It's interesting that you're feeling about this shot is based in part on a photo I took more than a year ago, which was not so much to make a photo as to get a feel for your camera.
As for her having skin cancer, well, that's a fascinating guess, but I don't know how accurate it is, as she was part of a group (maybe four or five people) who were wrapped in such a robe. Of course, you'd have no way of knowing that. Had you seen the group would you have thought they all had skin cancer? I'm asking because I'm curious as to how the context might affect your thinking. Now, had I toned down the highlights to a degree that they were disappeared, would you still think she was squinting? Maybe your understanding of a squint is different than mine, as she doesn't appear to be squinting to me. Again, I'm not arguing with you or trying to be difficult, just explaining what I see. BTW, if you missed my original post on this, I don't care for the pic very much myself, and the only reason I put it up was to see if others thought it was as bad as I, or if it could be redeemed somehow. So on at least one level we're in complete accord ;-)) Shel > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Is she squinting? Is she squinting from the sun? > > http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/squinting.jpg (50% crop from > original) > > Shel > ========== > Okay, it's a bit hard to tell. But, yes, I think the sun is affecting her. I > don't think she'd look like that without the sun being almost in her eyes -- > she might look distressed, but not quite like that.. I guess I am affected by a > shot you took of me when you were using my camera (I never gave you the > shot), where I look horrible, but mainly because I was squinting/looking into the > sun. > > You know what my guess is with this old lady? Skin cancer. That is why she is > covering herself up completely. To avoid the sun, to avoid a recurrence of > skin cancer. > > Maybe if you toned down the highlights it wouldn't look like that so much to > me. But that's me, Shel. Listen to others too. I have different reactions to > things, often.
