A beautiful picture but a sad story.

Superbe n&b !!!! Belle histoire

Ah toi et les chiens... j'aime bien ton image.

Très bon B&W. Avec un excellent rendu et contraste pas trop appuyé

Cute dog, very well captured.

Sadly, in India, street dogs such as this are fairly common. This one looks to be in better condition than most though, so someone must be feeding him.

This is a beautiful, though sad, portrait Jean-luc.

Jean-luc, this portrait is a perfection. You captured such a fine expression. With your mastery of the b/w format, the details and contrasts are perfect because the light is just right. It was very nice to sit here, look into his eyes and allow the time to read what he has to say...

"I am tired but I am comfortable."
"I am content and this is my home."
*I feel safe enough to relax here in my nest."

Thank you for this story in a picture.
Thank you for sharing the story of how you have come to know this pretty dog.

Do you think you might be able to add other pictures as PiPs or at least as links? I would truly love to see the transformation over time. Because of your warm and affectionate words and memories, I feel a connection to both of you and would love to see more.

Once again, I have to tell you how much I love your photography. It is truly awesome by the definition:

AwesomeL awe·some
/ˈôsəm/
adjective
extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring great admiration, apprehension, or fear.

When I look at your pictures, I find myself feeling intense admiration...
...because I see picture after picture that show perfection of intent.
I feel intense inspiration,,,
,,,because I have only tickled the surface of people photography and though I have been successful as the fledgling that I am, I can see where the road goes by looking at your masterpieces. They are so remarkable that it's a simple thing to put them on a mental shelf for Street Photography with a specific volume named "Jean-luc Drouin." It is a tome I will peek within my mind whenever I have the chance to practice this type of photography.
I also feel intense intimidation...
...because your level of understanding and mind-blowing results leave me feeling like I should just throw my camera out the window. :D Instead, I should throw those feelings out the window instead. :D You remind me of when I began this journey down the road of photography. I remember seeing so, so many pictures on Flickr that intimidated me to the point of depression and futility. But instead I focused on my passion of macro nature photography and as time went on I didn't feel so intimidated because I was learning and getting better.

Today I am proud of where I have come and feel that, though there is always a lifetime to learn on top of what I know, my macro photography skills are what I had dreamed of but didn't know if I could get there. Always more to learn within this realm, so many amazing styles I am trying to master or get an understanding of. So you know...I must shake my shoulders and realize that the pictures that you take...you have traveled the same path as me but in another direction!

My husband and I are about to begin a new chapter...we have an RV and will be traveling around, soaking up the sights and one of the things we want to do is take pictures of people when we're in towns. So to find you is a great prize because I can see how you take pictures and continue my journey down this road with a practices guide to refer to. How lucky for me!

Thank you for putting your pictures up for us to enjoy. I read that you were a tv reporter, and this makes such sense to me. Of course there are lackluster reporters, but then there are those with open eyes and ears. Those who get the details and look between the lines. It is obvious to me that you must have been outstanding in your job, just by looking at a single picture. I can only imagine the intellect that goes with all of this, a smart man indeed! :D

I told you the other day that I had a picture which showed a woman walking across the street staring daggers at me...I posted it today and you'll see it as an inset. Perhaps a paltry attempt for one who is so experienced, but it's still an successful image that draw me down this new road I am enjoying! :) I look forward to getting those amazing closeups which show an intimate story. It floors me that you can display a picture right out of the camera...no cropping, no processing...it's just incredible to me and a skill that I need to work on. My husband can do this to a much better degree than I can. Part of it is that I enjoy processing and enhancing elements of my pictures at least to some degree. But there is a level of mastery which comes with being able to compose as you photograph which I do not possess to a dependable degree. (If you care, he has some pictures he posted at one point...they are not the tight closeups that you do, but you'll see that he's gotten some nice pictures...I think he's a lot better at people photography than I am right now, but I am going to get much better! :D www.ipernity.com/search/photo?w=312359&q=Ashland

Ok I've taken up far too much of your time. If you've gotten this far, thanks for taking the time to read my babblings! And again...for the inspiring photography. You show me what is possible. :) *high five*

(also, ipernity messed up some of my text and if I try to fix it, it gets more messed up.) So if it reads strangely and seems stupidly written, duplicated and a mess, that's why.

Tout est dit. Superbe!!

Un bel animal et un beau cliché !****************

Il y a quelque chose d'humain dans l'attitude et le regard de ce chien très attachant ...!

Beautiful work!

Excellent !

oh belle douceur belle tendresse c'est craquant et triste à la fois, mais bon, elle survit ,,

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