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The Song of Wandering Aengus
The Song of Wandering Aengus
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Challenge: Fill Flash II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Blairstown, NJ
Date: Oct 10, 2010
Aperture: 20
ISO: 100
Shutter: .5 sec
Galleries: Food and Drink, Blur
Date Uploaded: Oct 10, 2010

 W.B. Yeats

I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;

And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.

When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire a-flame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And some one called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.

Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.


Statistics
Place: 59 out of 64
Avg (all users): 4.5070
Avg (commenters): 5.2857
Avg (participants): 4.2500
Avg (non-participants): 4.5818
Views since voting: 1655
Views during voting: 333
Votes: 142
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 10/22/2010 03:56:41 AM
Unfortunately I only gave this a 7 in voting, on review, I think it is a stunning image and the poem is so fitting. I'm now giving you an extra 3 points that you deserve.
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 10/21/2010 09:19:26 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club :-)

I really like this shot. The warm color is very soothing. Has good clarity with movement for a abstract type of image. I think the composition could had been a little better by moving the center apple to the left some to show the highlights to shadows from 1/3 to 1/3 to 1/3 if that makes any sense. I had little trouble tying the image to the challenge with the shadow in front. I didn't get the sense of fill flash. Pretty cool image.
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 10/18/2010 11:09:44 AM
a wonderful between moment, I grasp but no not grasp.
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 10/17/2010 09:50:23 PM
Ahh, makes sense to me now. I lingered on this during voting, enjoyable light, color, and movement. Well done.
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 10/17/2010 08:12:33 PM
Originally posted by ubique:
Well how about that! And I thought you had to be Clive. Hopefully you will both view my mistake as a compliment.


I certainly do, though I was banging my head trying to figure out what CPN was...
 10/17/2010 08:10:21 PM
Well how about that! And I thought you had to be Clive. Hopefully you will both view my mistake as a compliment.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/16/2010 03:53:53 AM
CPN + WBY = a fire in my head. Thank you.
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 10/14/2010 09:01:45 AM
I really like titles that send me scurryinbg off to google - so I'm grateful for the introduction to the poem - i sort of wish the whoile picture had the same feel as the bottom right quadrant - ut it is interesting and full of movement
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 10/14/2010 07:52:45 AM
This one doesn't do anything for me I'm afraid. I don't mind abstract shots per se but I find this overly messy and distracting.
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 10/11/2010 11:28:06 PM
You get an extra point for making me wonder
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 10/11/2010 08:07:44 AM
Lovely tones.
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 10/11/2010 06:52:41 AM
This Aengus is wandering all over the place!
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 10/11/2010 03:45:20 AM
A pretty good title. The image has some interesting elements.
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 10/10/2010 08:37:07 PM
The golden apples of the sun!
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 10/10/2010 08:09:55 PM
wow - this looks great! i love what you did with the colors!
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