But it is doubtful if John Rogers noticed any of these excellencies.

He was absorbed at once and utterly in the personality of the person photographed.

This was a girl, bending over a still pool.
The pose was one of perfectly arrested grace and the face which was lifted, as if at the approach of someone, looked directly out of the picture and into Roger's eyes.

It was the most living picture he had ever seen.

The lips were parted as if for speech, there was a smile behind the widely opened eyes.