Interesting subject

nuetan · May 26, 2014

The picture is of an Hindu monk who worships Lord Shiva. God Shiva is the god of death and life. As per hindu mythology, the god himself lives a very simple life and are happy with the simplest offerings. Thy followers are also walk in their deities footsteps and accept life as it is.

The_Traveler · May 26, 2014

Both of these seem over-processed to me, loosing the reality of the person.
The sitting one also seems much too tightly framed to me, making it seem like he is trapped in a box.
A bit more space would be useful I think.

CdTSnap · May 26, 2014

Sounds like a pretty resonable God to me...

nuetan · May 26, 2014

Thanks Traveler for reply. Cropped the image to avoid some distrusting objects in the side. It's true I could have used other technique to do the same. Thanks again for the lead.

mmaria · May 27, 2014

he is a great subject and I envy you for having the opportunity

I also do think that the pictures are a bit over processed and I'm curious about the original crop of #2

nuetan · May 27, 2014

mmaria said:
he is a great subject and I envy you for having the opportunity

I also do think that the pictures are a bit over processed and I'm curious about the original crop of #2

Okay, You can have directly the picture processed from RAW.

mmaria · May 27, 2014

well, you could easily clone out the people and leave more space around him.

people weren't that much of a problem for me, as I said they could easily be gone, but that door frame and the wall are bigger issue... do your best once again, but try to not over process.

anyway, its a shame that he wasn't in an ideal background and just waiting for you to take a picture of him

The_Traveler · May 27, 2014

I think this person has so much visual impact that a more straightforward processing (and removing the unpleasant parts as you did) would be very very nice.
You are so lucky to be in such a visually rich part of the world, especially compared to the blandness of the US.

My son is just finishing a month in India and he is overwhelmed with the potential of photography there. I hope you continue to post about your surroundings.

Lew

Raj_55555 · May 27, 2014

CdTSnap said:
Sounds like a pretty resonable God to me...

Yeah, pretty reasonable. Until he starts his "tandava", i.e. the dance of destruction. He is the Zeus(in seniority) of the Hindu gods, and is responsible for the ultimate destruction of everything. The more you know!

Very nice shot nuetan.

nuetan · May 27, 2014

The_Traveler said:
I think this person has so much visual impact that a more straightforward processing (and removing the unpleasant parts as you did) would be very very nice.
You are so lucky to be in such a visually rich part of the world, especially compared to the blandness of the US.

My son is just finishing a month in India and he is overwhelmed with the potential of photography there. I hope you continue to post about your surroundings.

Lew

Dear Traveler,
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