In my little Garden, a photo from Golestan, East

Photographer's Note

Here = Sepia version
Workshop = color version
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She planted spinach in a little garden and her earn was selling it.
She was more than 70 years old but very active like a young.
After I asked her for this shot, we bought much fresh spinach from her :)
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Near Gorgan city where is capital of Golestan province, in north-east of Iran.
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I hope you like it.

carper, ChrisJ, RGatward, Jeppe, jhm, summer89, jhonny_blue, nwoehnl, ale, Galeota, bazal ha puntuado esta nota como útil.

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ChrisJ (171146) 2004-07-06 3:39

Good dof & use of diagonals, Mohammad

RGatward (20108) 2004-07-06 3:44

Timeless shot, very good in sepia. Spinach is my favourite veg.

Jeppe (18654) 2004-07-06 4:05

Very fine composion and angle you got this shot in - The sepia works very well, even the colour vesion interesting to watch as well - I like them both.

Thank you very much for sharing Mohammad.

Thanks once more for the inspiration - I have loads of shots never posted (guess we all have ;-) - but this one reminds me of one I simply must post now :-)

Piotr (0) 2004-07-06 6:02

Very good composed photo, interesting sepia version, well done!

albiback (8751) 2004-07-06 7:19

Photography is dry without colors, the framework goes to essence: the movement of this woman towards the ground. This gesture is an elementary gesture of the country world that many painters and photographers reproduced. You restored it well in a sober composition.

jhm (211734) 2004-07-06 7:19

Lovely combination Mohammad, photograph for spinach, it is also a less aggressive way of taking pictures of people, excellent work.

summer89 (5422) 2004-07-06 9:43

Great B&W Mohammad,

I like this composition and B&W choise.

Well done

jhonny_blue (4956) 2004-07-06 11:41

Very good picture in a good position !
I love this old lady and the sepia choice !
Very well done Mohammad.

cdewet (0) 2004-07-06 13:30

I think the monotone adds to the monotonous life of this woman, the dark face adds is bit of mysterie to who she is (not)
Well done, Mohammad

Hanssie (11022) 2004-07-06 13:31

Hi Mohammad !
Nice scene of your "world" in sepia, I also saw your coloured one, but I like that one more...hope you don't mind (of course not, it's my picture too....he he)

nwoehnl (122) 2004-07-06 16:08

Even though I'm very much the color geek, if I compare the two versions I have to say that I like the sepia one better. Also you made a good composition with the old woman planting spinach on the sloping hill. Nice rural setting, and again accompanied by your sympathetic notes. Well done Mohammad.

cmartos (242) 2004-07-06 19:42

Excellent composition and crop Mohammad. I like your sepia tone, very well suited to this kind of pictures. The DOF is good and diagonals make it quite dynamic. Very fine work, I love the sepia version :-).

pamastro (7296) 2004-07-07 1:55

Another very good shot in sepia, though I have to say I prefer the color. It's just such great color. But I appreciate the sepia and how it gives this an aged feel like the woman picking the plants. It's a very good composition, also, with the woman well placed and the side of the hill and plants moving toward her in a way. Nicely done.

ale (1819) 2004-07-07 15:15

I like a lot of your shots Mohammad, but I can't vote them all...here I like the perfect composition, the choice of sepia tone and the very nice subject, she is in a very good form!

Galeota (10352) 2004-07-08 4:18

Excellent image Mohammad. The sepia adds an out of time atmosphere to the composition. I like that her face is almost hidden which stimulates our imagination.

yesterday (9833) 2004-07-08 16:30

Great working scene of a old women, good light and good Sepia tone.

regards Kaj Nielsen

optic (0) 2004-07-08 18:21

Well... i like the picture and spinach !!! thanks for sharing these pictures from Iran, i discover a nice contry and nice people.
:)

bazal (7900) 2004-07-16 8:25

Very nice composition and nice story too. I really like the sepia tones you used there. Great shot !