Yoshkar Ola Market Sept 10 2004

A bright spot in Central Russia

Having the legs cut off of the central figures is distracting for me (lady in red and lady in blue with babushka on her head). This is an interesting subject, suggest that you go back and try to isolate different elements. Also use a polarize for the sy. Photo seems to have a blue cast. Maybe some color correction could help.

I plan to go back next summer, i'll see if I can round up the cast for another shot.

 

Obviously I didnt do a shot which immediately focused on the contrasts between the two women exchanging beauty in the form of flowers.

 

Perhaps If I cropped to the hands.

 

Also I always get my Film developed locally and Russian processing is not always as consistently good as it is here.

 

( once developed it tends to survive better through X Ray machines.)

 

If you have photoshop maybe you could correct the color cast and slightly crooked horizon and crop out a tad from the right hand side to make the two women more immediate?