At the rich mans door
Feb 7, 2016 21:50:52 #
Feb 7, 2016 22:28:56 #
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I think it is a powerful image that demands an emotional response; I have several.
Feb 7, 2016 23:19:25 #
Feb 8, 2016 01:50:54 #
Violameister wrote:
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I think it is a powerful image that demands an emotional response; I have several.
I have taken many pictures of this lady and I know exactly what you mean by having many emotional responses. Never quite sure if its even right to share the images on the net. What gets to me most is she sits at the door of a Church who appear to do nothing to ease her plight.
Thank you for calling by and commenting it is much appreciated
Feb 8, 2016 07:23:41 #
A couple of blown highlights on her face and hand but in this instance it simply doesn't matter. The immediate pull is the anguish on her face and the lone tooth. But after looking for a while I found myself being drawn to her body posture and particularly her feet. Those feet have lived a hard hard life. I think what gets me most about the pic though is the fact that at the time you took the pic the woman behind wasn't paying the slightest bit of attention. I guess it is normal so you end up being desensitised. Such a scene where I live would certainly cause a reaction. There would be those wanting to help but probably just as many unhappy that it would reflect negatively on the area and adversely effect tourism.
Some pics evoke emotion gently, they sneak up on you. This one grabs you by the throat and then belts you around the head. Very powerful.
Peter
Some pics evoke emotion gently, they sneak up on you. This one grabs you by the throat and then belts you around the head. Very powerful.
Peter
Feb 8, 2016 07:41:37 #
Billyspad wrote:
For your consideration
Very sharp and well composed photo. It does bring an emotional response. There are so many extremely poor people in the Philippines and China.
Feb 8, 2016 07:43:16 #
Billyspad wrote:
For your consideration
I can't expand on the mixture of emotions already listed that this image elicits, and can understand your even questioning whether to post it, but it is, and for all that, a powerfully gripping image.
Dave
Feb 8, 2016 07:58:09 #
coj wrote:
Amazing. Looks like something from (the OLD) National Geographic.
Ill take it as compliment that anything I take would be considered to look like something from the NG of any era.
Thank you for dropping by and those kind words.
Feb 8, 2016 08:27:32 #
conkerwood wrote:
A couple of blown highlights on her face and hand ... (show quote)
There are many worse off than this lady Peter and the desire to preserve their dignity stops me pointing a lens at them. There is absolutely no mental health care for the poor. So if your harmless your left to wander the streets if aggressive or anti social locked away in conditions we would not keep a dog in. As an image maker my insides scream to take a picture if Im honest but the side of me that knows what is correct wins.
Living here makes you very grateful for what you have I can assure you.
Feb 8, 2016 08:38:57 #
waegwan wrote:
Very sharp and well composed photo. It does bring an emotional response. There are so many extremely poor people in the Philippines and China.
One thing the Philippines will not run out of sometime soon is poor people.
Thank you for taking the trouble to pass by and comment it is appreciated always.
Feb 8, 2016 08:44:33 #
Amazing picture, Take away the plastic chairs and do a dodgy mono conversion and it could be 100 years old not the 21st century.
Geoff
Geoff
Billyspad wrote:
For your consideration
Feb 8, 2016 09:04:38 #
Billyspad wrote:
One thing the Philippines will not run out of sometime soon is poor people.
Thank you for taking the trouble to pass by and comment it is appreciated always.
Thank you for taking the trouble to pass by and comment it is appreciated always.
I have been all over Thailand and Korea and not seen poor people like in Philippines and China. Of course I have seen poor people in Korea and Thailand but the difference in Philippines and China is there are so many extremely poor they seem to be hopeless. Honestly if anyone is poor in South Korea it is because they want to be. In Thailand it is different but they are not hopeless.
Feb 8, 2016 14:07:09 #
It's such an emotive image it seems almost inappropriate to comment on the technicalities. But I've never let that stop me before :-D .
I'm glad you didn't murder the background with shallow DOF. You've been saying lately that just because you can do something, it doesn't mean that you should. I think that background OOF softness is overdone.
However, in this image your main subject doesn't have strong lighting or strong colour, and she's having to compete with a rather vivid background. I would suggest carefully judged desaturation and de-contrast of the background, and if possible target the yellow for some more pronounced subduing. I suspect that you highlighted the subject with some extra lighting, and it's done its job without being overtly obvious.
I'm glad you didn't murder the background with shallow DOF. You've been saying lately that just because you can do something, it doesn't mean that you should. I think that background OOF softness is overdone.
However, in this image your main subject doesn't have strong lighting or strong colour, and she's having to compete with a rather vivid background. I would suggest carefully judged desaturation and de-contrast of the background, and if possible target the yellow for some more pronounced subduing. I suspect that you highlighted the subject with some extra lighting, and it's done its job without being overtly obvious.
Feb 8, 2016 19:17:03 #
Uuglypher wrote:
I can't expand on the mixture of emotions already listed that this image elicits, and can understand your even questioning whether to post it, but it is, and for all that, a powerfully gripping image.
Dave
Dave
Thank you for dropping by and commenting Dave
Feb 8, 2016 19:20:41 #
GWR100 wrote:
Amazing picture, Take away the plastic chairs and do a dodgy mono conversion and it could be 100 years old not the 21st century.
Geoff
Geoff
For the rich and indeed the middle classes life has changed beyond compare but for the 50 million considered poor not much has altered in the last 100 years.
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