I was walking along the pavement in the historic city of Chester when this strangely dressed Lady looked at me through the window straight in the eyes. I sometimes get a cold look when I try some street photography but a smile usually does the trick - not in this case I'm afraid as she looks seriously 'not amused'!
My daughter said afterwards that she thought it looked like a ghost!
Ian
PS - for those among you who are into buildings, this is an original timber frame building and is at least 300 years old. If you look at the panes of glass in the window you will see from the uneven reflections that the glass is handmade rather than modern machine made 'float' glass.
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@Gilles Daigneault: Thanks Gilles - glad you liked it!
@ColNed Pictures: thanks Colned!
@ally!: funny isn't it that someone would have their portrait painted with that expression and then choose to keep the result!
@alla: thanks alla!
@Daroru: Thanks Daroru! - I'm pleased that it reminded you of your time in Chester.
@bronzebilly u.k.: Thanks very much - Chester is a great place if, like me, you love buildings and townscapes with character, history and with a human scale to them that is somehow very reassuring and comforting in this modern fast paced world.
@Viewfinder: Thanks Viewfinder! - The shot is cropped a tiny bit but otherwise pretty much straight out of the camera otherwise. It was just one of those lucky breaks we all get now and then. Thats, I guess, the real reason why I have loved taking photos so much over the last few months - it has made me start looking properly again at my surroundings :-)