Mother Maria

of the Missionary Sisters of the Poor,

and two of her novices…

There is a winsome kindness about the sister that is wonderful! The whole image is very strong but gentle as well. Processing excellent. . .

tolleknolle said:

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Please accept my apologies for editing your image, but it seemed more effective to demonstrate my suggestion by illustration.

While I certainly have no knowledge of your artistic intentions, might I suggest you consider a a possible alternate composition.

I enjoyed your gallery, in particular the image of the old man facing the high chair.

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coronawithlime said:

tolleknolle said:

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Please accept my apologies for editing your image, but it seemed more effective to demonstrate my suggestion by illustration.

While I certainly have no knowledge of your artistic intentions, might I suggest you consider a a possible alternate composition.

I enjoyed your gallery, in particular the image of the old man facing the high chair.

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- Thanks, that's a good one… I'll mull over it!

In the original, Mother Maria appears to balance the cross on her head, which adds to the somewhat whimsical overall effect… But yeah, moving it is an idea!

tolleknolle said:

tolleknolle said:

which adds to the somewhat whimsical overall effect…

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I agree completely. That's the difficulty in commenting on another's images, you don't know what they had in mind when they made it