Aden Fisherman, a photo from Adan, West

Photographer's Note

I am very sorry that I didn't spend more time in Aden.
Aden is the second largest city of Yemen and its the former capital of South Yemen, the comunist state when Yemen was divided in two.

The city is low on the traditional tourist attractions: it is mostly modern with ramshackle buildings and busy dirty streets, although set in a n amazing Capetown like setting, but there is a sense of urban energy lacking elsewhere in Yemen. Maciekda and M_S_S stayed longer in here.

This man was a fisherman in Aden's fishing market. You can see how he has some african traits due to Yemen's proximity to the horn of africa.

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nbj (2097) 2008-02-16 1:53

very good colors, nicely composed, good energy. and nice to see something from aden. i never went, but spent some time in sanaa. i imagine it must be very different down there.

Morac (27725) 2008-02-16 2:00

Bonjour Daniel,

Beau portrait : la composition d馗entr馥, le regard expressif, la touche bleue du tissu tout cela donne beaucoup de force � l'ensemble.
Beau Travail
Marc

Framboisilla (5277) 2008-02-16 2:01

Salut Daniel,

J'esp鑽e que tu vas bien !
J'aime bien ton traitement PP, les couleurs et les contrastes. Le tilt ne me d駻ange pas du tout. Tu as utilis� le flash ?

Bon samedi,
St駱h.

Cara (2059) 2008-02-16 2:07

Hello Daniel,
Nice portrait, the colors and sharpness are very good, good use of the flash for filling. Iｴm not so sure abou the choice on the inclined horizon...
Regards, Daniel

delkoo (68) 2008-02-16 2:20

bonjour daniel
le petit coup de flash eclaire bien ce visage juvenile, j'aime bien le cadrage et le regard tourn� vers l'exterieur.

didier

peut-etre a bient

vapours (8264) 2008-02-16 4:23

Good job here Daniel with showing both the boy and the world around him, a perfect environmental portrait. The mountain range in the background looks quite dramatic.

We hit Morocco on Monday to begin our adventure, shall be in contact soon!

scalerman (26900) 2008-02-16 4:57

Daniel: without looking at photographer's names, the same favorites keep coming up. Usually I'm a stickler about horizons and not a fan of fill-flash. Both worked great for you here, friend. c

jonathan_hart (21276) 2008-02-16 6:01

bonjour Daniel
superbe cadrage, bien senti ! bien jou� avec le flash, le r駸ultat est vraiment tr鑚 fort
amicalement
jo

ElAprendiz (30) 2008-02-16 7:29

Hola Daniel

Un retrato extraordinario, con mucha nitidez y resoluci.

Me agrada mucho como le has dado importancia al protagonista, dandole mas espacio en el encuadre. La composici queda muy bien establecida con la profundidad de campo que tiene el puerto en el plano posterior, y esa gaviota que se asoma a un costado, la hace mas particular. Felicitaciones

John

lilimih33 (9918) 2008-02-16 15:56

Hello Daniel!
Nice perspective and lovely portrait!
Great colours and perfect detail!
Excellent done!
Best regards!
Lili

Photo65Net (43144) 2008-02-16 23:30

Salut Daniel,
Super travail sur la lumi鑽e !
Ce coup de flash procure vraiment une expo particuli鑽e, bravo pour 軋, c'est magique !
Bonne journ馥,
JB.

bibiweb (8) 2008-02-17 11:12

Salut Daniel,
J'aime beaucoup ta gestion de la lumi鑽e ici avec une bonne mise en valeur du visage de ce jeune p鹹heur. J'imagine que tu as utilis� un petit coup de flash? Par contre je ne suis pas trop fan du tilt et je pense que l'image aurait eu tout autant d'impact avec une ligne d'horizon droite.
Amicalement, Brigitte

stevesaba (8167) 2008-02-18 9:28

Hi Daniel!
A very well captured shot! The fisherman is chrystal clear, with wonderful skin tones. His expression is great with his focus to the side. The interesting sloped horizon really works here, and you have managed a perfect DOF. All around great shot, cheers,
Steve

euryan (8442) 2008-02-18 18:39

Wow, your people shots lately are national geographic quality. I love the way you have composed this image. It's a combination of up close portrait and scenery shot combined. The lighting is perfect all around. Did you use a flash here too?

leo61 (0) 2008-02-18 21:07

Hi Daniel!
This reminds me to Cape Verde,the steep and deserted mountans and the skin tones of this young man.A nice portrait of him with good light at his face.
Regards,Leo

gary91 (15348) 2008-02-18 22:06

Hello Daniel,
Encore un magnifique portrait sur ta s駻ie au Yemen. L'utilisation du GA avec cette grande profondeur de champ donne vraiment des r駸ultats impressionnants. Je pense qu'il y a un petit coup de fill in tr鑚 bien dos�.
Une tr鑚 belle image !
Bonne journ馥 � toi.
Amicalement, Christian

Gerrit (62042) 2008-02-21 2:26

Hi Daniel,
good portrait with excellent definition and fine view over the environment. The tilt works well.
Regards, Gerrit

noborders (1010) 2008-02-23 9:55

This is really a splendid portrait, not only have you found a great model but the presentation too is excellent, with the emphasis on the face getting lots of light (great idea to have used the flash) ; I like the tilt too !
I'll add it to my list of 2nd favorites,
Congratulations and best regards !
Cath. (zut, c'est vrai, je me souviens trop tard que tu parles aussi le fran軋is : pour la prochaine fois ! :))

Vato_Law (12732) 2008-02-24 10:47

Hello Daniel,
This is one hell of a good portrait, with the young fisherman and its look to the left being most appropriate to avoid the snapshot look.
The way the photo tilts to the left too doesn't bother me a bit as it adds dinamism to it.
The flash was well used here to get full details on his face without leaving any spots on his face.
Very good photographic work you have here.
Cheers.
Paulo

fabio_ts (13696) 2008-02-26 0:35

Hi Daniel,
as I've alredy said, your gallery is full of excellent picture that I've missed...
this one is simply excellent, all works perfectly here... fantastic capture, all my compliments!!

Have a nice day,
Fabio.

sebinho342 (19329) 2008-02-27 7:09

tes portraits et sc鈩es captur馥s au yemen sont une pure merveille, ici encore 軋 fati mouche, ce l馮er tilt, cette possibilit� pour l'oeil de naviguer un peu partout sans se "heurter" a qqch qui nuit et g鈩e, c'est du grand art ... j'adooore et j'en redemande :))
PS : concernant notre discussion avec franck nous parlions de HDR, rien de secret on ne manigance rien lol ... De tr鑚 nombreux membres de TE utilisent cette technique, tu crois que c'est l'appareil + objo de carper qui fait ce style de r駸ultat ? tu crois que c'est l'appareil + objo de manny qui fait ce r駸ultat ? ;)

devimeuxbe (58557) 2008-02-27 10:53

Salut Daniel
Ta galerie du Yemen est vraiment magnifique. Ce portrait est tr鑚 dynamique et la sc鈩e autour est splendide
tr鑚 belle image
bertrand