I like the way that you framed the photo. I prefer the first, making you central and the added focus made by the ripples, which also add action to it.
Too bad that the shadows from the brim of your hat darken the face. I often, way too often, get home and find my face has disappeared by my brim...frustrated. Sometimes, I can play with the computer and give some correction. Sometimes, my face just isn't important anywho. The brim problem used to be an asset, when we were hiding our faces, but then now, we want a good representation to present on the internet.
The time of year and time of day have made the brim problem change. Then there is the washout transitioning from light and shade sources coupling with it, which I am often relieved of because we live so much of our lives in a desert with fewer of those tree things.
After sifting through the zillions of photos, I'm surprised how lucky I am to get how many decent candid photos that I do. For example, I get a good shot of DF doing something, then her leg is distorted, or dang she looks good, but her face doesn't look like her, or the expression is comical, or something negates the what otherwise would be very good. If I work things out beforehand, we often look posed. Sometimes I can crop an improvement into the shot later.
"I don't have ripples on my butt like that. Do I?"
"No, no, no, you don't. I've never seen them. Turn around." I assure her with my confused expression, "Nope."
DAng shadow surprises, again.
Reconciling body acceptance, or reality with vanity is sometimes difficult, but then when the camera shadows create things that aren't there....
Sometimes that hat brim may be handing me a gift.
Anyway, water like that can make Arizonans salivate like rabid dogs. In an Arizona naturist, water like that
with privacy can create a stunned studious focus, questioning what the eyes see. It may be time to get to a lake. September is the best time.
Jbee
