Dharmistha Portrait

[Don Ellis]

Similar to one on my website, but not the same. This was taken in an outdoor restaurant on Lamma Island, Hong Kong, hence the iffy background.

http://www.kleptography.com/dl/fm/darmi2.jpg

Cheers,

Don

[marie]

an absolutely stunning shot don

such detail and all so clear
her hair falling like it
her eye lashes
the chain around the neck
and mostly her lovely expressive eyes, captured so beautifully

she must have loved it when she saw the picture
it's great 'personality' shot

best wishes
marie

[Don Ellis]

Hi Marie,

I posted it elsewhere and half the people thought it was too dark. Of course, that's the point of many of my pictures. A better title might have been "Indian Eyes."

She was pleased, as am I by your comments. Thank you.

Don

[marie]

its the darkness to the side of the picture which throws the emphasis on all what really matters
I think so anyway

the face shows a lot of emotion
I get the feeling a lot of suffering there
(on her part, I don't mean in her actually seeing you taking the shot : )
then again a lot of people like it have beautiful eyes showing so much.
but you 'captured' it here , thats what makes the photograph don

regards
marie

[gandini]

Don Ellis wrote:
Hi Marie,

I posted it elsewhere and half the people thought it was too dark. Of course, that's the point of many of my pictures. A better title might have been "Indian Eyes."
..delete
Don

Where did you post it, Don? This just proves that old adage that half of the people in the world are stupid, the other half f.. stupid!
I, on the other hand, find this image wonderful, full of personality and humanity. It's great.

cheers,

[Leighow]

DON

I think that Marie & Philip are right. This darken image has an informal but artistic look that disappears under higher brightness. The glint of gold adds a touch of formality (or something like that). Beautiful lady.

I returned to your White on White -- Portrait of a Physicist … http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1903 and the same thing might be said there too. But that later image invites the option as to whether to add more shoulder content. No being an expert in portraits, I concluded that another shot could do just that . But, save that shot for another day. This one is great – as is.

HOWIE

PS: My wife is asking for more shots with people! I must give this more thought as all my old film shots were from the chest and up.

[Don Ellis]

gandini wrote:
Where did you post it, Don? This just proves that old adage that half of the people in the world are stupid, the other half f.. stupid!
I, on the other hand, find this image wonderful, full of personality and humanity. It's great.

cheers,
Hi Philip,

No wonder I value your opinion. :)

I posted it on Fred Miranda's board and I would lead you there with a link but after I saw the fellow's newly enhanced shot and replied that she now looked like a corpse with a shoe-polish tan and plastic skin, and after a couple of other people offered negative comments, he replaced his original attempt with a better one -- compounding the offense of redoing a picture in a display forum by making our subsequent remarks seem odd and off-target.

Too bad I didn't save the original -- heavy gaussian blur and all (poor girl didn't have a single pore left). Oh, well, can't let these things bug you too long.

Cheers,

Don

[Don Ellis]

marie wrote:
the face shows a lot of emotion
I get the feeling a lot of suffering there

marie
Well, she is married to a white guy. :)

Don

[Don Ellis]

Leighow wrote:
DON

I think that Marie & Philip are right. This darken image has an informal but artistic look that disappears under higher brightness. The glint of gold adds a touch of formality (or something like that). Beautiful lady.

HOWIE

PS: My wife is asking for more shots with people! I must give this more thought as all my old film shots were from the chest and up.

Hi Howie,

Thank you for your totally unbiased remarks. :)

I'm not really one to shove my camera in someone's face so I learned a couple of tricks early on that makes informal portrait-taking easier on both of us -- turn off the sound of your camera, and hold the camera on your knee or table or whatever, just not up in the air, pointing.

With no sound and nothing stuck in their face, they soon forget you're taking pictures.

Now get out there and make your wife happy.

Cheers,

Don

[marie]

This just proves that old adage that half of the people in the world are stupid, the other half *f.. stupid
philip
unquote



so where does that leave you and me and others here ??

*I don't think thats true
maybe a portion ....not 'half' of the world ......
yes .........just a portion

: )

regards
marie




"Well, she is married to a white guy"
don
unquote

don, your wife is married to a white man also ?

: )

regards
marie

[gandini]

Well, marie, it places all of us here in the *other* half!
Which reminds of me of many jokes, all on myself, but 2 in particular:
I was once describing the ethnicity of my second child to my wife while pregnant, and I said Emily would be 1/2 Australian, 1/2 Mexican and 1/2 Italian--she just looked at me confirming that people really do get stupid when they are pregnant...
The second one refers to that old joke: there are three kinds of people in the world, son. Those who count, and those who don't.

cheers!

[Don Ellis]

marie wrote:
don, your wife is married to a white man also ?
: )

regards
marie

I'm a white American; he's a white Brit.

Cheers,

Don

[marie]

many thanks for your replies don and philip

I just can't describe what effect they had on me though.
unbelievable effect ,when maybe it shouldn't bother me at all .

and I wonder why I should let it bother me, so much

my problem I guess
(I mean, how I handle what I think and feel )

regards
marie

[Don Ellis]

marie wrote:
many thanks for your replies don and philip

I just can't describe what effect they had on me though.
unbelievable effect ,when maybe it shouldn't bother me at all .

and I wonder why I should let it bother me, so much

Marie,

You haven't made the mistake of taking us seriously, I hope. :)

Cheers,

Don

[marie]

me (???????)


you must be joking : ))


beautiful picture.
hope she has a lovely life





marie