Thanks, knarF - or whatever your name is this week ;-)) Your comment about the bench not being level in the frame is very distressing. Using two different measuring techniques in PS, the bench is literally less than 0.04 degrees out of parallel from the bottom edge of the frame, depending on just which horizontal slat is used for the measurement ;-))
She's reading what I believe is a Russian newspaper. In the original pic, and in the full-sized scan, you can make out the headline on the page of the newspaper that's observable over her left shoulder. Maybe someone who reads Russian can confirm the language. http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/ji-20-headline.jpg The beret was a lucky touch. There was a wandering beret salesperson who passed by a few minutes before I made the pic, and the woman just bought the beret <LOL> Thanks for taking the time to look and comment. Shel > [Original Message] > From: frank theriault > I like this one a lot (and it works best in colour, IMHO). Great > composition, great choice of lens - the 35mm is wide enough to > separate her from the background, but no distortion at all. > > I really like where she is on the bench, I like that the bench isn't > perfectily level in the frame (although I'm sure the ground is level), > I like the way the grass in the foreground and the trees in the > background frame her. The birds, the quiet pond, they all give the > aura of great peacefullness; a perfect place to get lost in a book > (as she seems to be doing). > > And, I ~really~ like her red beret! It really sets her off against > all that green. GREAT touch.
