Peace like a river
by bnilesh

Comment by Jutilda:
Lovely use of negative space. I think this suits the lyrics perfectly.

Antar Singh
by bnilesh

Comment by SoulJance:
Nice shot. I have heard of that trick where you give them a prop and they relax and act natural. It is good to see that it works. I like how it is used as a leading line. Maybe you should have used something like f11 to get the hand in focus as well then in photoshop blur the background to what it is now. I would have shot from slightly higher up to the stick covers up the top of the line of rocks in the back ground.

Antar Singh
by bnilesh

Comment by Lutchenko:
very nice natural portrait with good definition in the face. Something about the subject moving out of the frame seems wrong at first look but after a while it seems to work well for me.

Serenity
by bnilesh

Comment by Ivory:
I love the way that her face is framed by the material, it has such a lovely flow and the colour is also very complimentary. Her eyes being closed also adds to the soft dreamy look of the image.

Painter
by bnilesh

Comment by ErikV:
You are certainly one of the masters on DPC with respect to finding all sorts of interesting people. Subject is very nicely lit here.

With respect to the desaturation suggestion, I would keep the main subject normally saturated as well (along with the brush and the painted fence) but desaturate the rest -- this will de-emphasize the person in the background.

Peace like a river
by bnilesh

Comment by TrollMan:
Excellent set-up, shot, colors, sharpness, DOF and everything else. 10

Painter
by bnilesh

Comment by smardaz:
good golly, i wish i could find as many characters as you do Nilesh! I need to start going for more walks!

Painter
by bnilesh

Comment by gwe21:
you have such great subjects! I love the green paint. great environmental portrait!

Painter
by bnilesh

Comment by bnilesh:

Originally posted by LMA128: haha. great shot! i know that it is sometimes cliche but did you try a selective de-saturation on this (just keep the paint on the fence, brush, and splatters in color??)...i dont know it might look cool haha

Thanks for nice comment & honest suggestion. I think Selective desaturation as suggested by you will take away focus from the subject which is painter in this case.

Painter
by bnilesh

Comment by LMA128:
haha. great shot! i know that it is sometimes cliche but did you try a selective de-saturation on this (just keep the paint on the fence, brush, and splatters in color??)...i dont know it might look cool haha