adventure_photo wrote:
Very nice! Great expressions and a timeless look to these!
Thank you! The expressions are interesting because there is a slight discomfort or stiffness on their part. It actually lends a bit of an edge to the scene.
cth55 wrote:
The processing adds to the timeless feeling. Keep the images coming, Charles.
---Chris
Thanks, Chris. I try to get a vintage look on these types of images. Sadhus have been around for millennia, so timeless would be an appropriate look to strive for.
charley5 wrote:
We ferried sadhus across the Ganges in the early morning. These three stood out.
-Charles
Wonderful portrait Charles. Perfect in B&W, with processing that gives the photo a classic look. It was probably taken yesterday, but one might think it was taken 100 years ago, making it a precious document.
eeneryma wrote:
Wonderful portrait Charles. Perfect in B&W, with processing that gives the photo a classic look. It was probably taken yesterday, but one might think it was taken 100 years ago, making it a precious document.
Steve
Thanks a bunch Steve. I collect vintage (nineteenth century) photos from India, so my motivation was to try and emulate their style and atmosphere.
Somehow I missed your initial post Charles! My bad! I love your compositions of these figures in the World culture. Your processing, toning, is just "spot on" for this era of learning.
I admire and respect any individual who can retain the discipline these individuals encompass and endure.!
I was a History major in college and took a 3 month seminar on India but it was tainted to too much British colonialism and its affects on Indian culture.
Dan
Do they speak to you? Do they engage with normal society? Can you converse with them? Inquiring minds wanna know.
They could not speak English, so my conversation with them was limited. It felt like they came from a totally different world. At times, I felt they thought I was amusing, and at other times slightly annoying. These are pretty detached people!
They could not speak English, so my conversation with them was limited. It felt like they came from a totally different world. At times, I felt they thought I was amusing, and at other times slightly annoying. These are pretty detached people!
-Charles
Well they all posed very well for you Charles! And all you posts of these "peoples" seems to have them very comfortable in "your hands". Your era processing is fantastic!
Dan
Danpbphoto wrote:
Well they all posed very well for you Charles! And all you posts of these "peoples" seems to have them very comfortable in "your hands". Your era processing is fantastic!
Dan
Thanks so much, Dan. I love the vintage look, and India has such an ancient feel to it. Some parts of it are stuck in a time warp.
charley5 wrote:
Thanks so much, Dan. I love the vintage look, and India has such an ancient feel to it. Some parts of it are stuck in a time warp.
-Charles
As I do here also Charles. India, to me, is an amalgam of the very past PAST and the road that brings us to this moment in time. It can be a "wide road" where we embrace "ALL" or a narrow road that lends to "tunnel vision" where there is little room for expansion of one's surroundings.
Again love the journey!
Again, all the images you have posted, that I can remember anyway, show a "connection" between master and student!
Dan
Danpbphoto wrote:
As I do here also Charles. India, to me, is an amalgam of the very past PAST and the road that brings us to this moment in time. It can be a "wide road" where we embrace "ALL" or a narrow road that lends to "tunnel vision" where there is little room for expansion of one's surroundings.
Again love the journey!
Again, all the images you have posted, that I can remember anyway, show a "connection" between master and student!
Dan
Thanks, Dan. Yes, there are layers of spiritual wisdom in this country, and I appreciate your suggestion that I have registered even a small part of that in my photos.
