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09-NOV-2008

Observer, Kairouan, Tunisia, 2008

Primary colors always draw the eye and provide energy to an image. Here, the energy comes the blue doorway framing the red headscarf of the woman who is observing the flow of tourists walking past her house. The woman is backlit, which abstracts the image, and adds a degree of mystery to the scene.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/500s f/8.0 at 35.1mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time09-Nov-2008 11:52:11
MakeLeica
ModelV-LUX 1
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length35.1 mm
Exposure Time1/500 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programprogram (2)
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Phil Douglis23-Feb-2010 18:33
And that is the whole purpose of composition, Marcia -- to organize an image for meaning.
Marcia Rules22-Feb-2010 23:42
great! everything is in the perfect spot here!
Phil Douglis30-Nov-2008 23:34
Thanks, Tim, for feeling the sense of mystery here. She was watching our tour group march past her house, so she has good reason to be mystified. The shadows and backlighting intensify it. Her culture was just as much a mystery to us as our group must have been to her.
Tim May30-Nov-2008 20:37
the mystery of visiting a different culture is shown effectively in this image.
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