Di was so graceful and elegant and softly spoken. The rays of the setting sun did wondrous things to her hair. She also hails from the South Coast and does soliciting - of the legal kind.
I have cropped each of these images whereas I haven't with many others. However, with Di I apparently did not get as close as is my wont. I ended up with other choristers annoyingly lurking. Hence, the rather severe crop leaving her very little space to project her lovely alto voice. I love the tenderness of that outstretched hand - but I disappointed myself with the focus. Again ... not the camera. Just me being too excited about what it is that I am trying to compose and forgetting where I want the EXACT focus to be. Would have been good to focus on the outstretched hand when I think about it objectively ... See the sun catching the edges of the fingers ... if I had captured the full hand with my duckpond step to the left this time to ensure the rays were falling just through the outstretched fingers ... if ... if ... if ...
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Yes the shot with the hand is lovely but the top shot if gorgeous too with the light on her hair. Just wondering though, can you tell she is singing or think she is laughing in the top shot -- with the hand in there is no doubt.
Ah yes, if only. the wisdom of hindsight. I see so many things afterwards that just didn't occur to me at the time. But the main shot is beautiful, her expression is wonderful. However, 100 shots ago would you even have realised the potential of the hand/light?
Totally not. 100 subjects ago I knew nothing about light. No no ... 100 subjects ago, I could not "see" light. I could not see it dappled. I could not see it shine the edges. It just annoyed me 'cause it made the pictures blotchy!!
Interesting comment Julie, for someone who couldn't "see" the light, you had some mighty fine results before you embarked on your 100 strangers journey!
It's been fantastic getting those descriptions of what you could and couldn't "see" along the course of these shots, and even more fantastic knowing that now you can not only see more, but you can (almost) make it happen the way you want!
Fabuloso!
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