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Challenge: Acronyms (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Date: Feb 24, 2007
Aperture: 2.7
ISO: auto
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Family, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Feb 25, 2007

 HOPE OUR LOVE LASTS AND NEVER DIES
My parents\' gravestone.
My father, who had been ill for quite a while, and had dementia, asked every day for my mother, who had taken ill and died suddenly. He could not remember that she had died. The day he \"got it\", he came back to us for about one hour, and was his old self. He died 2 weeks later, bound and determined to join his wife of 56 years.

Taken in late afternoon in full sun. Sharpened, adjusted saturation, cloned in some additional flowers. Resized.

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 03/09/2007 11:41:53 AM
Greetings From the Critique Club!

Sorry, it's just me. :) I had fun guessing the acronym, but I had the same impression that Melethia had. It feels like you just pointed the camera at something. Now that's not too bad a thing when it's something important like this, but it dooms you to 5-land, and the soft focus dooms you to 4-land. You should always think about what is surrounding your subject, and you can change that by changing the angle of the shot and how close in you get.

Your camera settings make me think it wasn't as bright out as you thought. Notice your aperture is at 2.7. That creates a pretty shallow depth of field, and therefore not much is in focus. Are you aware of the sacred triangle of ISO, shutter speed, and aperture? If not, let me know and I'll point you to a tutorial or write one myself.

Sorry if I'm just giving you basic advice, but I'm pretty basic myself. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/05/2007 07:35:45 AM
Can honestly say I have never heard that one before.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/03/2007 01:10:14 PM
dont get your acronym
 03/03/2007 09:30:43 AM
I'm not sure what the acronym is but it's interesting that they died so close together. Not unusual if they were married a long time, though. The picture itself is a bit plain - centered and shot from above. If this has meaning to you, maybe try shooting it from a bit lower and include some of the environment.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/02/2007 12:49:21 AM
Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
Had to google this one.. Didn't get it at first..
Maybe because I am from Holland, and it makes it hard to see it as an acronym...
 03/01/2007 11:53:02 PM
Sorry Im missing this one, I dont understand the title, headstones are a hard shot to get much more than a snapshot. Good Luck
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2007 02:12:22 PM
Hope Of Love Lasting After Natural Death
 02/28/2007 10:17:50 PM
I'm sorry, I didn't quite understand the use of your acronym
 02/26/2007 09:17:03 PM
I can't work out what the acronymn is :(
 02/26/2007 04:52:57 AM
??? Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies. But, I had to look it up.
 02/25/2007 09:00:00 PM
I can't figure out the acronym "HOLLAND"(?)


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