christine by the pool ("fixed")

the flickr description is:

“this is one of my favorite shots i’ve ever taken…
this is a new, slightly improved version of one i posted a few months ago… (i try not to mess with old photos - let it show what i DIDN’T know at the time…)

i got about 3 or 4 snaps in when she started getting a little uncomfortable and started doing the thing with her toes you can see and i loved it so, this is the one i kept…
this one is one of the few framed in my bedroom…”

this newer version is cropped - the vertical framing is just better composition for this one, i think - and i bumped up the gamma and contrast a hair…

UPDATE

i had to try it in soft focus…


christine by the pool (in soft focus)

i think i like it ALOT better now…