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POTW-18-08-2015

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POTW-18-08-2015

Postby Matt. K on Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:25 pm

This weeks winner is this charming portrait of a pair of senior citizens by ozimax. Good portraits are compelling, interesting and engage the viewer. Here, we get a sense of time and place and we wonder what life the subjects have lived. We sense their spirit, their souls, their personalities and we try and see them in accord with the background. Ozi's image ticks all the boxes and he wisely captures them gazing directly into the camera...almost as if they are watching and acknowledging us......the viewers. I also love the gritty B&W conversion, which suits the subject perfectly. Well done ozimax!

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Re: POTW-18-08-2015

Postby ozimax on Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:59 pm

Thanks Matt. I thought of cloning out the clotheslines, but I left them in. I think it shows the character of the little housing commission flat in which they live.
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Re: POTW-18-08-2015

Postby zafra52 on Tue Aug 18, 2015 6:23 pm

Nice portrait that somehow I missed, congratulations Ozi,
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Re: POTW-18-08-2015

Postby sirhc55 on Fri Aug 21, 2015 9:41 am

Besides being a great shot it also shows something else - love
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Re: POTW-18-08-2015

Postby sirhc55 on Fri Aug 21, 2015 9:41 am

Besides being a great shot it also shows something else - love
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Re: POTW-18-08-2015

Postby ozimax on Fri Aug 21, 2015 10:30 am

sirhc55 wrote:Besides being a great shot it also shows something else - love


Sure does. They are a classic old Aussie couple.
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