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A mysterious woman
A mysterious woman
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Headwear (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Mechelen (Belgium)
Date: Nov 10, 2006
Aperture: 3,5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0,6
Galleries: Nude, Political
Date Uploaded: Nov 12, 2006

 I wanted to create a mysterious ambient covering the face of the woman by shadows casted by the Sari on her head. When I was making this photograph I took notice of the political background of women wearing a burka. In some way moslim women are \"bound\" to their clothing, for this I choose to tie her hands up with a scarf.. The environment (a corner in a beton building) was chosen to go with the sentiment of being \"locked up\" or surpressed.
I finnished the picture with a soft-focus to accentuate the mysterious atmosphere.

Statistics
Place: 126 out of 244
Avg (all users): 5.3074
Avg (commenters): 6.8750
Avg (participants): 5.1139
Avg (non-participants): 5.4079
Views since voting: 10452
Views during voting: 406
Votes: 231
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 11/28/2006 09:52:17 PM
Hello from the Critique Club!

My first impression is very positive. This is a very dramatic shot on several levels. The lighting is what makes this shot. Keeping her face in shadows works very well with the cold hard background. Her pose, and having her hands bound as well as the stark background, all drive home the feeling of imprisonment.

The soft focus is probably what kept you from scoring higher. I really feel it fits this photo very well, but the general mentality of a DPC voter wants to see the subject in very sharp focus.

Welcome to DPC! You have done quite well for your first challenge entry and I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future!
 11/22/2006 02:53:12 PM
the shadows and highlights on her backside look odd. they distract. otherwise, a great, imaginative photo.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/21/2006 10:19:59 PM
creepy
love it
 11/21/2006 11:38:02 AM
The photo is outof focus
 11/17/2006 08:53:30 PM
Taking a crap in the alley? ;-)
 11/17/2006 02:48:02 AM
Beautiful picture of a not very beautiful thing.
 11/16/2006 10:18:15 AM
I don't know what to make of this one. On the one hand, it is visually pleasing -- which is a positive. But I have a very hard time reconciling the partial nudity with the images of Middle Eastern Muslim culture that these clothes conjur in my mind. Maybe this is supposed to be a rebellious woman rejecting her burka. That would be interesting. But, her skin makes her look like an Anglo, which, for me, makes the scene look fake. Add-in the English graffiti in the background, and it doesn't work for me. Probably you never intended any of that and I'm probably reading something into it that isn't there -- based on my own environment. Please tell me if I'm completely off-base. In any case, it's a far better photograph technically than I could do.
 11/15/2006 11:29:08 PM
Very interesting. I love the blue.
 11/15/2006 05:19:02 PM
Very erotic but also at the same time it kind of looks like she is doing something she shouldnt be in public :)

Either way it is a good picture!
 11/15/2006 01:41:41 AM
this is really good news.
 11/15/2006 12:33:50 AM
Creepy and interesting shot! The brightness of the cloth is a stark contrast to the gray drabness of the background.


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