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exceptional! this really does ask the question of reality. for me it has some of that same wonderful quality as your image of people watching dancers through peep holes
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Great capture Pnina. The design on the lamps, dress and scarf are attention grabbers. To me this is a great study on human nature. Sometimes we do not like reality and go through some lengths to modify it. In this case it is obvious that the lady is not too satisfied with the way she looks so she fixes herself up.
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Interesting perspective and musing of voyeuristic intrusions to privacy. The empty chair with magazine seems to suggest a ruse of an empty storefront, which turns out not to be empty. The colorful dress, flamboyant scarf, and carefree "pose" suggest a woman who, in her mind, is still seeing a young woman primping, not noticing she is middle aged (though she is still quite lovely). Of course, the bright sunlight on her arm, hand, and dress tell very clearly who stands where. Lovely, lovely shot, Pnina.
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What I see here is design complementing expression. I find her casual dress and scarf to go well with her casual attention to herself reflected in the glass. You have caught a very genuine moment. The design on the lamp shades is in great harmony with the other elements. Very nicely composed and well seen.

 

As we've discussed before, I don't see a reflection as something that vs. reality as much as something that is an interesting visual aspect of reality. If anything, I see this whole scene as very natural and real.

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Very good reflection scene with the person actively participating. The left part of the photo could stand alone already offering her a chair, but the right side breaks the heavy loading of details of the other. The balance is there. Well done.
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"Reflected Reality" is a poetic and apt caption for this image. It is one of your many excellent shots in recent times. The reflection of the lady in that pose infuses life to still life.
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Xiang, for your visit and comment.

 

Linda,nice of you comparing it with the peep show... ;-)) but this woman is a friend....

 

Adan and Donna, nice interpretation that I think has a touch to all of us.

 

Fred, I agree with you about the reflection of reality, but I think that it is a different kind of reality because it " creates" a new visual sight from both realities.

 

Anders, thanks for the ballance, I thought as well that the bright side ballance the darker one.

 

Joe and Amal, I appreciate your interpretation.

 

Amal, nice of you, always supportive.

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Lots of interesting elements here. The woman primping is the same act as the window set that is there to be attractive. The lamp shades compliment the woman's dress. There is an ethereal nature to the whole image, as if a puff of wind could come along and take it away.
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Back to reflections and this is a great one, Pnina. I love the story here, a common experience for all of us rarely documented. The details in the interior background are superb. Great work!
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Very coomonly seen, people using the glass panes as mirror but many would have just walk past, instead you take up your camera for a snap. She fits in well with all the display within.
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I agree with David regarding the transience of the scene. A moment later, and this magic, mini-drama would cease to be. I see a real balance in the visual elements here. The floral dress and lampshades, her tall almost-squared off stance against the lamps also stretching high, her curved arm next to the curved arm of the chair--all so well balanced.
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I am also fascinated by reflections vs. reality.... It is an interesting subject to pursue...! I like this image with its fine composition.
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Pnina, this is good too - I like the way it is hard to tell which side of the glass the woman and the chairs are. Can the woman sit on either of the chairs, or is the glass between them? Great capture.
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Pnina, inspired by this image, I shot a couple of frames on similar concept yesterday and posted one of them on my page. Please have a look.... Thank you!
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To all of you, interesting comments and feedback!

 

Pete the woman was standing near me.... a glass was separating us and the inside, so the chair on the R is as it was presented behind the glass. the L side the chairs( behind the woman) and lamps is the real inside, the woman is a reflection.. so the in and out are connected.

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