Hi all,
Met this happy gentleman on my last trip to India, who was joyfully serving his customers with flavored milk (Thandai). Watched him for about 30 mins and took a few candid shots, then approached and showed him the pictures. He was exhilarated and posed for me further on! The flavored milk he served was outstanding, and his happiness contagious :S3:
Canon 7D, ISO 1000, f/7.1, i/10s, 24-105mm @ 53mm, Silver Efex Pro, Pixel Bender
C & C welcome!
Shreyas
03-11-2012, 08:34 PM
Cheryl Slechta
Shreyas, welcome to OOTB:S3: I love the image and the PB effect. I think I would prefer a sharper face on the fellow on the left. The eyes and face on the main gentleman are wonderful as the scene. Well done.
03-11-2012, 10:02 PM
Steve Adkins
Wonderful character, Shreyas. Excellent job of capturing the environment/detail and energy of the scene!
03-11-2012, 10:17 PM
Paul Lagasi
Shreyas, welcome. I agree with above comments, very interesting composition and effects...well done
03-12-2012, 10:07 AM
denise ippolito
Shreyas, Big welcome to OOTB. This is fanatastic! I love the composition and the filtering. The conversion is terrific too. I agree w/ Cheryl regarding the guy on the left but this image has a great look to it!!
03-12-2012, 05:47 PM
Brendan Dozier
Very nicely done, Shreyas. What a great face and character you captured. Like the B&W and PB combination. I too would also like the man on left to be clearer. Another option would to do tighter crop to just include the main character, but I also love the feel of the whole kitchen scene.
03-12-2012, 07:47 PM
Julie Kenward
I'd take that guy on the left out, recrop and let that man have center stage...you did a wonderful job here! Leaving the eyes so crisp and clear really makes the processing believable. Nice work!
03-13-2012, 05:34 AM
Hilary Hann
What a great looking character, great job Shreyas and some good suggestions.
03-13-2012, 05:59 PM
Indranil Sircar
Hi Shreyas, welcome to OOTB! Excellent composition and you captured the essence of the tea stall very well! Good suggestions above. Excellent use of filters! TFS.
03-13-2012, 07:47 PM
Christopher Miller
He looks like quite a character, Shreyas. :S3: Very nice composition and sense of place. I agree that a sharper face on the left man would be nice, but I would still leave him in the scene because he balances the main character and cropping him out would create a very centered composition. Very well done!
03-13-2012, 10:35 PM
Shreyas Mantri
Thank you all for your input. I debated myself whether to leave the person on the left out but did not do it precisely for the reasons that Christopher mentioned.
@Julie, true, the eyes on the man are so interesting as they convey a lot about his happy personality.
03-15-2012, 11:59 AM
Andrew McLachlan
Hi Shreyas, welcome to OOTB! This is a fabulous image...love it!