscany/?do=findComment&comment=4738014'>More sharing options...
tangosix Posted March 30, 2023 Share #15 Posted March 30, 2023 On 3/16/2023 at 6:34 AM, Sohail said: 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! Siena, Crete Senesi Lens? SL2s? What a great shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sohail Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share #16 Posted March 30, 2023 9 minutes ago, tangosix said: Lens? SL2s? What a great shot. Thanks! Camera: Panasonic GX8 (micro four-thirds) Lens: Panasonic Leica Nocticron 42.5/1.2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted April 11, 2023 Share #17 Posted April 11, 2023 (edited) @Sohail, Outstanding image. I am onboard with your assessment of placing her near the center - it does enhance the feeling of isolation and loneliness. We can split hairs for days about cropping here or there, but to my eye - you got it right. Edited April 11, 2023 by Herr Barnack 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sohail Posted April 12, 2023 Author Share #18 Posted April 12, 2023 5 hours ago, Herr Barnack said: @Sohail, Outstanding image. I am onboard with your assessment of placing her near the center - it does enhance the feeling of isolation and loneliness. We can split hairs for days about cropping here or there, but to my eye - you got it right. Thank you! 😀 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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