Life After Tsunami, 15, a photo from Northern, North

Photographer's Note

A colorful character on the Jaffna Peninsula, in the Tamil area of the North.

Dave

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banyanman (7797) 2005-12-14 2:17

Your framing is good Dave, but I feel you could have done justice to your title more if you had included in the background something that was 'post-tsunami' because otherwise this could have been taken anywhere. This would have required you to use a deeper DOF (there was enough light to enable this) so that the background was soft but not as out-of-focus as in your composition above. Cheers . . . David

voodoo (60) 2006-01-10 20:33

Hey Dave, I mostly agree with banyanman, but it all depends on you objective.
I once read that one can determine the difference between an armature and a pro by looking at the background.
If your objective was to capture, purely, a face then you have done well, whereas, if your objective was to make a photo that would lure the viewer into the life of the subject by the state of their condition, then you have not done so well.
I have been trying to better improve on this as well.

Nonetheless, there is nothing wrong with this photo tech wise.
I like it!
Take care
Matt