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cazalea
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Context is everything (except in a photograph)

I posted this image in WristScan but thought it would be a good example of selective vision afforded us by the camera or perhaps I should say the photograph, considering cropping and developing extends our selectivity far beyond the camera.

Here I am taking an image of myself in the outside right mirror on my Volvo, in Seattle eight years ago at a family gathering.

I was actually planning to capture these tulips, but then saw myself accidentally and snapped a couple images.

Now how often do you see a scene like this? With camera in hand? 

THIS is what I was hoping to capture ... an idyllic scene INCLUDING the painter who obviously agreed AND painted large enough to be seen from the roadside, faithful dog napping at his feet, etc.

An idyllic scene, right? Well, not so much! 

She points to some background object he neglected to paint into his scene, but thankfully the bossy critic doesn't appear in my ideal photo. I didn't photoshop her out, she walked from behind the tree into our view as we sat there.

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