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Challenge: Darkness (Basic Editing III) Collection: Challenges Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5700 Location: Harwich Port, MA, USA Date: Jun 13, 2005 Aperture: f:6.5 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1 sec Date Uploaded: Jun 13, 2005
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Shot of porch light and staunless steel shade
levels, selective color, curves (inverted central portion in curves), neat image, usm, resize, border, save for web
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When I think about "what darkness means to me", I think about the bleak future of our planet, the shadow of nuclear holocaust and the shameless rape of the environment, and I think of the following from Robert Lowell, which I tried to put into imagery:
Pity the planet, all joy gone
from this sweet, volcanic cone;
peace to our children when they fall
in small war on the heels of small
war, unto the end of time
to police the earth, a ghost
orbiting forever lost
in our monotonous sublime. |
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06/22/2005 11:29:02 AM |
Great photo and way underrated.
I am amazed by the disparity between the average score of the commenters compared with the other voters as well as the disparity between the no-camera voters and the camera voters.
Again, great photo and it should be higher than the 31 percentile.
JV |
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06/21/2005 06:04:58 PM |
The enigmatic nature of this shot alone makes it a worthy challenge top ten finisher as far as I am concerned. I love a good abstract .... and this is a great one. The combination of ellispe, crescent and round shapes work so well in combination. Throw in a dash of warm color and the dark intrigue; this becomes a winner! |
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06/21/2005 09:46:09 AM |
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06/19/2005 01:40:26 PM |
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06/17/2005 02:37:55 AM |
creative and well done 10 |
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06/16/2005 11:19:15 PM |
Don't know what this is but I like it |
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06/16/2005 06:22:31 PM |
weird shot but unique and poetic. 8 |
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06/16/2005 11:51:13 AM |
Fantastic design statement. Love the luminescence on the ball. |
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06/14/2005 10:15:54 PM |
Well, you're not likely to be Robert Lowell. Robert Ward, perhaps? Whatever, this is a clever idea, and worthy of the quotation in a witty and metaphoric kind of way. Can't decide if the insects add or diminish, so it's probably add. 8 |
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06/14/2005 08:44:37 PM |
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