Young man

Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
edited March 19, 2012 in People
Gwalior, India
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  • D3SshooterD3Sshooter Registered Users Posts: 1,187 Major grins
    edited November 17, 2011
    Nice traditional portrait with good B&W conversion.....
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  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited November 17, 2011
    D3Sshooter wrote: »
    Nice traditional portrait with good B&W conversion.....

    bowdown.gif It's true :D
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  • LeonieLeonie Registered Users Posts: 25 Big grins
    edited November 17, 2011
    Very nicely done :)
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  • aj986saj986s Registered Users Posts: 1,100 Major grins
    edited November 17, 2011
    Very nice portrait. But I find the multiple catchlights in his eyes to be a tiny bit distracting.
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited November 17, 2011
    Beautiful lighting, a ton of character in the boy's frank gaze into the camera, a background which sets off the subject, and a story being told with the dirty tshirt.

    Excellent shot.

    ETA:
    But I find the multiple catchlights in his eyes to be a tiny bit distracting.
    And here's where personal preference comes into play: I love complex catchlights like these, and it's one of the the things which draws me in to the boy's face thumb.gif
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  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited November 17, 2011
    I have no time now but I have a story on this young guy. Later.
    But here is my final and decisive version. :D
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  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 17, 2011
    It's just personal taste but I like #1. hat concentration and character in such a young person.
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  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited November 18, 2011
    Hackbone wrote: »
    It's just personal taste but I like #1. hat concentration and character in such a young person.

    Thank you Charles
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    The story behind the image
    We were visiting Man Mandir Palace in Gwalior, India when a young boy came to us speaking English and asking us if we wanted a guide for the tour inside.
    As we were at that moment with a Polish and a Spanish and speaking in English we were surprised to listen to the young boy addressing some words to us.
    I asked if he could also speak Portuguese when he told me he could speak English, French, Spanish, Italian and even a bit of German, all learned on the street. Amazing. In fact I adressed him in French and it was true, and the same happened when my wife spoke to him in German.
    He said he was some 8 years old - we think he should be about 10 - and he had never been in school as he couldn’t even read.
    We are not sure if all the story is true or not but during the tour and as other young and older boys came along following us, he sent them away in a very strong manner.
    To us it was astonishing how a young boy at that age could be so bold and clever and talk languages like that.
    When a school passed with some 40 children see how the teacher was looking at him.

    Later we read in the Times of India about the "India's invisible children: Swallowed by the streets".

    Incredible India.
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  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 18, 2011
    I hope this child grows up to really make a difference there. He deserves so much more than what has been dealt to him.
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  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited November 18, 2011
    Hackbone wrote: »
    I hope this child grows up to really make a difference there. He deserves so much more than what has been dealt to him.


    I don't think so.

    By his posture he is more like a "swallowed by the street" boy and involved in gangs than anything else.

    Read the article please.

    When survival is at stake you know... Human beings are capable of anything !

    :D
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  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2012
    But this was not my final version after all.
    I do change opinions sometimes when I think it is better to do so or I recognize the other is right and I was wrong. Then here is the new version. far more powerful thumb.gif
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