Bruce Goodman
November 2024 - NO More Photos
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About the Image(s)
I clearly over-stayed my ‘welcome’, shooting photos of this man enjoying his cigarette across the piazza in Rome.
My initial editing idea was to leave more of the background in the photo to set the scene. However, the full frame does not catch the man’s expressiveness, so I chose to crop the photo. Full frame shot attached.
Another photo in the sequence is attached with him enjoying his cigarette in solitude until interrupted by me, a tourist with a camera.
Sony A1; Tamron 28-200mm; f5.6; 200mm; ISO 800; 1/250 sec
5 comments posted
Bruce, typical body language expression of the Italian people meaning, leave me alone....Great location with beautiful earth colors. Sharp. Posted: 11/06/2024 21:34:04
This captures the moment well, in focus and the detail in the face really add to the hand gesture. Worked for a long time with an Italian and adapted a lot of his expression his hand communication, he and others I worked with were very expressive with there hand, although in our environment (underground mining) this look and gesture although sort of meant the same as your title it was not nearly as polite. Would not change a thing in your image Posted: 11/09/2024 16:10:05
Excellent photo. Like the color , aggressive expression of the person's face, very real and beautiful. I'm the crop, I would have tried to keep the whole bench on which the person is sitting . Posted: 11/10/2024 19:32:26
Interesting image. Doesn't take too much imagination to figure out that he's telling you where to go. Posted: 11/11/2024 19:06:50
Bruce--You captured the essential moment with the expression and the hand gesture. The color looks great. Wonderful image; I wouldn't change a thing. Bravo! Posted: 11/17/2024 16:21:29