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Challenge: Remembrance (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Lost in the Forest of Who I Am
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: NWNJ
Date: Nov 13, 2011
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 500
Shutter: 50
Galleries: Abstract, Blur
Date Uploaded: Nov 17, 2011

 Operation Enduring Freedom: freedom cannot always be endured. My heart goes out to warriors, their families, and their collateral damage. It is a circle of blood.

Statistics
Place: 56 out of 66
Avg (all users): 4.8800
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 5.3871
Avg (non-participants): 4.6522
Views since voting: 631
Views during voting: 207
Votes: 100
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 11/28/2011 05:28:43 AM
My favourite image of this challenge (I gave it an 8). I find it a shame (although in retrospect somewhat predictable) that it finished so low and with a score of <5. Despite being abstract this (imo) fits the challenge much better than the majority of the highest scoring entries that while perhaps 'good' images, I found somewhat soulless (or in some cases, missing the point). This entry, for me, really conveys emotion which I think is the most important factor and a real tribute to all those who've lost their lives in war.

I'm glad you're never perturbed by the threat of low scores when entering abstracts like this Don, I won't pretend to 'get' all your entries, but whenever you come up with one such as this I find it hard to understand how it can be so underappreciated by the voters. I guess that's art =).
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 11/25/2011 01:16:47 PM
le chagrin et la pitie. reaches right in and grabs. can hardly bear it.
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 11/25/2011 05:02:09 AM
My Grandpa was in the Army WW1, Dad was in the Navy WW2, I was in the Army Viet Nam and my Grandson in the Army is headed to Afghanistan. My Wife's ex died in Nam. Very beautiful image Don.
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 11/24/2011 09:26:17 PM
Beautiful Don.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/24/2011 05:26:28 AM
A beautiful offering.
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 11/22/2011 06:22:44 AM
lovely
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 11/18/2011 11:10:07 PM
the flower of sleep ...

Beautifully elegiac. The only one. 10. Thank you.
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 11/18/2011 03:15:17 PM
Nice ephemeral feel to this image.
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 11/18/2011 02:38:13 AM
A fresh take on the challenge. Red poppies? Very nice
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 11/17/2011 08:38:20 PM
WOW. 10
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