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A Man and his Lama by Pauline Jaffe

February 2025 - A Man and his Lama

About the Image(s)

This month's image, " A Man and his Lama", was taken in Cusco, Peru at the beginning of last month, January 7, during a children's festival wrapping up the Christmas holidays. There were local bands marching down the streets of Cusco in addition to adults and children dressed in fanciful costumes who were marching with the bands. This gentleman let me take his picture and I love the interaction between him and his animal. I also liked the way he dressed the animal with the pom poms on the ears.

I took this image with my Nikon Z 62 i and 24-70 lens.
I did some basic editing and cropping in lightroom.

Please feel free to give me any feedback that would be helpful on this image. Thanks.


3 comments posted




Sandra Michaelis
Hi Pauline, I love street phtography and in this case the lovely colors in his costume and the lama snuggling into his neck are delightful and make for a great picture. I did play around with your picture in Lightroom, using a radial filter to lighten the man and lama. I also took out the light spot in the left which distracted me from the subjects. There is a lot going on in your picture and I took a line of making the focus on the man and his animal. It's another view of a lovely picture.   Posted: 02/02/2025 22:55:36
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Pauline Jaffe   Pauline Jaffe
Hi Sandra,
Thank you for your feedback.
I think what I might be tempted to do is to darken the background using the masking tool in Light Room. I would not want to lighten his face too much because his face was dark.   Posted: 02/02/2025 23:39:37
Sandra Michaelis
Good point, thank makes sense
  Posted: 02/03/2025 18:04:57



 

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