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Weathered Faces
Copyright ©2006, Allan Barredo
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Faces weathered by time. These are old women belonging to one of the indigenous tribes in the Philippines. Poverty has forced them to begging on the roadside or near the places where tourists go. One cannot but simply express pity on their plight.

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Allan Barredo
Folder: Common area
Uploaded: 08-Mar-2006 04:03 CET
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Camera: Olympus C4040
Exposure time: 1/650
Aperture: f2.6
Focal length: 12.80mm
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Focusing method: Manual
ISO: 100
White balance: Auto
Flash: no
Image format: HQ
Processing applied: resize and convert to grayscale
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Image resized to: 562x750

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GReat B&W shot! it tells a lot.=)

Marco Lazzeri at 04:15 CET on 08-Mar-2006 [Reply]

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Nice B&W,picture tells a lot.A small remark about the framing,to tight at my opinion.Or you take more Depth of field focussing the centered woman,or take the group and give them a little more space.
Nevertheless,this is top photojournalism,sharp,good contrast,great black and white.

Greetings Chris,

Chris Can at 08:58 CET on 08-Mar-2006 [Reply]

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This tells a story .....we can not imagine .
You captured these woman very well .
The convertion works OK here
I also agree with Chris about the space it need?s...;-)
If you cropped it you can easily redo it?.
Regards,

Fonzy - at 10:44 CET on 08-Mar-2006 [Reply]

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Chris Can wrote:
> Nice B&W,picture tells a lot.A small remark about the framing,to tight at my opinion.Or you
> take more Depth of field focussing the centered woman,or take the group and give them a little
> more space.
> Nevertheless,this is top photojournalism,sharp,good contrast,great black and white.
>
> Greetings Chris,
>
I agree that the picture is lacking in some of the technical aspects. Thanks for the comments.

Allan Barredo at 11:20 CET on 08-Mar-2006 [Reply]

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Fons van Swaal wrote:
> This tells a story .....we can not imagine .
> You captured these woman very well .
> The convertion works OK here
> I also agree with Chris about the space it need?s...;-)
> If you cropped it you can easily redo it?.
> Regards,
>
Hi Fons,

Thanks for the comments. Unfortunately its not a cropped picture. I agree with what Chris commented that I framed it too tight.

I was so moved with this picture that it took me a year before I decided post it here for public viewing.

Allan

Allan Barredo at 11:23 CET on 08-Mar-2006 [Reply]

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Excellent documentary shot that works very well in B&W.
Cheers Steve

Steve Elliott at 15:35 CET on 08-Mar-2006 [Reply]

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A nice document!

Sergio Di Giovanni at 20:07 CET on 08-Mar-2006 [Reply]

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Steve Elliott wrote:
> Excellent documentary shot that works very well in B&W.
> Cheers Steve
>
Thanks Steve.

Allan Barredo at 00:58 CET on 09-Mar-2006 [Reply]

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Sergio Di Giovanni wrote:
> A nice document!
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Thanks Sergio. I hope I was able to raise awareness about the serious issue of poverty.

Allan Barredo at 00:59 CET on 09-Mar-2006 [Reply]

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Steve Elliott wrote:
> Excellent documentary shot that works very well in B&W.
> Cheers Steve
>

Yes! This reminds me of Dorthea Lang's work durning the Dustbowl/Depression.

Excellent!

Jim

Jim Sabatke at 02:33 CET on 09-Mar-2006 [Reply]

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Jim Sabatke wrote:
> Steve Elliott wrote:
> > Excellent documentary shot that works very well in B&W.
> > Cheers Steve
> >
>
> Yes! This reminds me of Dorthea Lang's work durning the Dustbowl/Depression.
>
> Excellent!
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> Jim
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Thanks Jim.

Allan Barredo at 15:48 CET on 09-Mar-2006 [Reply]

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Nice documentary photo, a little overexposed but very dramatic in B&W. Regards,
Ricardo

Ricardo Rico at 17:05 CET on 11-Mar-2006 [Reply]