On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 15:57:26 -0800, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While walking past the bank a while back and saw this woman sitting on a > little fold away stool that she obviously carried around with her. This > was a real QuikSnap, for any change of position on her part would have > pretty much ruined the photo. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/womsit.html
Well, you're going to hate me for this, Shel, but Wow, What a Shot!! I keep looking at it, soaking in more and more details. The way her umbrella is parallel with the line in the sidwalk, which in turn is more or less parallel with the railing above. She's even leaning in more or less the same direction - it's a real dynamic shot, considering she's likely sitting still! All the patterns and textures and lines work in harmony. And, I've gotta say, what you do with your scans is incredible. She's so sharp - I hope I can learn to do that with a PS book I'm expecting in the mail soon <vbg>. Of course, the background is perfectly OOF - great use of DOF. And, beyond the technicalities, I've gotta say, there's something wistful about this photo. She's just ~there~, seemingly in the middle of nowhere, just sitting. Waiting for what or whom? Or is she waiting for anything at all? Maybe just sitting in that rather odd place, watching the world go by? I could go on, but at this point suffice to say that I love it! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
