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Pascual Nuñez 10 months ago

excellent portrait

Wings 2 years ago

I think the eyes have hands down. Seeing your pictures is like walking in India with you.

Balazs Pataki Oh no, you can't enjoy all the booze and my daily 3 packs of cigarettes like this. Nothing beats the real thing ;) Thanks!

Vikram Jamwal 2 years ago

Excellent! The picture in the background, adds to the story even more.

Balazs Pataki Thanks Vikram and sorry for the late reply...

Armen Gevorgyan 2 years ago

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!! Shat lavn e :))

Balazs Pataki Shat shnorakal em :)

Guido Franssens 2 years ago

Very nice!

Guido

Codrin Lupei 2 years ago

Now here is plenty of impact, Balazs, a fabulous portrait, though I've seen in the critique section some great portraits from you...:( Like it a lot!

Monique 2 years ago

not so often we can admire your pictures in color
this is so good...
very strong one,Balazs.

Balazs Pataki Sometimes I get lucky with colors... thanks!

anicolas 2 years ago

excellent
regards
anicolas

Balazs Pataki multumesc, domnul.

nicoleta gabor 2 years ago

csodalatos !

Balazs Pataki nagyon szépen köszönöm :))

Glen Ballis 2 years ago

Very good Balazs!

Balazs Pataki Thank you Glen! (Did you receive my OEmail?)

Helmut Schadt 2 years ago

Wonderful and very intense portrait of Mr.Singh from Delhi!:-)

Balazs Pataki Hey - do you know this guy???
:)
Danke Helmut.

Helle Lorenzen 2 years ago

Wonderful close up and love the colors.

Balazs Pataki Thanks Helle!

Adam Papik 2 years ago

Jézus ezek a szemek... én megijedtem to''le. Gondolom valami keleti misztikumnak vagy egyébnek kéne lejönni a képro''l. Nekem sajnos nem. Amúgy ok a kép a szerkesztés stb, de ez a sok vérér a szemén... na mind1 nem húzom itt le a képed:) Más kultúra, más emberek.

Balazs Pataki Köszi, én sem fikázom a bogármakrókat csak azért mert rondának tartom a rovarokat...

Adam Papik csak jelezni akartam, hogy ilyen hatása is lehet;) nem kell megsért?dni

Robert 2 years ago

Color? Hey Balazs! Congrats!:-)) And no processing! Great!

Robert

Balazs Pataki Of course there's lots of processing here. Originally, this was a 10 year old blond girl. Hell of an editing job!

Robert Jesus!:-)))))

Robert

Ricky Siegers 2 years ago

his eyes hypnotized me Balazs...what a srong portrait.

A.madestra. W 2 years ago

amazing portrait....nice detail.

Balazs Pataki Many thanks!

pop-aj 2 years ago

very expressive

Balazs Pataki Thanks!

Colmar Wocke 2 years ago

Balazs,

India photos are starting to show up from you - glad you present it in colour.

Congrats!

Colmar

Balazs Pataki I took this on the very last day... knew that once back, there's not much to photograph. Obviously it was worth to go out for a last picture-hunt. Dankie Colmar.

Semir 2 years ago

great portrait

Balazs Pataki Thank you.

SofiG 2 years ago

:-)

Balazs Pataki My pleasure, m'lady.

Thomas Madsen 2 years ago

Getting close to people again! Excellent!

Balazs Pataki If your portrait lens screwed up and all you have is wide-angle, you don't have much of a choice other than getting closer :))

StamatisGR 2 years ago

the windows of his soul, indeed...

Thomas Holtkoetter 2 years ago

These eyes are hypnotic !
A fantastic capture, Balazs !

Balazs Pataki 1X has made me appreciate a tight crop once in a while :) Thanks!

jacques philippe 2 years ago

Amazing colored portrait Balasz. A la Steve Mc Curry.

Balazs Pataki Thanks a lot - I admire him, but most of his work wouldn't make it here for lack of impact :)))

StamatisGR I cannot resist your humor! :)))

Balazs Pataki No buddy, I mean it. He took most of his portraits as a head-on or 2/3 torso shot. That's very 1980s. It's not so evident on his homepage (http://www.stevemccurry.com) where he displays the best of the best, but I have a Taschen book with about 200 portraits by him and most of them were made using this approach. The best ones are those where he could make better use of shadows, colors and DOF. That's art. 90% percent though is more documentary-anthropology than art, something very hard to get published here and I don't know why...

Phyllis Clarke 2 years ago

I opened this and was staggered by the beauty of the color! It felt like he came into my office here! I think the trip has brought you harmony because it shows in this picture. Just fantastic!! :) Bravo for you. Phyllis

Balazs Pataki It was made on the most chaotic day of the trip which was as far from harmony as I am from the cup of tea you would offer me if I stepped in to your home right now... thanks dear Phyllis. I'll reply to your pic in Critique soon.

Nicolas Marino 2 years ago

great shot Balazs!

I love Amritsar and the Sikhs, such a powerful spiritual atmosphere there. :)

Balazs Pataki It's actually Delhi, Sisganj gurdwara, probably a better place for photographers than Amritsar because less tourists go there and foreign visitors are more welcomed. Thanks Nicolas!

Bob Patefield 2 years ago

Awesome B. Your work has made me want to take pure images (with only basic editing). That's one of the reasons I'm changing camera at the moment. Hope I can achieve that. Regards Bob

JBA 2 years ago

Not sure i want to be quite that close. Colour! wooo! Be careful, everybody will be trying it now.

Balazs Pataki If your only lens that's working properly is a 17-40 wide angle, your only choice is to get close... thanks.

sasson haviv 2 years ago

Amritsar? i love that place. i was there with a broken camera:(
great one and great color
i guess bettings are going on in 1x:)

Balazs Pataki Delhi, Sisganj gurdwara at Chandni Chowk :) Toda raba!

sasson haviv good to know:)

Andre du Plessis 2 years ago

Oh bugger - you have done it! Congratulations with your 1st colour image, and a very special one at that!! Really special portrait this!
Oh well, I guess that will cost me the 12 beers:(
Andre

Balazs Pataki You can make it into 6 bottles of Oude Kaap rood :))) Thanks for the wake-up call.

Andre du Plessis This came up on the bottom row of the FP tonight, and it reminded me of the Oude Kaap Rood. I have not delivered on that yet. Hmmmm....I owe you.

Andre du Plessis 2nd look at this - less rushed now. I especially like how the person in the back adds to this. Portraiture (non studio) to me is so much more meaningful when there is a reference in the frame to the surroundings that subject was photographed in, or anything that refers back to the subject. This a good example where that element just adds that extra bit to an already superb image. I think it is the way that we see life - always someone in the context of their surrounds, and here that is so subtely done.

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