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Published: 2005-04-08 12:15:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 572; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 40
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two monks standing by the notorious S-21 prison in phnom penh, cambodia.we spend one day seeing the killing fields and the prison. i was planing to take lot of photos during that day but once we were there, all i could do was just watch and wonder how all that took place in those sites was ever allowed to happen. and what drives a man or a woman or a child to commit such a horrific acts against their fellow people.
these two monks standing in a shade of the main building, away from the usual tourist route seemed like such a peaceful site in such place. this is one of the four photos i took during that day and the only one from the prison.
camera: rolleiflex mx-evs
lens: tessar 75mm
film: Kodak e100vs (pushed 2 stops)
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I've no advanced critique, I just love the colours.
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You've really captured their solemn dignity well, and the colours here are rather stunning.
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this is a really great photo. love the focus and the rich orange of the clothes/robes the monks are wearing. i also like how they are completely expressionless, almost abit curious. the only thing i would suggest however is a crop to rid the right side with the palm tree, it takes away some of the intensity of the shot, and maybe this would look better in b/w or with the background b/w. just my personal suggestion, but this is a great photo. i just came back from cambodia (siam reap) a few days ago so i will have some photos from there if you're interested.
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thanks for the critique. you're right about the crop. but i try to keep the photoshop to minimun with film photos. i leave them as-they-where except some sharpening i.e. i wanted to photo them against the wall but the hard mid-day sun made me turn a little to get rid of the harsh shadows on their faces. didn't notice that i turned too much with all the focusing and hassle.
and yeah, i'n more than interested to see photos from there. beeb me when you get them online. how was your trip?
isko
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hmm to be honest, if you sharpen the image then cropping should be no problem. i was a little hesitant with editing on photoshop with all of my photographs, but theres this term called 'post processing' which does give a little leeway in the editing world. it basically means techniques which are applicable to an image in a dark room . so those post processing techniques can be used in photoshop all the same and they dont really turn your photograph into a photo manipulation. cropping is hardly any editing at all.. its something that can be done with a simple scissor and photography anyhow...
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'post processing' .. hmm ... i have to look into that 
you are totally right about cropping. in no means can anybody claim that it would be 'too much' post processing. even the guys like way back could just cut the piece out if they didn't like it. but that's not what i mean. you know how some photographers crop their photos so that you can see little of the film frames around the photo? to show that that they have considered all the elements in the photo (even the cropping). that's what i'm aiming for.
isko
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yeah i know what you mean.. sometimes its much better to look and ciompose and prevent post processing by taking into consideration everything whilst taking the photo. but sometimes its hard, especially if youre still using film which means you cant see instant results, maybe things like overexposure and underexposure can happen by mistake. also if youre taking a photojournalistic shot theres not much time to consider every single aspect of a photo.
well good luck on your voyage to unpostprocessed photography =]
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great shot, their expressions are very telling and the colors are soo rich. I like everything about this photograph.
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