Comments on: What’s On Her Mind?

By: The Jewish Side

The Jewish Side — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:04:22 +0000

Great Photoshop work. Her face looks very white though, was she pale before too?

It’s cool how you captured the shot, it’s like you got her frozen like a statue.

I do wonder what caught her attention…Did you get to see because you were there when you took the picture? or you didn’t realize she was looking elsewhere till after you took the picture?

Maybe she’s just thinking about something and has a staring off to space kind of look.

By: soccer dad

soccer dad — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:13:32 +0000

If she’s used to saying Tehillim, she might well be on “auto-pilot,” so she doesn’t need to read every word.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:39:55 +0000

She looks pensive, but I don’t know if that is because you changed her face….

By: Leora

Leora — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:24:23 +0000

Baila, glad you like the photo. I guess I change it for ethical reasons; if I were her, I would not want to be the focus of a blog discussion.

There was so much going on there I doubt she noticed I took her picture.

By: Baila

Baila — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:10:12 +0000

Leora,

It is a really good picture. I have a hard time photographing people because I am always afraid I will offend them, or worse, make them angry. Did she know she was being photographed?

Assuming she was unaware of being photographed why did you change her face? Is there a legal or ethical reason?

As far as your question about what’s on her mind, her body language doesn’t lead me to believe that she is upset about an ill loved one. I agree with Mes. S., she probably carries her tehilim with her and uses it when she finds she has a free moment, even as she knows there will be a certain amount of distraction.

By: Mrs. S.

Mrs. S. — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:02:46 +0000

To me it seems as if she’s waiting for someone or something (maybe a bus?), and while she’s waiting, she decided to make good use of her time by reciting some Tehillim.

If it was me, I would spend the time people watching. There’s no better place for doing that than in the Old City.

And as a matter of fact, it looks like she has perhaps managed to combine Tehillim and people-watching!

By: Ilana-Davita

Ilana-Davita — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:33:47 +0000

Maybe she is thinking about the person she is saying Tehilim for.

By: Leora

Leora — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:22:56 +0000

LoZ, the expression is the same, but I made her face thinner and nose longer.

She might be watching all the traffic driving into the Old City.

By: Lion of Zion

Lion of Zion — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:14:13 +0000

ditto to lorri, although does your photoshoping preserve her original expression?

“What is distracting her?”

an american tourist snapping a picture of her?

By: Lorri

Lorri — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:59:25 +0000

What an absolutely beautiful photograph, Leora! It is so expressive, and so filled with mood. You really caught her in a moment so pensive.