Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > Still editing the Chinchero market photos. I don't think I'll ever > finish this day!! It was probably my most fun day photographically, > though. Lots of people who never objected to being photographed: > > http://www.pbase.com/image/110978046 > > Caption: Quechua men and women in distinctive hats drink chicha, > corn beer fermented with saliva, at the Sunday market in the village > of Chinchero in the Sacred Valley of Peru. The glasses are dipped in > water with herbs between each use to sanitize them. > > The contrast was extreme between the bright sunny background and the > darker shady foreground under a canopy. I tried using curve > adjustment layers. Any other suggestions? > > TIA > > Tina > > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > You captured the "ambiente" perfectly and the distended talk. I cannot imagine this image in b&w. The "chicha" could be the "martini" of the quechas. Regrads. Felix