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05-JAN-2008 John Prichard

Reflections Of A Simpler Time

South Padre Island, Port Isabel, Sourthernmost tip of Tx

Her 20 years ago, when she didn't have a child of the same age

Canon PowerShot G9
1/4s f/4.0 at 25.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time05-Jan-2008 10:03:09
MakeCanon
ModelCanon PowerShot G9
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length25 mm
Exposure Time1/4 sec
Aperturef/4
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
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ctfchallenge08-Jan-2008 03:19
Great idea John, and well done! It invites the viewer to examine it to see just how it was created. CJ
ctfchallenge08-Jan-2008 03:12
A lot of interest in this colaboration John, she really does have a Mona Lisa look.
~Brent
ctfchallenge06-Jan-2008 19:40
Very interesting photo - Debi
ctfchallenge06-Jan-2008 16:46
All that trouble was worth the interesting result. Getting unique looks like this will be hard in this challenge. -COAmature
Guest 06-Jan-2008 15:41
Yes, indeed. A very find example, John!. I think this has all the charms and look age brings to a photo. The face and eye so near to the edge produces several chains of thoughts and is very successfully done. I think PP would just hurt this photo than do any good. The charm will be lost with PP on this.
-Cat
ctfchallenge06-Jan-2008 02:20
Thank you Rod for mentioning the Mona Lisa. Actually an interesting contrast here with that painting - a rather sly, mysterious Mona Lisa and a more mature modern mother minding her child. (The Mona Lisa is a "classic" example of the centered eye in portraiture.) Tricky shot, John, works well. -tv
sue anne05-Jan-2008 22:08
Beautiful .
Rod 05-Jan-2008 21:15
Very well done John you went to a lot of trouble & it worked very well. The reflection of your Daughter looks very reminiscent of the Mona Lisa painting. Good onya mate:-)
ctfchallenge05-Jan-2008 18:51
What an interesting shot, John...and your explanation makes it even better.
--Mary Anne
ctfchallenge05-Jan-2008 17:19
We have two wonderful 30" poster size pictures of my daughter Micaela when she was around one. This morning I saw my wife's reflection in this one which gave me the idea.

Since I don't have any kind of lighting equipment, this turned out harder than I expected. They were leaving in an hour for a week so I had to improvise. Her fiancee is trying to hold the picture still near the window in such a way to point extra reflections into the dark hallway. She is trying to hold still while her son is pulling on her leg. I am trying to direct her into her own head's shadow while holding my breath and squatting to steady the shot at 1/4s (don't have a tripod that allows me to take this vertically).

Tried to get close to the thirds but her expression and the movement of all involved was tricky at best. John