Portrait of a Villager

[ThrutheFrame]

It has been some time since I post. Here's another Portrait of a Villager.
Sony A7 + Zeiss FE 55mm f1.8 + 3 Stops ND filter + YN560III + YN560-TX + Octagon softbox on my left to balance the sun light giving a subtle split lighting with catch light on the darker side.

[Shadowman]

Nicely exposed.

[Polar01]

As John states "Nicely exposed."

Cheers: Allan

[bnnrcn]

Nice image , IMO it would look good in B&W too

[davidedric]

Aside from the excellent image, I wonder what is going through his mind.

Are those his day clothes, or worn for a special occasion?

Intriguing, thanks,

Dave

[Geoff F]

Yes 'nicely exposed'. You have managed to keep the whites bright but just below over exposure levels while retaining good shadows.

[ThrutheFrame]

Aside from the excellent image, I wonder what is going through his mind.

Are those his day clothes, or worn for a special occasion?

Intriguing, thanks,

Dave

He and the others were sitting there to wait for transport to the town. Those are his everyday clothes.

[ThrutheFrame]

Yes 'nicely exposed'. You have managed to keep the whites bright but just below over exposure levels while retaining good shadows.

thank you.

[IzzieK]

I would be grubby short of a minute if white is my everyday clothes...just doing my normal day-to-day life... good exposure.

[rpcrowe]

Excellent portrait. What is the blue OOF area behind his right (image left) ear?

[MrB]

That looks almost 3D on my screen - superb photo.

Cheers.
Philip

[ThrutheFrame]

Excellent portrait. What is the blue OOF area behind his right (image left) ear?

I too notice that blue oof near his ear when i edited the image. If i remembered correctly there was a lady that was hanging clothing at that house behind him.

[arith]

Excellent image, I wished I could do as good. Might be worth cloning out or toning down the blue behind the ear though, it will be a truly great image if you can.

[ThrutheFrame]

Excellent image, I wished I could do as good. Might be worth cloning out or toning down the blue behind the ear though, it will be a truly great image if you can.

Thank you. I try my best to shoot well. But will always try not to clone or do too much alteration ie skin smoothing or removing blemishes in PP. But I will usually do dodge and burn to help lead the viewers to focus on my subject.

[DEAN01]

Beautiful capture!