A very Joyous Christmas to all friends here.

Jasii · Dec 25, 2015

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

The dong struck, the carols have begin to play in our part of the world while my friends across the globe, spanning multiple oceans too shall feel the warmth soon. The heart softens and becomes tender whenever we participate in an occasion with religious fervor. We become kids again, at least I do !

Socrates said " An honest man is always a child " I must be mighty honest by those standards :1219:

as my soul actually heals by being with children. A person with strong nomadic/wanderlust genes, I look at life which to me, is 'iridescent'. The mind misbehaves and outpouring of ramblings is the resultant endresult. I do believe in living off the grid but the practical side of me prohibits me from living in a world of whimsical fancy.

This pic was made as I was attending a writing workshop and was wandering through one of the nearby village and chanced upon these threesome. Mom and the little one have mirthful smiles while the kiddo is as happy as anyone can be, with books in front of him. :801:

I actually fell in love with the moment and end my short bit by remembering 'Ram Mohan' and his words:
“Fall in love.. that is fine, but just make sure you fall deep enough to stay there forever.”

In the tolerant Indian social Mosaic we are blessed with so many festivals and I would like to thank Dad and his exciting stint in the Indian army which taught me to appreciate, enjoy and celebrate each one of them.

Have a blessed Christmas folks.

IMG_2994 crop The smiling lady-2 by jasiiboss, on Flickr

LilyBee · Dec 25, 2015

Nice! Tiny comment, I would crop off the little it on top the beams and I would remove the little square thingy in the top left corner in photoshop.

waday · Dec 25, 2015

Merry Christmas!

Tim Tucker · Dec 26, 2015

Very nice Jasii.

I totally agree with LilyBee though. You'll achieve a much better static balance. I would also back off on the tone-mapping/clarity as you are tending to introduce the same contrasts and micro-contrasts across the whole image with the result that textures within the image begin to look similar, the skin and concrete begin to show the same texture and begin to look alike:

Here's why the image would look more balanced. - You have a strong imaginary line through your subject's eyes, if you place this so it runs through the centre of your image it will intersect with the edges so distance A = distance B. If you then imagine that your subjects have a visual weight that balances on a fulcrum point in the centre of your image (also consider the symmetry of the door with the balance):

Hope the above is of help.

Gary A. · Dec 26, 2015

While I am not your friend, (yet), Merry Christmas Jasii to you and your people. And thank you for sharing your enlightening message and special image.

Gary

Jasii · Dec 26, 2015

LilyBee said:
Nice! Tiny comment, I would crop off the little it on top the beams and I would remove the little square thingy in the top left corner in photoshop.

That square thing is an ancient electrical meter and I thought it fitted into the story hence let it be. Point taken anyways. Thank you and hope you had a great Christmas

Jasii · Dec 26, 2015

waday said:
Merry Christmas!

Thank you! Warmly reciprocate the same.

Jasii · Dec 26, 2015

Tim Tucker said:
Very nice Jasii.

I totally agree with LilyBee though. You'll achieve a much better static balance. I would also back off on the tone-mapping/clarity as you are tending to introduce the same contrasts and micro-contrasts across the whole image with the result that textures within the image begin to look similar, the skin and concrete begin to show the same texture and begin to look alike:

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Here's why the image would look more balanced. - You have a strong imaginary line through your subject's eyes, if you place this so it runs through the centre of your image it will intersect with the edges so distance A = distance B. If you then imagine that your subjects have a visual weight that balances on a fulcrum point in the centre of your image (also consider the symmetry of the door with the balance):

View attachment 113331

Hope the above is of help.

Yes Sir it does help! In fact it helps a lot and I just cannot Thank you enough for all the time that you give me with your exhaustive explainations. Maybe at this rate you'll have me producing some good keepers soon. :band:

Thank you Tim and a Merry Christmas to you and your loved one's.

Warm Regards,
Jasii

Jasii · Dec 27, 2015

Gary A. said:
While I am not your friend, (yet), Merry Christmas Jasii to you and your people. And thank you for sharing your enlightening message and special image.

Gary

Thanks a ton Gary. Your warm wishes are reciprocated.

desertrattm2r12 · Dec 27, 2015

I would not crop it. This is an environmental portrait. I like the wooden beams at the top. This is art, not science.

Tim Tucker · Dec 27, 2015

desertrattm2r12 said:
I would not crop it. This is an environmental portrait. I like the wooden beams at the top. This is art, not science.

You'd be surprised how much geometry is behind the masters. It is art, not whimsy.

vintagesnaps · Dec 27, 2015

Thanks Jasii for the story and your nice thoughts for all of us over the holidays.

Jasii · Dec 28, 2015

vintagesnaps said:
Thanks Jasii for the story and your nice thoughts for all of us over the holidays.

Cheers right back at you Sharon. Have a blessed year ahead.

kdthomas · Dec 29, 2015

Tim Tucker said:
You'd be surprised how much geometry is behind the masters. It is art, not whimsy.

Oh yes, definitely ... every single little element in those paintings (angle of an arm, a little dog, peasants in the background, etc), by Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, and those guys ... had a very meticulous and precise reason for being exactly where it is.

We might not know for sure today what that reason is, and they might not have written it down ... but from what I've read, they mapped out those paintings with very specific ratios and lines that would make your head spin.

jcdeboever · Dec 29, 2015

kdthomas said:
Tim Tucker said:

You'd be surprised how much geometry is behind the masters. It is art, not whimsy.

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Oh yes, definitely ... every single little element in those paintings (angle of an arm, a little dog, peasants in the background, etc), by Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, and those guys ... had a very meticulous and precise reason for being exactly where it is.

We might not know for sure today what that reason is, and they might not have written it down ... but from what I've read, they mapped out those paintings with very specific ratios and lines that would make your head spin.

They did and you can't always do that in this medium (photography). You will drive yourself insane. Personally, I liked the original post photo the best. I liked all the elements in it, it was real.

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