Today I’m featuring superb B&W photograph of woman from Hattusa in Turkey. Taken by Corinne Vail from Reflections Enroute Blog. I usually do not host black and white pictures in this series, not really sure why. Maybe because travellers usually take colourful photos. Or simply taking black and white pictures is much more difficult. Black and white photographs must be impeccable because you can see every single little flaw on them!
Corinne and her husband Jim are one amazing and very inspiring couple! Travelled together to more than 60 countries together! You can as well follow their adventures on Facebook and Twitter.
Picture Story: Spinach woman in Hattusa, Turkey
Anxious to get out of the house on a warm spring day, we drove to the Hittite site of Hattusa. We love looking at ruins, old rocks, foundations of temples and houses, imagining how life was back a few thousand years ago, but this day was just a little different.
In Turkey, it’s no big deal to see a shepherd with a flock of sheep, a few cows, a couple of dogs, and maybe even a donkey munching away on the grasses in an archaeological site.
It’s normal, but on this day there were people everywhere, all bent over and picking something. Curious, we asked this woman, who was filling her skirt with little green shoots, what everyone was gathering. Spinach. Wild, baby spinach. She was very excited about it. She and her daughter had picked quite a bit. We chatted for a few minutes, but the call of the spinach got to her and she went right back to work, giving us a friendly wave goodbye.
Lovely shot that works well in black and white.
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Yes, those which do are the best!
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Wonderful photo. I love black and whites they capture portraits better than color.
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I love the shot! Details on her face are mesmerizing…bravooo et cheers :)
Yes I think that those details are a whole charm to this portrait.
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I love this photo. She reminds me of my Aunt; a great cook, a hugger, a good person, but is really strict to everything, like almost everything. I love her so much! :) And this is a great shot.
Yes, we all love out aunts! :)
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That’s so intriguing! I’m too shy to talk to locals and so I always end up wondering what they are up to. This picture is beautiful and love the spinach story :)
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Camila, I think you have to try to talk to locals, that is a whole beauty of travel :)
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Black and white photography is definitely difficult and I’ve never really tried it but you did an amazing job there, Corinne! I love the portrait! And generally I enjoy portraits of people from another culture. I usually concentrate on pictures from landscapes and architecture but I’d be glad if I ever manage to take such a great portrait on my travels!!
Indeed portraits are difficult, you have to have an eye for them!
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What an amazing photo. I like how you captured her with a little smile and the shadow on her face. It’s very eye catching and a very calming photo.
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I do agree Jay, she seems calm…
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Gorgeous capture, i love the smile and the details of the portrait. Also the photo is better presented in black and white with all those textures.
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Yes, I think that so much of light play going on here that colours would destroy the effect.
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Marysia, Thanks for having us on Friday Lens Affair, and thanks for the compliments everyone!
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it is my pleasure Girl!
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I love this! I’m usually not crazy about shadows on the face, but I love the detail from her head wrap on her face. Lovely photo!
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Yes, I think those shades add sth special to her look in the photography.
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I loved the monochrome capture. Beautiful.
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Very effective shot, nice work :-)
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This is such a great character shot and story. Great work.
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Yes, I agree I think it is a great portrait shot!
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Fantastic picture! My boyfriend likes shooting on B&W film and the portraits look particularly great this way.
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Yes portraits and street photography always looks great in B&W.
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