old balinese smoker
this is portrait old balinese lady, when enjoy the living.
using nikon 105mm lens and 2 point lighting, mobilite "tronic pfl 400 cd for back light" & small flash "tronic s 1900" for fill in.
finishing touch use ps.
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niloofar mozafarian 7 months ago
wow i love her smile!!!nice.
vida berry al aden 10 months ago
nice potraiture.....
Taufik Zamzami 1 year ago
Mantap tone dan kontrasnya ...
kerennnn bgt nih....nice potrait
zafertekin 2 years ago
Very nice...
Iulian Mofteescu 2 years ago
Memorable portrait. I like it!
Soulmyst 2 years ago
Extremely memorable and powerful portrait - love the ecstatic smile and her old wrinkled face is so precious! ^_^
Roual 2 years ago
Great!
Bayu Sahaja 2 years ago
Great shot...
nickodarwis 2 years ago
thank all coment here...
1. for enjoy my work :)
2. and for critique The background editing is bad...not black pure. and very scary if you put -150 in ps hehehehe


when i take shoot this foto, 10 april 2010 in bali
http://nickodarwis.multiply.com/journal/item/53

when editing...priority on person, making bw and silver effect on her skin...
the mood is the good part of my image.
unfinish work ?...tx for telling me, some friend here, about background editing.

after that short edit time...i the same day, i'm joint be new member in 1X.com
this is the first upload...and success to publish.

base on critique in my background editing

then i read "ABOUT" rules in 1x.com
this 1x.com note :..........

member : "I have improved a photo. Can I upload it again?
1X.Com : "If you've made major improvements to a photo, or if the screeners have asked you to fix something, you can upload the same photo again. Go to "Uploaded photos" in your account, click on the image you want to resubmit and then click on the "Upload an improved version" button. In case you reupload an already published image and it's approved, unique views, favorites, comments and albums will be saved."

why i do not have the note form the screeners ?


base on that rules...
NOW I'M FINISH MY SECOND EDIT...priority to bacground pure black
i'm ready to "Upload an improved version".
how i can get it ?


thank's 1X.com
& sorry my english is bad....wkwkwkwk :)
Ali Morshedlou 2 years ago
Interesting shot...
Photonook 2 years ago
I love it!!! That smile is one in a million.
Slavomir M. 2 years ago
great
Thaib Chaidar 2 years ago
maknyuss bw nya om...
angga bhaskara 2 years ago
cakep pisan bang BW nya.. salut
sedayucel 2 years ago
Very nice...
calliope8muse 2 years ago
ok maybe there was too much editing that made the granny look almost plastic, but I was wondering if you could share some tips on how to make this silver like effect on her skin please?
nickodarwis  i find the great mood in this picture
read note up there, under foto.

LIGHTHING !
and in ps burning, dodging and sharp tool :)
Outch oO
The background editing is ugly.
Sorry
nickodarwis  sorry too for you ugly question :)
i dont want wasthing my time in my front PC, to cutting bg. wkwkwk :D

simple...and enjoy

read the link behind the story this PIC
http://nickodarwis.multiply.com/journal/item/53
Ingo Dumreicher 2 years ago
I already remarked while screening, that editing is completely overdone. Less is more - i would think about it.

I totaly agree with KPK and KoPi and i am wondering how it could get published...

Please dont take it personally. It's just critic on the picture.

Cheers,
Ingo
nickodarwis  I GOT THE GREAT MOOD IN PICTURE
Anjas Setiady 2 years ago
Mantap om....
KPK 2 years ago
I have to say that I completely agree with KoPi's remarks. The editing is massively overdone and the visible editing rests at the background simply look ugly. Such a great motiv killed by edting. Sorry for being so direct.
nickodarwis  no problem...
me..new member...2 or 3 day ago..joint
this is my first upload.

read link in Reinheart Damanik in bootom
the story behind....n my bg....why i'm coment in Kopi.... :)

i find the great mood in this picture
read note up there, under foto.

KPK  Nicko, I can see the mood in the image. The moody part ist the good part of your image. But as written before: you killed the mood with your bad editing!
nickodarwis  me new member...this first upload...
and i read "ABOUT" rules in 1x.com
this 1x.com note :..........

"I have improved a photo. Can I upload it again?
If you've made major improvements to a photo, or if the screeners have asked you to fix something, you can upload the same photo again. Go to "Uploaded photos" in your account, click on the image you want to resubmit and then click on the "Upload an improved version" button. In case you reupload an already published image and it's approved, unique views, favorites, comments and albums will be saved."

why i do not have the note form the screeners ? how i can get it ?

overall
tx KPK
Irwan Gunadi 2 years ago
mantaap bro!
emang sengaja ditonjolin DI-nya?
nickodarwis  ya bro DI, posing dan lighthing
Patricia 2 years ago
Great expression! Great shot!
KoPi 2 years ago
must be either my monitor or my super eyes, but I see a bg full with editing marks, around the smoke, around her head, lhs border, rhs border. It is also way too bright, and way oversharpened. So I opened it up in PS. needed to slide the brightness slider all the way to the left (-150 !) to make the bg editing marks go away and bring the overcontrasting, oversharpening and overly bright areas more or less to acceptable levels.
fab moment captured though.
nickodarwis  we dont need to enjoy art foto with -150
all picture is bad in -150...wkwkwkwk... :D
overall tx kopi
Putu Sudiarta 2 years ago
Great capture, love it
Monique 2 years ago
haha--totally twisted.
great shot,
Ralf Stelander 2 years ago
Great shot!
Cie Shin 2 years ago
very nice my friend....
Lumy 2 years ago
great !!!!!
A.madestra. W 2 years ago
nice expression....good Job Om bro :D
keren bener ..dramatis om nicodarwis...:D:D:D
omid sariri 2 years ago
Thanks
John Oo 2 years ago
This portrait reminds me of my grandmother that I never had an opportunity to take a picture of. Great capture.
willem 2 years ago
Very,very well done...!!!
Pierre Pageau 2 years ago
félicitations .
Ellen van Deelen 2 years ago
Just beautiful!
Geir Danielsen 2 years ago
Perfect
well done!
Luciano Caturegli 2 years ago
complimenti
Reinheart Damanik 2 years ago
Kalo mungkin bisa saya bertanya sedikit, kok sepertinya pada bagian hitam background terdapat banyak coret-coret yg belum dibersihkan, asapnya seperti membentuk shadow yg menurut saya agak sedikit ganjil, dan proses penajaman mengakibatkan garis / fring pada setiap edge...

Tapi dari sisi ekspresi, n lighting menarik...
nickodarwis  tx...karena baru jadi member...dot itu gue rasakan satu dua pas terupload
jadi ini first member n first upload...sehingga revisi yg lebih clean...nggak ngerti cara re upload...maklum first upload dan masih kaku dgn web ini.
versi yg bersih dan behind the screen ada di blog gue dan fb gue.
ini link di FB yg foto sebaiknya versi gue, more clean :
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1269189&l=cd78d52028&id=1281805666


overall secara materi foto asli, foto ini emang sudah "greget" di lcd karena bantuan lighting dan moment...
bg hitam karena buat f angka besar.
untuk asap oprek di ps...aslinya sedikit dan tipis
Torsten Wolf 2 years ago
Too good to be real - a truly Indonesian shot!
Wings 2 years ago
Gee that's a torch for you . nice light, the picture captures all the detail and more. way to go
ilhan kemal 2 years ago
perfect exc work,,
torkel fenre 2 years ago
great work!!
Edmondo 2 years ago
FANTASTIC shot..
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Equipment
nikon d40
Location
kintamani, bali, indonesia
Date
20100410
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