Viktor

[Yuri Pautov]

Priviet, dear friends.
This is Viktor - my friend, living in a country (beautiful places).
1
http://pautov.viplast.ru/images/gallery/2451.jpg
2
http://pautov.viplast.ru/images/gallery/2452.jpg
3
http://pautov.viplast.ru/images/gallery/2453.jpg
The sun was at the high point... very red skin - so I've made b&w..

And here's some views from his places:
Sorry for posting here, not in "Landscapes"...
I think that country life "prints" something on the faces...
Making them more rugged and naive at the same time...
What do you think?

http://pautov.viplast.ru/images/gallery/2447.jpg

http://pautov.viplast.ru/images/gallery/2449.jpg

http://pautov.viplast.ru/images/gallery/2450.jpg

Spasibo,
Yuri

[BigAl]

The first one is great Yuri. I see you managed to stay out of the reflection in his sunglasses (well almost)!

Thanks for showing the greeness of the northern hemisphere too. It's very dry and dusty here with winter upon us (even though day temps are still around 25C).

regards
alan

[Charlemagne]

Wow Yuri,
These are great, the B&W conversion was great, what an expressive portrait, and how about that view!! WOW.... where exactly is that located?? I always wanted to visit Russia, and especially wanted to visit the Valaam Monestary.

Thanks for posting these great shots!

Charles