Submitter's name:	Donald MacDonald
Title:	Fiona on Birnam Hill
Gear used:	OM1n + Zuiko 85mm f2
Diaphragm:	Eh....
Shutter speed:	1/125
Film used:	Kodachrome 200 ASA
Technical information:	Slightly sharpened with the Unsharp mask in PhotoShop 5.0 LE, otherwise a straight scan.
Subject information:	Out for a walk from our posh hotel on a weekend break. She doesn't do 'posing', so you just have to take what you get...
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Comment left by: Adam Bolt (boldbolty@iprimus.com.au)

Great scenery. After seeing your work and that of John Linds with this Zuiko 85 f2, I think I will have to go out and buy one. It gives an extremely sharp image and feathers out to a beautifuly soft background.

Comment left by: Winsor Crosby (wincros@bigfoot.com)

I really like this portrait unlike many of the anonymous portraits by photographers who do not know their subject. Here there is an openness, directness, and spontaneity that is infectious and makes me feel like we are friends. Great picture.

Comment left by: Chaya Spector (chayas@ix.netcom.com)

To me this is a perfect portrait.It tells me something about the subject. Who she is, what she likes to do, I love it. Thanks.

Comment left by: John A. Lind (jlind@netusa1.net)

Donald, That's OK about the "posing." This would be classed as an "informal" or perhaps an "environmental" portrait. A formal one works to capture a flattering likeness. I prefer environmental ones because they make statements about people beyond what the look like. Fiona looks very relaxed and the expression very natural; it's what makes this one work so well. Excellent placement along a 1/3 line in the frame; much more powerful than dead center. -- John

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