The farmer's daughter

[marc_dufour]

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I don't know how much time she was walking with this grass bundle on her head...

R 6.2, Elmarit 2.8/100, Velvia 100. Thanks for looking.

[vic vic]

hi marc - loove te two photos alot. i ahve to admit, im not a big fun of long tele portraits, but since the faces are so exhotic it makes it work very well...

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[albertwang]

Makro-Elmarit 100 2.8 or Elmarit 90 2.8?

[stuny]

Marc -

 

Daughter of the Rajastani man with the red turban? Really lovely for its light, colors, framing from the grass and composition.

 

By the way, in the US there are hundreds of off-color jokes involving a farmer's daughter and (usually) a traveling salesman.

[Sandokan]

Great shot Marc - did you also get a wider view giving the whole perspective of the family walking - or are there distractions in the background? She has the look of having a "story" behind her.

 

@Vic - I feel the same way when I see the exotic people in your photos

 

@Stuart - In Punjab jokes about a man's unmarried daughters are very poor taste - so we tell the same jokes about his wife instead

[vic vic]

ravi - i have to tell u... come over in to israel - u will be amnazed... we have a unique mix of european look and north african look mixes. it creates very unusual beuaty that is common all over here in israel. i really think israely women are among the most beautiful (so to speack in generalization). jews all over the world came to this new state of israel. so it is now a third generation usualy from the original. this time (about 50 years) created some "look" i mean physically, but culturally too.

also, about 15 to 5 years ago there was masisve reportration from russia and ethiopia. imagine what gonna be in next generation :-))))) america is nothing compared to this :-)))))

[harmsr]

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Mark,

 

Great framing, focus, color, DOF, expression on her face. Very nicely captured.

 

The funny thing is that I was thinking like Stu and expected something different opening this one up, due to the old saying here in the U.S.

 

Best,

 

Ray

[marc_dufour]

Vic, Albert, Stuart and Ravi

 

The lens is the Apo-Macro Elmarit 2.8/100. I bought it thinking initially in macro photo but I finished finding a good use with portrait.

Yes, the girl is the daughter of the Rajastani man of the other picture. Perhaps I shall post the photo of the mother, but I'm not very satisfied with it.

I haven't a picture of the whole family. They really were intimidated, and with a static pose. The group was too dispersed to get a good shot.

Really, India is one of the countries where I saw the most beautiful and noble faces.

 

Thanks to all.

Marc

[marc_dufour]

Ray,

Thanks a lot for your kind comments.

I'm sorry, I don't know the joke(s). Perhaps it's better like that :-)

Marc

[gverdon]

Beautiful face, calm regard... well done.

 

Gérald

[stuny]

Marc -

 

We were astonished at what a very high percentage of Indians are very attractive. Adding to that is very little baldness, and it seems that Indians have such good hair that they never have "bad hair days" as we say in the US.

[marc_dufour]

Gerald,

Thanks a lot. Nice to read you again

 

Stuart, agree with you. I saw there some peope (generally women) with the hair almost so spectacular as polynesian girls one.

About the beauty, the image perhaps most persistent in my eye is the gracefulness of Rajastani women, wrapped in their striking sarees.

I can't understand as they can spend the whole day long in farming works and conserve her elegant and majestic bearing. Perhaps it's due to the habit to carry things on their heads...

 

Marc

[dan_drabek]

She's definitely better looking than her father. I like the way you've framed her with her bundle.

DD

[leicamann]

This is a good shot, the colors are especially pleasing.

 

Thanks for sharing

 

Regards, Leicamann:)

[marc_dufour]

Daniel and John,

Thanks for looking and kind comments.

Marc