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26-DEC-2006

Fountain, Marrakesh, Morocco, 2006

This elegant street fountain is characteristic of Morocco. Flanked by palms, its mosaic design and tiled setting was exactly what I expected to see in Marrakesh. To bring it to life, I caught this woman brushing back her hair just as she reached the center of the fountain. The symmetry of her position worked well with the symmetrical relationship of the palms to the fountain. I break this symmetrical composition only by cropping the right hand palm at the edge of the frame – it keeps the image from becoming static and pulls the eye through the image along with the woman.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/100s f/4.0 at 24.0mm iso100 full exif

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Christine P. Newman18-May-2007 02:25
I see the contrast of the ancient (tradition) and the modern especially in what she wears.
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