In a message dated 8/17/2009 2:20:14 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: p.s. after reading other comments...
I find the scene wonderfully telling and that's why I find it painful to look at... the absolutely only thing amiss is the blown out hair but I bet you could tone that down somenow -- maybe going back to the color version and fiddling with shadows and highlights more? I don't find the sign and all distracting ... it draw you to the elderly woman in the wheelchair, certainly the most unfortunate of the lot, and the most disconnected... I love the disconnect on both ends of the line, too - the woman tolerating a hug and the one at the end of the line on the cell phone. Its a real short story, this one... I don't get people thinking it is sweet at all. ann =========== Thanks, ann, you got it. I debated even showing it to the church people as a possible photo to use, but, heh, figured they wouldn't even pick up on all that. I loved the woman on the cell phone at the end, and, yes the sign draws attention to the woman in the wheelchair, though I feel her hair does that too. And I'd probably like it better without the sign. I tried playing with it some to tone down her hair, but fairly busy, so that's a good idea, play with it more in color before I convert it and see if I can tone down the blow out. Thanks for looking. Well, the hug itself is "warm and fuzzy." Heh. Marnie aka Doe :-) --------------------------------------------- We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
