Two different pictures, split second apart

Changde, Hunan
I was taking a picture of the canola field, mesmerized by the vibrant color of the flowers, trying to contrast it with the dark and warped branches of the nearby old tree that probably had witnessed over 30 blooming cycles of the flowers.  I was actually very constrained by the surrounding, and right outside of the viewfinder, there were lots of distracting objects that I was trying to avoid -- pictures are deceptive, what I had selectively depicted here is in no way a right representation of the full view.  I was looking through my viewfinder, and wham, right out of nowhere, this appeared....

Traditional Xiangxi woman
I had no time to respond but to press the shutter release -- no re-composition, no re-focusing, no time to think at all. The subject is now a traditional Xiangxi woman by a canola field.

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