Woman at work, a photo from Goa, West

Photographer's Note

This woman (from Karnataka) is working at the renovation of St Augustine tower conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India, in Old Goa, which was Goa's capital until 1843.
Behind her, you can see a tower from a convent and church called St John of God, built in 1685 as a hospital, the church was renovated in 1953 and is now a home for the elderly.

In the WS, you can see a wider view of St John of God .

Hope you like it...

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siolaw (38294) 2007-02-09 13:53

Bonjour Marilyn,
Yne bonne compo de cette Karnatakaise au travail, avec son sac de ciment roul� pour porter sa bassine plus comfortablement, la lumiere est top(elle en cligne un peu des yeux), les couleurs sont bien petantes et les details et textures sont d une grande nettet�. La compo en tant que telle est plaisante aussi avec la tour flout閑 en arriere plan... une de tes meilleures et un souvenir d une belle journ閑
Laurent

gilou530 (34) 2007-02-09 15:05

salut marylin
un portrait bien r閍lis�, belle nettet�,le fond flou isole bien le personnage, bon boulot jeun fille
amiti閟
gilbert

atus (15878) 2007-02-09 20:38

Hello Marilyn,
very well captured and nicely composed portrait shot of this woman. Very good light control and dof, with nice blurred bg. Well done! Tfs and best wishes.
Attila

MIG13 (0) 2007-02-09 21:04

Hi, Marilyn! A nice portrait, with a great background! Good colours and sharpness! The expression in the face of the woman is a must! Well done! TFS! Regards! Miguel.

parbo (11092) 2007-02-09 21:25

Hi Marilyn,

Her looks are full with easily recognizable difficult life there. You caught her portrait excellently and detailed while adding great blurry background. Congratulations.

Friendly Regards,

Ertugrul

Davidwh (3662) 2007-02-10 3:13

Hi Marilyn,
I think what caught my eye the most here is how you have positioned yourself so well to catch lovely light across the womans face and creating strong shadows and contrast.Nice natural colours and good detail and clarity.
Regards, David

riclopes (35577) 2007-02-10 3:41

Ol� Marilyn, excellent portrait and interesting architecture, not so similar to Portuguese churches...Your framing is perfect and I love the blurred fa鏰de in the background, but also the green bucket on her head. Interesting that f/8 gave you this nice shallow dof effect. Thanks for the complementar ws. Enjoy the weekend,
Ricardo

ChrisJ (172442) 2007-02-10 4:15

Hi Marilyn

I like the shallow dof & superb fg sharpness. Good colour contrast between the green dish & blue sky, with excellent graohism. Tfs!

vagabondtravels (6511) 2007-02-10 7:22

Hey Marilyn

Nice colors and very sharp. Good work under that harsh sunlight.
An interesting portrait of this woman. Well done.
Ben

delkoo (68) 2007-02-10 7:42

bonjour marilyn,
joli portrait de cette femme en situation de travail , le cadrage est tres bon et colle bien a la note
bon w.e
DIDIER

john_c (24666) 2007-02-10 11:57

Hi Marilyn,
Well composed with good clarity of detail. You captured this in fine light, with just the right amount of blur on the tower. The expression on the woman's face is enigmatic. Very fine work, Marilyn. Amities.
John

syd1946 (1167) 2007-02-10 12:32

Hi Marilyn,
Very well composed portrait with the Tower in the backround in a litle blured way.I am always enjoy those daily life scene you present us from countries so far from my hometown!

Have a nice weekend,
Thomas

mrcrow (3993) 2007-02-10 19:03

including the tower well oof gives this shot depth and enhances the 'situation' of the person..
in all these shots highlights in the eyes can be beneficial..but not easy to acquire unless you use fill in flash or a reflector
a sharp cameo of life for an india girl
cheers
geof

bakes888 (18499) 2007-02-10 20:24

Hi Marilyn. Nice portrait. Good to see the old church behind her to give a sense of place. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

sabyasachi1212 (19779) 2007-02-11 2:05

Hi Marilyn,
A good documentary shot here. Even with f8 you have managed to get the shallow DOF working. Good WS images.
Best Wishes
Sabyasachi

leo61 (0) 2007-02-11 2:52

Hi Marilyn!
A well composed portrait with the building in the background.You choosed a good POV,to have the contrast of the plasticbowl with the sky.Good lightmanagement and I like her emotionless expression.
Regards,Leo

evanrizo (462) 2007-02-11 3:24

Hi Marilyn.
I browesed to your gallery and I saw many excellent photos.
I like this one here too, it is very clear,very good focused.Also very good framed.
Thanks very much for share it.

papagolf21 (152607) 2007-02-11 3:53

Bonjour, mon amie Marilyn,
Tr鑣 beau portrait de cette femme au travail ! Les moyens (ou les conditions de travail) utilis閟 pour la r閚ovation peuvent para顃re d閞isoires au regard des travaux � r閍liser.
Merci, Marilyn, de nous pr閟enter la Tour d'Augustine en atelier.
Sujet tr鑣 int閞essant. L'int閞阾 de TE est manifeste avec ce genre de prises de vue.
Amiti閟.
Philippe

JCG (35153) 2007-02-11 5:25

Bonjour Marilyn,

Un bien joli portrait de cette femme en plein labeur et qui se pr阾e au jeu du photographe. Les qualit閟 de l'image sont ind閚iables. J'aime beaucoup la lumi鑢e ici qui met bien le personnage en relief. Beau travail d'int閞阾 collectif. Merci pour la note int閞essante et le WS qui compl鑤e parfaitement le sujet.

Avec toutes mes amiti閟 et un bon dimanche,

Jean-Charles

stego (24132) 2007-02-11 12:44

Salut Marilyn,
Portrait impressionnant. J'aime la fa鏾n qui tu a utilis� le dof pour inclure l'間lise qui donne contexte sans distraire l'attention de la femme. Le contraste des couleurs est superbe e la d閒inition aussi.
Il est aussi int閞essante pour montrer le r鬺e des femmes aux travaux de construction en Inde. J'accorde que 鏰 a 閠� une des choses qui m'a surprend� quand j'閠ais l� bas.
Amicalement, Jos�.

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2007-02-12 1:21

Hi Marilyn.

A nice portrait with an excellent background. The colours and the face of the man are lovely!

Rgs, OScar

markstaples (15670) 2007-02-12 2:58

Bonjour Marilyn
Et merci pour la visite. Une image qui a 閠� tr鑣 bien cadr閑 nou permettant de voir la tour sur la droite. La nettet� est parfaite et j'aime aussi la lumi鑢e. Du bon travail.
Amicalement
Mark

Graal (103040) 2007-02-12 2:59

Hi Marilyn,
another interesting portrait. Unusual means of work. Good colours and DOF. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

PixelTerror (0) 2007-02-12 3:04

Bonjour Marilyn,
Pour moi ce type de portage etait jusqu'ici plutot associe a l'Afrique, mais sur TE on apprend tous les jours ! La MaP rapprochee differentie deja un peu les deux plans ici, en ouvrant un peu plus c'aurait etre encore plus visible, mais joli portrait, et WS aussi.
Bonne journee,
JY

jaja1970 (1304) 2007-02-12 5:11

Hi Dear Marilyn,

Great Image of daily life in Goa.
Composition and pov are fantastic.

Very nice job!

TFS,

Javad.

sufi (9588) 2007-02-12 7:55

Merhaba Marilyn, my friend...
Another wonderful portrait photograph... The point of view and the DOF are perfect... Also perfect colors (especially the bowl's green), light and clarity...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

cunejo200 (7281) 2007-02-12 8:13

Hi Marilyn, I always see women balancing something on their head. It must take a great deal of coordination. Good capture of this working woman. The b/g is nice. Greetings! Danilo

emilbo (22616) 2007-02-12 11:05

Bonjour Marylin,
Belle prise de vue de cette femme au travail qui plisse un peu les yeux sous l'effet du soleil. Elles sont plus habiles que moi pour porter des choses sur leur t阾e. Beau travail et bonne note.
F閘icitations!...
Emilius

josepmarin (59385) 2007-02-12 13:37

Bonsoir, Marilyn,
une grande qualit� d'image, d'une illumination fantastique et quelques couleurs belles et naturelles, avec les chauds tons qui forment une bonne composition, avec un bon travail aussi avec la profondeur de champ, qui sur閘鑦e encore plus la beaut� de cette photo.
Bravo!
Amicalement,
Josep

Emile (20352) 2007-02-12 14:32

Hola Marilyn.
Very good portrait of this woman with a good shallow DOF. Nice the way she carries the green bucket. Great colors and sharpness. Good WS.
Well done. TFS.

Angshu (56760) 2007-02-12 22:34

Bonjour Marilyn
Super strong sunlight & yet you managed to get a good portrait. You've got quite good DOF at f/8, & the squint in her eyes protecting from the sunrays is interesting. Did you ask her that she belonged to Karnataka? This lady does look more like so compared to the man you'd shown us earlier
Regards
Angshu

everlasting (20074) 2007-02-13 0:46

A good daily life image rendered with fine colours and well chosen DOF

berek (50518) 2007-02-13 1:25

Bonjour Marilyn,
good focus on her face. meaningful portrait from in life. have a nice day.
Burak
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adores (46979) 2007-02-13 4:12

Hi Marilyn!
I see you have posted several photos more. This one is great, I really like this composition, the expression of the woman is very well captured, the reall expression of a hard-working woman.The convent in the background is a really interesting detail.
Great light and clours,
Regards, Anabela

jjcordier (79299) 2007-02-13 5:53

Une image tr鑣 bien compos閑 et un portrait tr鑣 int閞essant (peut 阾re aurais tu pu tenter une correction s閘ective de la luminosit� sur la femme pour faire ressortir le visage?). J'aime beaucoup le WS 間alement
Amicalement
JJ

ALIRIZA (16423) 2007-02-13 6:53

Bonjour Marilyn,
Very nice portrait with a great background. Good colours and sharpness. Beautiful documentary shot, too. Well done...
Friendly regards...
Ali Rıza

kevinos (7517) 2007-02-13 9:34

Every time I see this picture, it has more points and deservedly too. The subject with her bowl make a very strong shape and it is well tied into the background. It makes a nice portrait in a good context. regards Kevin

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zeca (19762) 2007-02-13 12:03

Hello Marilyn!
Very nice portrait, with good sharpness and colours! It also nice to see a little bit from that building in the BG. Well taken!
Regards,
Zeca

pablominto (53746) 2007-02-13 13:20

Hallo Marilyn,
Strong colours in this well framed portrait!
Harsh lighting but the details are good, wise choice of DOF to leave the background nicely blurred...
Good daily life photographic report!
Greetings,
Pablo -
...

vascao (192) 2007-02-14 4:44

Hi, Marilyn,
Another superb portrait (as usual). Simply perfect DOF and a very well captured expression.
[]'s
Sergio

PS: I'll be back

Cretense (68709) 2007-02-14 5:53

Hi Marilyn!

Excellent portrait and excellent street photography! Great composition and depth of field, nice exposure. Congratulations!

Hercules

feather (51130) 2007-02-14 11:08

I do envy people who can take such natural portraits. I usually mess them up, although I think I got one or two on my recent trip I might post sometime.
I like the way you composed the shot so we can see the church behind her. Although (rightly) the building is oof, it adds interest. Good work.
Kath

capthaddock (28790) 2007-02-14 13:17

Great portrait Marilyn - the church is blurry enough not to distract from the face yet clear enough to be identifiable.

Henryk_Bilor (20803) 2007-02-14 14:57

Hi MArylin
Good capture of this face at work :). Great composition with the church in the background and good DOF.
Regards

Stepan (27210) 2007-02-15 16:34

Sans l'indication du site, ce serait difficile de savoir o� l'on est. La femme n'a pas trop l'air indien, l'architecture de l'間lise semble europ閑nne... Assez d閞outant dans un certain sens.
St閜hane

John_F_Kennedy (43797) 2007-02-16 5:51

A beautiful and well composed shot of everyday life, wonderful street photography.
Achim

sergio1 (12152) 2007-02-16 7:19

Hi Marilyn

Lovely portrait and great expression to face. The colour are beauty too.

Well done
Sergio

vincz (19113) 2007-02-22 5:09

Juste de retour de kathmandou je trouve cette belle image dans ta glarie. Tres belle compsotion avec la tour dans le fond et cette femme portant sa bassine an premeir plan. tres plaisant.

AiresSantos (56155) 2007-02-23 12:48

Bonsoir Marilyn,
Beautifil portrait with magnificent colours. Very well managed the light, excellent focus.
Thanks for sharing
Aires

prezntime (3946) 2007-03-03 0:54

Hello Marilyn.
Great use of DOF here. You've blurred the background enough not to distract from your main subject, but still retained enough detail for context. I like the hard colors, very realistic. Good framing also. What does she carry in that bowl atop her head?
Regards,
Chris.

emjleclercq (15778) 2007-03-07 17:33

Un beau portrait de femme au travail. Ma principale remarque porterait sur le choix du cadrage : du fait de la hauteur de l'ensemble t阾e + bassine, je me demande si un cadrage vertical n'aurait pas 閠� plus pertinent. Effectivement, il y avait le risque de perdre l'間lise en arri鑢e-plan mais comme il s'agit d'un portrait, elle est de toute fa鏾n secondaire.

Bien cordialement,

Emmanuel

P-S-I-G (25536) 2007-03-15 12:58

Salut Marilyn,
C'est un excellent portrait. Tr鑣 bonne PDC.
Le regard un peu triste est bien capt�.
Tr鑣 r閡ssi.
Amicalement,
Fabrice

coco (30439) 2007-03-21 12:39

Hi Marilyn.

Really I think that you can be proud of this photo. Maybe is not your best photo -sure-, but the theme of the photo is very important.
And, of course, much better than the WS.

Well done.

banyanman (7797) 2007-03-25 10:17

A well composed portrait, Marilyn, with just enough background to provide context. Good DOF and you've handled the exposure quite well in what looks to be very harsh light. Cheers . . . David

scalerman (26900) 2007-04-03 14:57

M: I think the shadows in this image are somewhat overbearing, but that's easily adjusted in shadows/highlights or curves. It's a straight forward compo, fine TE material. regards, c

noborders (1010) 2008-01-18 10:40

C'est un tr鑣 beau portrait, en effet... Apr鑣 tout ce qui a 閠� 閏rit ici, je n'ai plus grand chose � ajouter, mais vraiment : bravo ! (A propos de ce qu'a 閏rit St閜hane : c'est peut 阾re bien une adivasi - "elle n'a pas l'air Indienne" : mais si !...)
Hats off,
A +,
Cath.

Photo Information

Copyright: Marilyn MC (axiotea) (21651)
Genre: 人物
Medium: 彩色
Date Taken: 2007-02-06
Categories: 日常生活
Camera: fujifilm S9500
Exposure: f/8, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Churches and chapels of Goa, Top 25, Workers of Goa, My portraits [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-02-09 13:21