~ gracious age ~, a photo from Sumatera Barat, Sumatra

Photographer's Note

I am always drawn to older people for street portraiture:

This sweet old lady sitting at the door of her house in Pandai Sikat village, Bukittinggi, was way too friendly to have posed for me. Simple and yet bubbly, it's impossible to escape her charm that reflects on her refreshing smile.

I am sure plenty of spirit left in this old dear.......

Setting: 200 mm, 1/320 sec, F2.8, ISO Raw 100, 1019 hrs

Fis2, johnjmoe, PiotrF, papagolf21, jhm, ChrisJ, adramad has marked this note useful

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Silvio1953 (205753) 2019-10-24 2:52

Ciao Abmdsudi, great portrait of smiling old woman, beautiful light, wonderful colors, fine details and splendid clarity, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

pajaran (102662) 2019-10-24 2:52

Pozdrav.
Interesantan pogled i trenutak, dobar tekst ...
Lepa stara vrata i starica u narodnoj nosnji.
Lepo pokazano, dobro uhvacen trrenutak.
Zelim vam lepo popodne, sve najbolje.
Paja.

Greeting.
An interesting look and a moment, good text ...
Nice old door and old lady in folk costume.
Well demonstrated, well captured moment.
Have a nice afternoon, all the best.

rbassin (27464) 2019-10-24 3:24

hello Abmdsudi
une magnifique composition rapprochée, avec un superbe portrait
Amicalement
Roland

Sergiom (117241) 2019-10-24 6:22

Bonjour Abmdsudi,

Je me serais attendu à un qualificatif différent pour une dame de son âge. Mais le sourire rattrape tout ce que la vie lui a lancé comme obstacles.

Amicalement

Serge

Fis2 (155649) 2019-10-24 8:13

Witaj Abmdsudi!
Another interesting face.
Excellent portrait.
Good POV, composition amd colors.
I like fragment of door.
Very well done.
Warm regards.
Krzysztof

PiotrF (52330) 2019-10-24 12:41

Hello Abmdsudi
A very interesting portrait of this woman.
I like good composition, wonderful colours and very good quality.
Fine presentation
Regards
Piotr

Tue (82264) 2019-10-24 13:37

Hello Abmdsudi,
An excellent portrait of this old lady, which you captured really well sitting in the doorway with a big smile on her face. The wood of the door and doorframe add some beautiful patterns and textures as well and are well included.
Lars

Nicou (193806) 2019-10-24 21:36

Hello

Un superbe portrait de cette dame âgée devant sa porte quel visage fantastique une cadrage parfait avec une de battants de la portes et cette attitude fantastique
Bravo et amitié
Nicou

bukitgolfb301 (53894) 2019-10-24 21:55

Hi dear Abmdsudi YTH

Yes, me too! Aged people, whichever men or women, are always photogenic. I also try to find them in the street. So natural and veru original portarit in so wonderful framework and compostion.

All the best and have a good day! Takero

papagolf21 (152599) 2019-10-24 23:45

Bonjour, cher Abmdsudi,
Toujours l'art de photographier avec bonheur.
De plus, faire sourire le personnage principal, c'est très bien.
Amitiés.
Philippe

jhm (203039) 2019-10-25 6:16

Hello Abmdsudi,

I've the same opinion, old people are the most beautiful models.
It's a fine composition , the features sharply captured to make an attractive picture.
Sharpness en clarity are pleasant to look at.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice day,
John

ChrisJ (160036) 2019-10-26 0:48

Ciao Abmdsudi,

For sure the weathered and textured faces of older people tell a story to the intuitive. Good sharpness but it looks like this woman chewed betel nut when she was younger. Well framed placing the lady on the vertical 1/3 axis. Tfs!

adramad (67006) 2019-10-27 9:40

Hi Abmdsudi.
It is seen that the people of these places love to be photographed, as we can see by this lady, who shows her big smile regardless of the lack of teeth, beautiful creation with her posing in that window that gives good textures.
A fantastic photo, with beautiful natural colors, very good lighting and sharpness.
Nice job. I love.
Enjoy Sunday, on the way to a good week.
Very best regards.
Luis.

carlo62 (81265) 2019-10-28 6:21