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Together We Can Make A Difference
Together We Can Make A Difference
BeckyT


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Challenge: Pink III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300s
Lens: Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR
Location: Front porch
Date: Oct 7, 2011
Aperture: f7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/80sec
Galleries: Emotive, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 7, 2011

 This challenge hits me very hard in a personal way. I lost my best friend (my mother) August 3, 2011 to breast cancer. She fought this horrible disease since June 17, 1996 (when it was first diagnosed). She was a wonderful wife, mother of 4, grandmother of 4, courageous and a fighter to the very end. I miss her so very much. As soon as this challenge came up I knew I had to enter. I wanted something simple but with a lot of emotion. I have this breast cancer bracelet that I wear that I figured would be perfect. My hand models are my daughter and my son. There is another heart shaped charm on this bracelet that I have on the other side of my daughter's hand that had the following words stamped on it "Together We Can Make A Difference". With my two kids holding hands to signify togetherness the photo came together. It was my daughter's idea to make everything B/W except for the bracelet. I am glad I went with her idea because it gave me the simplicity I was going for and yet at the same time a lot of emotion in such a simple shot. I used ambient light and a black velvet background.

10/31/2011 Selected as Photo of the Week on www.jpgmag.com

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 106
Avg (all users): 6.5752
Avg (commenters): 7.7143
Avg (participants): 6.2979
Avg (non-participants): 6.7727
Views since voting: 2880
Views during voting: 213
Votes: 113
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 11/01/2011 07:30:38 AM
Congrats on photo of the week and the HM here..I love the emotion conveyed from the shot! Very nicely done!
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 10/17/2011 04:01:43 PM
Congrats on the HM! I thought this was very well done and quite touching...
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 10/17/2011 06:50:19 AM
Very emotional story and image. Congrats on the HM
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 10/17/2011 03:28:41 AM
Congratulations on your HM. It's a great image full of meaning.
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 10/16/2011 11:31:42 PM
Beautiful, and clearly an emotional image. Congrats on the HM
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 10/16/2011 11:04:27 PM
This was my favorite of the challenge. Sorry for your loss. Thank you for the back story. My thoughts to you and your family.
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 10/16/2011 08:17:17 PM
WoooooooooHOOOOOOO! Top 5! Congratulations, Becky! Love this image! I am so happy for you especially because it has a very personal meaning to you and your family. A very worthy tribute to your wonderful mother.
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 10/16/2011 08:08:08 PM
Wonderful and sad story, I admire your passion and strength. Good work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/16/2011 04:41:02 PM
Lovely
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 10/15/2011 08:35:19 AM
Nice tones, great sentiment. Bumping this one up.
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 10/12/2011 10:29:55 AM
I am generally not a big fan of selective desat, but this one works very well. Great message!
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 10/11/2011 01:17:18 PM
excellent composition, poignant theme, the nails are blown out a bit I suppose.
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 10/10/2011 06:57:53 PM
Awesome! They should use this photo for the next breast cancer campaign. It's fabulous!
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 10/10/2011 11:42:41 AM
love this, the desat, the message, and the togetherness of the image
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 10/09/2011 10:23:07 PM
Oh so true. Love it.
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