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[peterb533]

[peterb533]

[Antonio Correia]

Excellent Peter ! Excellent.
I do like the expressions of both !
Good. Very nice Very tender

[Antonio Correia]

You could probably get less saturation and luminosity in the green pillow and toy to enhance the baby.

[peterb533]

You could probably get less saturation and luminosity in the green pillow and toy to enhance the baby.

I had just converted to b&w when I saw your reply. What do you think? Also slightly changed the crop.

[peterb533]

Or how about this converted using Nik SilverEfx Pro, this effect is 'soft skin'

[Antonio Correia]

I clearly like best the second and last image.
That softness is very well in this subject if I may say so for the baby.

The very shallow DOF doesn't forgive the focus point on the sweater / blouse (?), tongue lips when probably would be better on his/her eyes.
It he a she ? Or is she a he ?

Yes, yes.
Babies are hard to photograph I think.

[Antonio Correia]

[Antonio Correia]

The last one before sleep

[Alis]

[Antonio Correia]

Great, great ! Excellent !



Look: there are fingers cuted !!!!! Please re-crop.

[Antonio Correia]

Now Alis, is he ill ? Suddenly I noticed that ...

Hope not

[Ashwin]

Two Photographs of Paintings by Iranian Realistic Painter

Hi António Correia

I dont know whether this is the proper place to post above two photographs here. I was very much impressed by the lighting effect these two photographs have, hence posted here... your comments pl.

[Ashwin]

Hi António Correia

Your above photograph appears to have taken on Railway platform ( photograph of telephone booth )...am I right ?.

[Antonio Correia]

Hi António Correia Your above photograph appears to have taken on Railway platform ( photograph of telephone booth )...am I right ?.

Ashwin,

This is late and I am going to sleep but yes it was in the railway station of Kota.

About the painting: tomorrow please. But, I am impressed with the 1.st mainly. Very nice. But at this moment the bed is waiting for me.

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[Alis]

Now Alis, is he ill ? Suddenly I noticed that ...

Hope not

Thanks, Antonio. He is not. He was getting ready to sleep and of course took a few picture.

I have been very busy lately, no time to do anything else basically.

Nice pictures. Looks like you are bringing out all the trip pictures. When is the photobook coming out?

Oh, about his fingers, I did not noticing when I took the picture. So, there is nothing to do about them. The Canon 5D MKII viewfinder is supposed to cover I guess 98% of the scene but looks like it is less than that.

[Antonio Correia]

Thanks, Antonio. He is not. He was getting ready to sleep and of course took a few picture. I have been very busy lately, no time to do anything else basically. Nice pictures. Looks like you are bringing out all the trip pictures. When is the photobook coming out? Oh, about his fingers, I did not noticing when I took the picture. So, there is nothing to do about them. The Canon 5D MKII viewfinder is supposed to cover I guess 98% of the scene but looks like it is less than that.

Hello Alis
The photo book is later. I still have some pictures to work on. In fact I shot 2000 and I have to be very strict on sellecting the ones I like best to publish and mainly, to make a "domestic" book.
Good work to you
I am happy that he is not ill.

[peterb533]

Thought I had finished for awhile but couldn't stop without posting one of Abigail.

[Antonio Correia]

Two Photographs of Paintings by Iranian Realistic Painter

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When I saw these pictures I immediately remembered the interviews with Vermeer and Rembrandt.

These interviews and the way they - the painters - looked at light made me wonder why the hell am in the pursuit of homogeneous light on my pictures with lots of detail in the shadows and this kind of worries when directional light is far more interesting.

This doesn't mean however that images - paintings and photos all together - shouldn't have details on the shadows, but meaning that it is not an important issue or not as important as it seems.

In this trend I worked on the photo of the man painting on the ground which can be seen here and I re-post in small

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All this to tell you how much I appreciated the paintings. I like better the first than the second one. It is simpler and the shadows are not so ... with not so many spots all over. Yes it is intentional as the light is coming through trees which we can't see.
And I don't like the theme and composition. A woman half asleep with a baby on her lap and a young child looking. Too naive for my taste. But this is not an important point of view,
The important point of view is the way the light is worked and presented.
The first pleases me very much for it's simplicity in theme and composition. Light is clearly coming from one side, combination of colors OK, tonalities ... Very nice.

And... it could be a photo with some kind of work on it.
In terms of painting - looking from that side - it is not very creative. Doesn't provoke you with something new. It is a repetition of old techniques. It's realistic. But you have to be able to it. I couldn't.

Well. I am going to work on something else now and I hope you can argue with me about this later on when you read. Thank you for posting.

Before I post I read the text twice and do you know what came to my mind ? This can be your photographic work and you are disguising it as someone else's paintings. Why ? Do I know why ? You tell me.

[Antonio Correia]

Peter, aren't you overdoing the blur a bit ?

May be ... may be not ...