Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Rajan Parrikar on November 20, 2016, 10:15:12 pm
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Jungle Lady (http://blog.parrikar.com/2016/11/21/jungle-lady/), in Khola, Goa.
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I hope you weren't stalking her? That cutter in her hand could do some damage? Nicely processed and very likeable.
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At first glance, she doesn't look really savage but the sickle (not sure if this qualifies as a sickle, a machete or a scythe or something else) in her hand tells me that you should't mess with her.
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In these rural parts of Goa, men & women who exert their limbs for a living carry the sickle to clear their way through thick foliage and difficult terrain.
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First class informal portrait, Rajan. Very nice.
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First class informal portrait, Rajan. Very nice.
Yes it is.
I notice that the head-only portrait in your blog has the same rather fierce expression. I have to wonder if it is an intentional supplement to the sickle meant to send the message that she is not a woman to be mistreated.
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Yes it is.
I notice that the head-only portrait in your blog has the same rather fierce expression. I have to wonder if it is an intentional supplement to the sickle meant to send the message that she is not a woman to be mistreated.
Eric,
This was almost certainly the first time she has been photographed. She was understandably nervous and if I didn't speak the language I wouldn't have been able to engage her for the 3/4 mins she hung around.
Thank you, all.
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As I suspected, you are able to charm all the ladies, on several continents. But you can't force them to smile. ;)
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The second one tells a story. Well done.