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All that we see or seem...Is but a dream within a dream
All that we see or seem...Is but a dream within a dream
sher


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study XIII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Collection: Fauna
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon
Location: Mississippi
Date: Sep 30, 2006
Galleries: Emotive, Nature
Date Uploaded: Sep 30, 2006

 Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow-
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand-
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep- while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
-Edgar Allan Poe

Statistics
Place: 526 out of 615
Avg (all users): 4.8974
Avg (commenters): 5.1000
Avg (participants): 4.8581
Avg (non-participants): 5.0500
Views since voting: 874
Views during voting: 257
Votes: 195
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 03/29/2008 11:34:17 PM
love the brilliant colours and that excellent movement ..
& i loved the poem .. he seems so tormented .. i wish i was so articulate.. how wonderful to be able to put your feelings with such power and creativity .. a great combo with your photograph .. :)

i was going to put this in pik your fav pic but i was too slow reading the poem .. got really lost in there .. :)
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 06/25/2007 04:08:12 AM
Again I really love the shallow dof.....
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 12/05/2006 08:30:52 PM
The more I look at this one, the more I like it. It's a shame soft focus and blur techniques are so taboo with the DPC voters. I think so many of them miss out on some great work by zipping past to the next shot and not taking a moment to ponder the expression.
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 11/10/2006 08:36:10 PM
sometimes votes are stupid...
really...
no really...
this score is ridiculous!
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 10/22/2006 09:01:37 AM
I guess at the time of the free study, we'd all seen a zillion butterflies, but to look at it now with fresh eyes, it is an exquisite image. The intense colors and DOF is awesome. Be proud of it on it's own and who cares about scores.
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 10/22/2006 08:58:25 AM
"...while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?......."

I love this line.

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 10/09/2006 12:22:55 AM
i gave this an 8, grrrrrrrrrrrrrr on the score!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2006 02:58:32 PM
THe soft greens in the background and purple of the thistle contrast nicely. I think that the butterfly should be a bit sharper in focus.
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 10/06/2006 07:58:00 AM
Shutter appears to have been to slow. Too much blur of the top wings.
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 10/03/2006 12:58:25 PM
Would have loved to see a sharper capture on the butterfly wings
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 10/03/2006 06:26:23 AM
Nice presentation Good Luck
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 10/03/2006 12:15:23 AM
an interesting take on a common subject...I quite like it
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 10/02/2006 05:15:38 PM
I think the flower overpowers the butterfly.. 5
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 10/01/2006 04:26:15 PM
Nice theme. These guys are very hard to capture because the are almost ALWAYS in motion. Nice job making the typical blurry image of a Swallowtail work.
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 10/01/2006 05:00:09 AM
would have been excellent if the butterfly was a little clearer! but could compisition of colours
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 10/01/2006 03:54:41 AM
Interesting movement on the butterfly.
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 09/30/2006 08:54:14 PM
Neat concept
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