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If you view the full animation, you will see 3 frames where the loop slows to long pause. These frames are the what I felt best captured that pose/scene. You will also see how creating the scene process evolved, as well as more than a few pedestrians and bikes passing in the background. I don't think it shows in the sequence, but there was a light drizzling rain on and off during this shoot.

A series of photos I shot in early May for the Friends of Riverfront Plein Air Art event called "2007 Edge of the Rock Plein Air" and scheduled for this August.

About Plein Air and Beloit's Edge of the Rock Plein Air Event: “En plein air” is a French expression which means “in the open air”. It is used to describe the art of painting quickly and outside in a natural setting rather than in a studio. The objectives are to capture the momentary effects of sunlight giving the painting a fresh feel that evokes a sense of place and mood, free of pretense and detail. This art of immediacy was favored by Impressionists such as Monet, Pissaro and Renoir.

Direct link to Friends of Riverfront page - www.friendsofriverfront.com - where you can see the promotional image created from these photos by Sue Fugate and the Friends of Riverfront. (A much better bunch of artists than myself!)

The painting referenced is John Singer Sargent's painting titled: "Claude Monet Painting at the Edge of a Wood" and housed in the Tate Gallery collection according to Olga's Gallery information on Sargent: www.abcgallery.com/S/sargent/sargent.html.