For the current week of the competition, I selected an old photo: a portrait of a girl I encountered at a bench in St. Petersburg botanical park... Over the years, of course, I don’t remember what exactly she was doing in her notebook - if she sketched nature, wrote a diary, or just daydreamed; but her eyes are clearly turned inward. I also liked the message on her T-shirt. Do you recognize the quote? PS. Black-and-white conversion was added in Photoshop.

Для текущей недели конкурса я отобрал старое фото, портрет девушки, встреченной на скамейке в петербургском ботаническом парке... За давностью лет я конечно не помню, что она делала в своем блокноте - делала наброски природы, писала дневник, или просто грезила наяву; но глаза ее явно повёрнуты внутрь себя. А еще мне понравился месидж на ее майке. Узнаёте цитатку?

--------- _{Photo is clickable for high-res.} [![2012-07-08_botsad_12w-s1.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbwbuH2iQgKPkH8p91byoi1JkVvhjBm9fW9kjEBDie12f/2012-07-08_botsad_12w-s1.jpg)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbwbuH2iQgKPkH8p91byoi1JkVvhjBm9fW9kjEBDie12f/2012-07-08_botsad_12w-s1.jpg)

location:	St.Petersburg, Russia	July 2012	natural lighting
camera/lens:	Canon 350D	Canon 50mm	ex-jpg

f 3.5	t 1/500	ISO 200

--------- This was my entry to ['Portrait photography and art'](https://steemit.com/hive-185836/@axeman/the-world-of-xpilar-portrait-photography-and-art-contest-week-118-14steem-in-prizes-submissions-post) contest by @axeman — week #118. ![sep1201.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/qwerrie/0Y2ZeDUN-sep1201.png) ###### Thanks for the visit! ###### BLOG is set to 100% powerup, as always. ###### All images taken by me, copyright (c) @qwerrie