Hullo Fella!

[Geoff]

Took this portrait of this man, while Bel and I were on holidays. He was a real character! After I took the photo I chatted with him for a good ten minutes. Taken at Kuranda in Northern QLD earlier this year. Comments welcomed as always:

[markjd]

Looks like a real character. He has a good scar across his nose.


Mark PS I was up at Kuranda a couple of years ago. Quite a warm and humid day for a Mexican like me I loved the view from the Sky Rail on the way back down. Occasional glimpses of brilliant blue down below turned out to be the Ulysses butterfly.

[Raskill]

Be a bit warm for a tea cosey up there wouldn't it?

I like the image, nice and colourful, but shows off the personality and feeling of the subject.

Well done.

[Oneputt]

Geoff I like it and the only improvement I could suggest is a shallower depth of field to get rid of the distracting background

[ATJ]

Great photograph with loads of character.

One question, though. Did you get permission from this gentleman to publish his photograph? I don't mean a model release but the cultural sensitivity of their images.

[Raskill]

Great photograph with loads of character.

One question, though. Did you get permission from this gentleman to publish his photograph? I don't mean a model release but the cultural sensitivity of their images.

I wasn't aware there were any cultural issues, other than depicting persons who may died since you took the image.

Isn't something I'd have thought about either. I remember as a kid visiting Singapore, and we were told not ot take photos of elderly Chinese people because they thought it bad luck.

[Geoff]

Great photograph with loads of character.

One question, though. Did you get permission from this gentleman to publish his photograph? I don't mean a model release but the cultural sensitivity of their images.

Nope - didn't get permission to publish this image, however he was one of the friendliest 'strangers' I've met in a long time. On this, I don't feel it necessary to worry about his permission to post it here

[ATJ]

Will you remove it if he dies?

[Geoff]

Will you remove it if he dies?

If he lets me know, yes

I would expect by the time he dies, this photo/thread will be so far into the archive box, even the deceased would have trouble finding it.

[PiroStitch]

nice one. i think a closer crop so none of the background was there would be nicer tho if you really wanted the focus more on his face. His face tells more of a story than what's in the background, but that's just me. My personal preference is more intimately cropped portraits particularly when it's of a local