Under the hat by mtc

Photography • People • posted on Jun 30, 2008

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We met with this Cuban in the old Habana. Under his hat, he has everything to attract tourists: a jacket, a flower at the buttonhole, a tie with its scarf-pin, and, the most important: a huge cigar… which he doesn’t smoke! But the images that the tourists are making from him give him a substantial income. Comments, as always, appreciated.

Voici un Cubain que nous avons rencontré dans le vieux Havane. Sous son chapeau, il y a tout le nécessaire pour attirer les touristes : veston, fleur à la boutonnière, cravate avec son épingle, et surtout un énorme cigare… qu’il ne fume pas! Les images que les touristes font de ce Monsieur lui amènent des ressources non négligeables. Vos commentaires seront, comme toujours, les bienvenus.

If you have enjoyed this Cuban portrait you should also like this one:

"A Cuban trumpet-player"

Techdata: Nikon D50 with Nikkor 3.5-4.5/18-70 Pro ED at 34mm, 1/400s at f/10, ISO 200, no flash. I made two portraits of this man with slighly different adjustments. On this one the eyes were too dark, so the eyes of the other portrait were used and pasted here. But it was also necessary to use two Adjustment Layers: one of Curves actiong only on the eyes and the other, Exposure, on the sole BG image. Note: the Exposure adjustment appears only in Photoshop CS2. As a Layer, it exists only in the CS3 version.

Comments (31)

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debz

3:38PM | Mon, 30 June 2008

Super capture, very clear!

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kimariehere

3:58PM | Mon, 30 June 2008

wonderful portrait capture wow that is a huge cigar there!!!!

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jocko500

5:06PM | Mon, 30 June 2008

wonderful shot of him and his BIG cigar. he all deck out

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novelist

5:14PM | Mon, 30 June 2008

Great photo! I love the way the hat textures his face with light. He looks like an interesting character.

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RobyHermida

5:31PM | Mon, 30 June 2008

Excellent shot, fantastic ............. ROBY

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SapUS59

6:27PM | Mon, 30 June 2008

excellent capture, that's one big cigar.

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Richardphotos

9:38PM | Mon, 30 June 2008

his cigar looks like a big sausage more than a cigar.very colorful character and superb portrait

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Milouv

1:39AM | Tue, 01 July 2008

Il est "tapé" avec ce cigare dont on se demande si ce n'est pas une saucisse. Le bon cigare cubain est bien ainsi et la disproportion de dimensions accentuée par le phénomène d'avant plan donne un aspect super comique à cette photo. Bravo, c'est le type de capture que j'aurais aimé faire. Si je comprends bien ce monsieur reçois un "matabiche" par photo ? L'ombre portée du chapeau difficilement évitable me gêne un peu... c'est pour dire quelque chose.....

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MaraP

4:22AM | Tue, 01 July 2008

lol :) Great portrait!!

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RodolfoCiminelli

6:43AM | Tue, 01 July 2008

Fantastic portrait....!!!!!

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rainbows

6:44AM | Tue, 01 July 2008

Strong portrait, I love his pink rose. Diane.

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Severine

8:23AM | Tue, 01 July 2008

Ca c'est du cigare !!!

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moochagoo

11:33AM | Tue, 01 July 2008

Incroyable, tout est bon pour attirer le touriste, en particulier canadiens au vu des pins.

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nikolais

1:22PM | Tue, 01 July 2008

awesome!

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marybelgium

1:49PM | Tue, 01 July 2008

SUPER !!!

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tralfaz

6:15PM | Tue, 01 July 2008

Wooooow, that's one BIG cigar! lol. This is another really great one and thanks for sharing. You see, we in the US can't go to Cuba so it's nice to see the "real" life there.

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Optiramma

7:23PM | Tue, 01 July 2008

This is sensational! The expression so matches that fat cigar! Brilliant and Bravo!!!

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tetsu-pino

9:50PM | Wed, 02 July 2008

Fantastic portrait!! Very nice!!

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ledwolorz

2:39AM | Thu, 03 July 2008

Wonderful portrait.

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pixelmeister

7:23AM | Thu, 03 July 2008

That's a only cool great capture!

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amota99517

1:23PM | Fri, 04 July 2008

Wonderful shot!!!

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KarmaSong

3:19PM | Wed, 09 July 2008

Fantastique personnage! J'adore, et tu l'as superbement photographié. J'ai le souvenir de certaines soirées dans les boites de jazz de Harlem où je n'avais pas assez de mes deux yeux pour admirer certains Blacks avec leurs grosses chevalières et le fameux cigare aussi et qui demandaient au public de laisser l'équivalent de quelques dollars pour pouvoir faire des colis de nourriture pour leurs frères noirs du quartier. Bravo M-Thérèse pour cette photo et ravivé ma mémoire en même temps!

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sharky_

3:01AM | Fri, 11 July 2008

Wow! Now that's a cigar. Like his dress wear. Excellent shot. Aloha

aquablue

5:23PM | Sun, 13 July 2008

Quel charactère ce personnage superbement photographié !!! Très drôles les petits points de lumières sur son visage crées par l'ombre du chapeau........

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