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This great portrait of Charlotte in Zenni glasses
concludes her photo shoot.

I wish to thank Charlotte for her enthousiasm and her
pleasant company during this wonderful photo shoot
which took us only two hours. Charlotte adds a special
and refreshing element to the "ladies behind crystal
veil" weblog. She will be back within a couple of weeks
for another photo shoot and I look forward to that.
To be continued!

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A beautiful, natural portrait of Charlotte in modern
Zenni glasses, Rx -8.

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Glasses: Zenni
[L=R: -8.00]

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Glasses: Zenni
[L=R: -8.00]

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Glasses: Zenni
[L=R: -8.00]

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Glases: Zenni
[L=R: -8.00]

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Charlotte "at the crossroads" (Bob Dylan), exchanging
her hyperopia for a rather severe myopia for just a
couple of minutes. The results are marvellous and this
beautiful portrait is one of the highlights in her entire
photo shoot. Great!

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Glasses: Zenni
[L=R: -8.00]

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Charlotte bridging a gap of no less than 13 diopters
during the final minutes of her photo shoot. We
worked at high speed during this finale because we
were running out of time, but the results are great

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Glasses: Zenni
[L=R: -8.00]

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Glasses: Zenni
[L=R: -8.00]

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At this point in the photo shoot, I recognized that
my model was getting tired.... High time for the
modern glasses. Be prepared for a paradigm shift!

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These glasses, near Charlotte's own Rx, were
a welcome find in my own neighbourhood

Charlotte 154

Glasses: Bebel
[L: +4.00; c+1.00 h / R: +3.50; c+2.00 v]

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Another experiment with the light in the lenses.
Charlotte in bifocals a couple of diopters above
her own Rx, showing the position of the half moon
reading segments

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Glasses: nameless, circa 1990
[L=R: +7.50 / bif add 3.50]

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Hi there, Mr. Photographer!

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For comparison, another portrait of Charlotte in
1990's bifocals from my own town - not a city -
in Holland

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A stunning portrait of Charlotte in 1990's
bifocals from my own town in Holland. One
of my favourites from this photo shoot!

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Glasses: nameless, 1990's
[L: +4.75; c+0.75 o / R: +5.25; c+0.75 o / bif add 2.50]

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Another powerful portrait of Charlotte in late
1980's Sover glasses

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Glasses: Sover, late 1980's
[L: +4.25; c+2.75 o / R: +5.00; c+2.00 o]

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Glasses: Sferoflex, 1990's
[L: +5.00; c+0.50 o / R: +5.25]

Charlotte 140

Cobra glasses were - and maybe still are - made
in Austria

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Glasses: Cobra, late 1980's
[L: +5.50; c+1.00 h / R: +6.00; c+1.00 h]

Charlotte 138

Glasses: Boots (Primula)
[L: +7.00; c+1.00 v / R: +6.00; c+1.00 v]

Charlotte 137

Another hide and seek portrait of Charlotte in
Vienna Line glasses, acquired in Switzerland.
Beautiful!

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Glasses: Viennaline
[L: +5.00 / R: +5.50]

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One for the road, as pub tigers say in Dublin -
Charlotte in small but great glasses from the
Irish capital, a city I love so well (the late Luke
Kelly will agree from his cloud)
And by the way, my favourite B&B in Stoney
Batter, Dublin, was called the Charlotte House.
During my frequent visits there, I never asked
the owner (she was called Sheila) about who on
earth Charlotte was :)

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More sunlight tricks in the lenses of these Rx +7
Specsavers glasses from Dublin

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Another beautiful portrait of Charlotte in Specsavers
glasses acquired from a Dublin charity shop.
And no, they did not come from the Dublin relation
mentioned earlier. She gives most of her old glasses
to her daughter who has nearly her own +8 Rx

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Charlotte in "Rose" Specsavers glasses - one of
the finest matches in this photo shoot!

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Glasses: Specsavers (Rose)
[L: +5.00; c+2.00 v / R: +7.00]

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The lenses in these bifocals from Germany are
so scratched that I was hesitating about giving
them a try. The lenses look as if a skating contest
has been performed on them. But Charlotte was
not bothered by the scratches and here she gives
us another striking image of her good self

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A stunning portrait of Charlotte in 1990's bifocals
from Germany

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A striking portrait of Charlotte in bifocals from
Germany

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Glasses: nameless, 1990's
[L: +6.00; c+1.00 v / R: +6.25; c+0.75 v / bif add 2.50]

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Another striking portrait of Charlotte in 1990's
Profiles bifocals from Dublin

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Charlotte in 1990's Profiles bifocals with the
sunlight playing in the lenses. The position of
the circle shaped reading parts can be seen
faintly. The optician did a good job and my
guess is that the first owner of these beautiful
glasses was pleased with them

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These 1990's Profiles bifocals were acquired in
a Dublin charity shop at the turn of the century

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Glasses: Profiles, 1990's
[L: +5.00; c+1.00 h / R: +5.50 / bif add 2.00]

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Another lovely portrait of Charlotte in bifocals
from Wales, Rx +6