"The Strides of the 'Two Women'"

This photo, taken in a street in rural Nebraska, shows a straw woman in

mid-stride mirrored by a real woman (background) also caught in mid-

stride -- a photographic technique I call 'mirroring' and don't know if that

term is an accepted formal term or not. Your ratings and critiques are

invited and most welcome. If you rate harshly or very critically, please

submit a helpful and constructive comment; please share your superior

photographic knowledge to help improve my photography. Thanks!

Enjoy! John

This is a genuine 'street' capture -- no setup or posing, taken exactly as it occurred. Such things do actually occur, even on a street in a small town in rural Nebraska, (state) USA.

John (Crosley)

I think this is great. They both have great smiles. Nice Work!

This isn't even Kansas, it's Nebraska, and there's no Toto, and it isn't a straw man, it's a straw woman.

It's a remarkable photo -- strange and stranger, although no Ruby Slippers from America's heartland, but raters seem to be saying 'ho hum' -0- which is something that I am a little disheartened by (I scold raters who rate photos too highly which I don't feel are worth it, occasionally).

Anyway, it meets my test of a photo that I think will endure, and which I am willing to show as one of my better works -- not my VERY BEST work but a very good work.

In any event, it's highly original -- how many straw woman photos with smiling mirrored women mirroring their motions in the background are there in the world, let alone Photo.net?

But that's my own assessment, and I don't rate my own photos. Others I post that get highly rated, I sometimes have to wonder why others like them at all, and I own up to that . . . in print.

Raters and I don't always disagree, but usually raters get it right, overall, about popularity (if not greatness) despite any particular disagreement with their findings.

I'm happy you decided to stop by and let me know your positive feelings about this photo. It is greatly appreciated.

John (Crosley)