The Foreign Service Journal, November 2012

90 NOVEMBER 2012 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL LOCAL LENS BY BETH PAYNE n TAKEN WITH A CANON 7D USING A CANON 28-135MM ZOOM LENS. THE FOCAL LENGTH WAS 112MM AT F5.6, 1/125 SHUTTER. Enter your photography to be featured in Local Lens! Images must be high resolution (at least 11 MB). Please submit a short description of the scene/event, as well as your name and the type of camera used to locallens@afsa.org. E arly morning in Seoul is the best time to explore the city. In the wee hours, the city is bustling with life, with vendors selling fruits, vegetables and baked goods. I wonder what time this woman must have gotten up to pick her fresh greens and corn and travel into the city, ready to sell her wares at the crack of dawn. n Beth Payne is a 20-year veteran of the Foreign Service and a member of the FSJ Editorial Board. She has served in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, and is now posted in Washington, D.C., where she is director of the Office of Children’s Issues in the Bureau of Consular Affairs. She is an avid photographer. You can see more of her photographs at http://backroadtravels.worldpress.com.