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Miss Havisham's fateful moment
Miss Havisham's fateful moment
krnodil


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Challenge: Abandoned (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Custom Made Zone Plate
Location: Virginia, US
Date: Nov 1, 2008
Aperture: zone plate
ISO: 125
Shutter: 20s
Galleries: Pinhole/Zone Plate
Date Uploaded: Nov 1, 2008

 I happen to like Charles Dickens. So, for Abandoned, I present to you one Miss Havisham, a character in the novel Great Expectations - a spinster gone a bit insane, who spent many decades dressed in her wedding gown and veil, with all the clocks in her home stopped at 20 minutes to 9, the exact moment on her wedding day when she had learned of her groom's desertion and betrayal. Some more on her here.

Shot with a zone plate, so soft focus is the order of the day. I wanted a gauzy, dreamlike quality and zone plate gets me exactly that.

Statistics
Place: 98 out of 148
Avg (all users): 5.1967
Avg (commenters): 6.5556
Avg (participants): 5.4200
Avg (non-participants): 5.0417
Views since voting: 3001
Views during voting: 249
Votes: 122
Comments: 18
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 11/22/2008 02:06:21 PM
Oh this is wonderful, what an inspired use of zone plate. I love the pinkish tones and the dreamy far away quality of Miss Havisham.
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 11/10/2008 11:56:11 AM
I didn't get it because I never read the book. I think you did a great job at portraying the situation but I think that most people, like me, didn't get it.
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 11/10/2008 08:30:50 AM
Well I understood it and it got a 6 from me :) Never even crossed my mind it was a ZP shot! Am wondering if 'Miss Haversham' and the Clock changed position this would have scored a little more?

Congrats on a 5+ Karen :)
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 11/10/2008 04:21:53 AM
I don't think that the literary reference should have taken you so far down as the image is sublime. I *still* don't exactly understand the reference....maybe I should read it! LOL!!
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 11/09/2008 08:52:07 PM
Excellent take on the challenge! Do keep making people think - it gives us something in challenges to do other than poke at numbers.
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 11/09/2008 07:28:51 PM
wonderful... and great DPC finish for a lensless photo. Still not a 5.5 :)
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 11/09/2008 07:18:34 PM
soooooo cool and artsy! I may have to pick up that book again some time because I do not remember the character. Love the storytelling and symbolism. The soft focus is dreamy and perfect!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/09/2008 05:16:13 PM
perfect exposure on the model. If only you had a prettier clock! Still, a great shot.
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 11/09/2008 01:51:13 AM
Sorry, I'm missing the significance of the time and name and veil. Nicely executed.
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 11/08/2008 06:20:49 PM
Dreamy. What an imagination. Wow.
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 11/08/2008 03:30:07 PM
Do not get it. I like the wispy effect on the girl. The relfection on the clock detracts from the photo.
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 11/05/2008 01:47:39 PM
Sitting here wondering what the connection is between the rose and the clock, only to discover (to my delight) that it's not a rose at all... and I see her.

A charming and brilliant depiction of this character. My favourite for this challenge.
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 11/05/2008 08:01:19 AM
Having never read Great Expectations, I'll habve to take your word that this is a legitimate tie-in. Terrific image, nonetheless. 6
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 11/04/2008 05:37:27 PM
you know, this is a fabulous shot! Just not sure on how this says "abandoned"????
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 11/03/2008 05:30:24 PM
Like the soft focus... adds to the dreaminess of the shot
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 11/03/2008 02:01:30 PM
Meets Challenge:2
Technical:2
Interestingness:1
Creativity:1
TOTAL: 6
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 11/03/2008 08:48:15 AM
don't get it
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 11/03/2008 04:29:55 AM
Very clever, though I'm not sure if everybody will be familiar with the Dickens character. From what I remember, this is the time that she was abandoned at the alter? Perhaps too much foreknowledge is needed to "get" this, but I hope not. I like the blur and the ghostly feel of Miss Havisham inthe back. I find the white gap in the lower left corner a little distracting, a version with the clock filling that corner would be cool.
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