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Emptiness
Emptiness
Carmelynn


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Challenge: Empty Room (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ10
Location: Marilla, NY
Date: Jun 1, 2006
Aperture: f 2.8 at 6.0mm
ISO: 200 at full exif
Shutter: 1/60 s
Galleries: Emotive, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Jun 1, 2006

 After moving out of what was our dream house to downsize for retirement... I really had an empty room... the house closes next week. The empty chair symbolizes our absence from what was once our home. I used the natural light on an overcast day coming from the large picture window... Slightly adjusted contrast... It produced a very empty feeling in me... Empty nest, loss of our faithful dog, loss of all the relatives who were once entertained there and are now gone... buried one yesterday...

Statistics
Place: 88 out of 114
Avg (all users): 5.1554
Avg (commenters): 5.4167
Avg (participants): 4.9054
Avg (non-participants): 5.2599
Views since voting: 831
Views during voting: 395
Votes: 251
Comments: 15
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AuthorThread
 06/12/2006 04:49:51 AM
Carmelynn - Thanks for sharing the story behind your image. May you find much joy and happiness in your new place of residence.

Barry
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/11/2006 07:21:47 PM
nice
 06/11/2006 03:54:15 PM
The chair is too centered. It doesn't look right.
TC
 06/10/2006 07:18:39 PM
I might have cropped the window/drapes off of the right.
 06/09/2006 10:04:32 AM
Simple...could work. This might be stronger if the chair wasn't centered, the curtains weren't visible, and the wall outlet not directly behind the chair.

New house? If so - congrats! Good luck in the challenge.
 06/09/2006 03:42:06 AM
Oh...I left my chair behind...sorry! LOL!
 06/07/2006 05:13:10 AM
hi, where is the creativity here ? sorry
 06/06/2006 11:15:17 PM
Although the centered composition can be used effectively at times, I don't think it's working in this case. It looks like you had a lot of space to work with, maybe using the rule of thirds, or an off centered approach would make for a stronger composition here. Some nice natural lighting from the window. With all that space, and the baseboards and corners and such, it just looks like there is more potential here to use some nice leading lines and such. Try exploring different angles and points of view. This appears to be shot from the dreaded 'normal eye level' position. Try from down low, up high, etc.
 06/06/2006 10:59:07 PM
Although this meets the challenge there really isn't any quality about it that makes it stand out from the others. It's a clear shot with nice focus, but just seems to be lacking.
 06/06/2006 05:07:57 PM
Would it really be in the middle of the room?
 06/05/2006 04:39:18 PM
overexposed carpet does ruin a nice image
 06/05/2006 03:04:19 PM
Now this is one thing in an empty room... nothing more :)
 06/05/2006 01:00:02 PM
Back one inch to the right
 06/05/2006 12:10:28 AM
Good lighting and composition, B&W conversion would add soul to this picture. Good luck! :-)
 06/04/2006 10:24:21 PM
It's a good shot, however, my eyes drew to the curtain that needs to be straightened.


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