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Venetan lady


Venetan lady
Photo Information
Copyright: Roger Minkow (rminkow) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1127 W: 29 N: 791] (5796)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-09-17
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Leica Digilux 3, Olympus 50-200
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-09-26 6:12
Viewed: 549
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
When I was in Venice about five years ago I photographed this woman sitting on some steps. When I see people like this I feel embarrassed about having so much in my life and them having so little. For this reason I don’t interact with them except to occasionally give them some money and photograph them. When I wrote this on TrekEarth after posting a picture of this same lady, I got a very compassionate comment that changed me. This time when I saw the same lady, I sat down next to her and spoke to her. She is from the former Czechoslovakia and was very pleasant. I gave her five euros and asked if I could take her picture and she said OK.

This picture has a desaturated background which I think works for this subject.
nadine432, sorin_m, hester, pablominto, glint, dareco has marked this note useful
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Critiques [Translate]

bonjour roger
magnifique portrait, j'ai eu très envie d'en faire un ws, ta photo originale est parfaite pour moi, c'est simplement une photo qui m'a inspiré, j'espère que ça va te plaire
Nadine

it touches your soul, it tells you a story.
thank you, well done
sorin

wow 2 points just for the snikkers!"collector" HA!
nice pic ,nice trik with bw and colors
see you soon
VAL

Hi Roger

It is a nice note an there is a compassionate feel to the shot. Nicely framed, great POV and good exposure

TFS

Karan

Hello Roger,
Expression and pose is well captured!
It is fine to see an image telling a story, some days I feel it gets crowded with cats in here...
A well composed image with a message!
Greetings,
Pablo -

  • Great 
  • glint Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 573 W: 2 N: 379] (2555)
  • [2007-10-01 14:47]
  • [+]

hello Roger,
good portrait, wellcomposed. A thoughtful note too.
Bev

Roger I think think is a great photo - just love the sneakers and the character lines on her face...

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  • Tizio Silver Star Critiquer [C: 16 W: 0 N: 3] (189)
  • [2008-05-25 13:44]
  • [+]

nice pic,a real italian nonna ;-)
tizio

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  • dareco Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1136 W: 15 N: 597] (10183)
  • [2008-07-26 20:33]
  • [+]

A very beautiful and interesting portrait. I like her expression and her pose. She reminds me alot of my grandma who had worked so very hard all of her life. TFS

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