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Winger, you're most kind. With me, its probably just luck. I incident metered away from the lamps, but still underexposed about 2/3-3/4 of a stop. I'm still easily fooled in my metering.
From what I've seen of the Mrs., bead stringing is not easy either - espec. the knotting done w/ pearls. And hand-coloring a print. Ohhh. If you had 30 yrs w/ carving & casting wax, I've no doubt you'd choke people up w/ the results. I let the lovely Mrs. know your thought. Thank You for your kindness. 'Hope your Christmas is superb.

I love "people-doing" photographs, and this one is so very nice!!! Excellent, in my opinion.

This has the subject approach and wide-ranging tonalities found in the old 'Life magazine' documentary style photography. W. Eugene Smith comes to mind, finely crafted, nice work.

Thank You, dasBlute. I appreciate hearing your thoughts on it.