Thanks Christine for dropping by and taking time to comment. The shot was taken at a rice paper making "cottage" and she was selling her goods. I generally find that the people in the countries to which I travel are increadibly happy and postiive - no matter how hard thier lives might be (especially compared to ours). As for the lack of focus - I only noticed after you mentioned it, but I completely agree with you.
wonderful! it doesn't looked staged or posed at all, just very happy with whatever she's doing...such a hard shot to get but you captured it perfectly, she looks naturally beautiful for a woman her age, like someone with wonderful happy memories of her life that you'd love to hear her share...it looks like it might be a touch out of focus on her face and more focused on the hat, which is the only downside, but your composition is great and very nice choice on the mat you added
wonderful! it doesn't looked staged or posed at all, just very happy with whatever she's doing...such a hard shot to get but you captured it perfectly, she looks naturally beautiful for a woman her age, like someone with wonderful happy memories of her life that you'd love to hear her share...it looks like it might be a touch out of focus on her face and more focused on the hat, which is the only downside, but your composition is great and very nice choice on the mat you added
wonderful! it doesn't looked staged or posed at all, just very happy with whatever she's doing...such a hard shot to get but you captured it perfectly, she looks naturally beautiful for a woman her age, like someone with wonderful happy memories of her life that you'd love to hear her share...it looks like it might be a touch out of focus on her face and more focused on the hat, which is the only downside, but your composition is great and very nice choice on the mat you added