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Posted by akarui (Kagoshima, Japan) on 26 August 2008 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.
My pictures have a lack of people and you might think that there are not many people in Japan :)
Here are some portraits taken in Okinawa. First an old woman wearing a yukata (summer kimono) who went out of her house and turn back right away.
Thank you very much for all your comments.
You can see the same picture in bigger size and better resolution on my new blog.
Siam from Chaingrai, Thailand
C'est vraiment une photo authentique de île Okinawa. L’art de se vêtir au Japon est comme tout ce qui touche à la vie des Japonais, réfléchis, symbolique et esthétique. Cette femme en kimono, marchant ou plutôt glissant sur ces tongs . Un cadrage aussi réussie .
26 Aug 2008 7:18am
Erik from Amersfoort, Netherlands
Great shot, love the selective coloring.. great work !
26 Aug 2008 8:04am
Vink from Côte d'Azur- French riviera, France
Une photo d'un autre temps comme je les aime ! Ton traitement est excellent et apporte énormement à la scène.
26 Aug 2008 9:47am
Laurent from Lyon, France
le traitement est une vraie réussite.
elle porte vraiment le poids des ans sur ces épaules
26 Aug 2008 11:06am
zOOm from Paris, France
Sympa ce cadre mais du coup j'aurais passé la photo en noir et blanc...
26 Aug 2008 11:11am
@zOOm: Merci beaucoup zOOm pour ta critique. Je tatonne pour les cadres, j'ai interprete ton commentaire et je viens de poster la modification. Est ce que cela te parait mieux?
Lorraine from Canada
Critique? on this absolutely divine portrait? I think not! Une photo premiere page Olivier, elle est merveilleuse, d'autres s'it te plait :)
26 Aug 2008 12:36pm
Arps from Hyderabad, India
excellent portrait Olivier...Love the effect of blue kimono in contrast to b&w background ...
26 Aug 2008 12:50pm
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Interesting shot, the colours are very effective
26 Aug 2008 3:39pm
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Bless her heart. Wonderful portrait and the processing is fantastic.
26 Aug 2008 4:36pm
ixbé from France
Ce n'est pas pour rien que les japonais ont la plus longue espérance de vie... comme cette femme qui exprime une certaine fragilité mais qui finalement fait preuve d'une force incroyable! Très beau portrait
26 Aug 2008 5:14pm
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
I like the theme and the color selection - nice work
26 Aug 2008 6:09pm
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
a beautiful shot! wonderful selective coloring -- and i hear you on the usual, not taking photos of people thing... i tend not to either...! :)
26 Aug 2008 6:59pm
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
Love the color processing, it separates the woman from the background. Like you and dj, I have few humans in my shots... that makes 3 :)
26 Aug 2008 8:59pm
Marie-Hélène Ammor from Casablanca/Paris, Morocco
Quelle est belle cette photo ! Elle évoque tant de choses dans la sobriété de ses couleurs !
26 Aug 2008 10:03pm
sandrine from cincinnati, United States
Great portrait of old age... nice color tones...
27 Aug 2008 4:32pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
Without the EXIF next to it, I would think this is a retouched vintage photograph! Very nice capture.
27 Aug 2008 5:06pm
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
Very nice work here again. What I especially like is the interaction between the old woman and the old wall -- both of them old but very sturdy and beautiful. Nice work.
29 Aug 2008 3:12am
Canon PowerShot G9
1/320 second
F/3.5
ISO 80
19 mm