Man with his worldly possessions by Rene Little by Konica Minolta Users

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06-MAR-2004	Rene Little

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Konica Minolta Users		16-Mar-2004 04:22
Claudio, thank you for taking the time to have a look and to also give my such constructive criticism. I also wish that I had taken a close up of his face, but I just didn't get the chance. There is a similar man who sells his wares at the hotel where we are staying in Mt. Hagen, I will certainly try to photograph him from a closer aspect. If I can I will post the photo in the Minolta Forum. Kind regards Rene

Claudio Gatti		14-Mar-2004 22:32
Hi Renee, Apologies for the long delay... Yes, my composition suggestions would have echoed what other have said: use the tree for framing, and place the man on the left to allow us to follow his gaze to the right, but this is whithout knowing what was around him. Unrelated to the theme, but I would have also tried to take a close up portrait since he has such an intersting face and expression. This is still a very nice picture in my mind Claudio

Konica Minolta Users		11-Mar-2004 22:46
Hello Luminus and Jose Thank you for your comments I really appreciate them. Unfortunately I am just about to get on a plane so won't have time to do any cropping before the competition finishes, but I will remember for next time. Regards Rene

José Medeiros		11-Mar-2004 15:25
Hi, Rene. Great subject! Great photo. I agree with what have been told about composition. José Medeiros

Luminus		11-Mar-2004 10:53
Nothing else left for me to comment. The experts below have all given you great comments. But you don't have to re-take the picture!! Just re-crop it to remove about 1/4 on the left side. You will end up with a 1:1 aspect-ratio square frame, but your picture will be better balanced, as the old man will appear to have more space to the right to look at.

Rene Little		10-Mar-2004 23:42
Hello Smatty Had I followed your advice my photo would have been 100% better. At the time I was in a village where the there were other people including a little girl who just loved having her photo taken and kept standing in front of quite a few of my photos, so I had to take the photo quite quickly to capture this wonderful man on his own. I may have the opportunity of visiting another village in the next couple of days so I will try again to capture a photo and I have definitely taken heed of your advice and also of Jim's. May I say here that I really enjoy the competitions and also love reading the threads in the Minolta Forum. There really isn't a lot to do in Mt. Hagen so I read the forum as much as I can. Smatty you asked why I was here, my husband is a Project Manager and he is involved in the upgrading of the Mt. Hagen airport. Once again thank you so much for your advice. Kind Regards Rene

Rene Little		10-Mar-2004 23:34
Hello Jim I agree my photo could have been so much better had I taken the time to think the situation out. I will rememeber your very helpful hints for my next photos. Unfortunately I don't have many subjects to practice on as my movements are quite restricted living in Mt. Hagen. In the last couple of months I have taken photos of every tree, flower, blade of grass and staff at the hotel where we are currently living. I am off to Hong Kong for the Rugby 7's in 2 weeks so hopefully I will have many more subjects to practice on. Once again thank you for your very valued advice. Regards Rene

Konica Minolta Users		10-Mar-2004 13:54
What a charactor! As previously said, let the overhanging tree 'frame' the man. Another hint: If the subject is looking right, place him on the left, looking "into" the frame. Usually offset the subject. Use the 'rule of thirds', ask if you don't know it. Good picture. Jim Rickrds

Smatty		10-Mar-2004 09:49
Hi Rene, I like this picture very much. I am always up for different scenes, away from most of our daily concrete jungles :-) About the framing. I am also a beginner, and you should wait for Claudios reply on his idea. But here is how I would have done it: I would have put the man to the left bottom of the picture so that the big tree borders on the left side. This way you would have followed the man's view to the right. If there was no one else, it would have given a stronger sense of "alone" (as long as there was no one on the right that would have interfered with alone). But this is only my inexperienced advise, and easily said abot a shot that had to be capture within seconds. BTW, What are you doing in PNG?

Rene Little		10-Mar-2004 07:03
Hello Claudio Thank you for extremely valued opinion. I am glad that you liked the photo. When I saw this man's face I just fell in love with it from a photographic point of view, so much character there. It really shows what he must have been through in life. How would you have framed it differently, as a novice I am eager to learn and any help would be most welcome. Regards Rene

Claudio Gatti		07-Mar-2004 16:25
Hi Renee, You tell us a sad story here that I believe captures the theme very well. The contrast with the lush surronding makes it even stronger. The face of the man is a story on himself. Photographically I would have probably framed it slightly different, but this image works for me. Claudio

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