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Challenge: Too Late (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5400
Location: Plainsburg Cemetery, Le Grand, California
Date: Dec 5, 2005
Aperture: f3.4
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/2000s
Galleries: Emotive, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Dec 5, 2005

 This is an intensely personal entry for me, and I thought about not entering it at all, because if it ends up being reduced from a powerful emotional moment to a score of 4.1 and fifteen "the petal bent over is distracting"/"Don't see how this meets challenge" comments I may have to throw myself off a bridge.

Speaking of "meets challenge":

We learned too late that doctors are people prone to mistakes (and sometimes ulterior motives) and that we shouldn't be too blindly trusting when we hand over to them the care of people we love.

We waited until too late to take good pictures of our ill baby, and so we only have about six, all with us in full hospital gear and her full of tubes.

Corrective surgery was scheduled for three months of age. Too late for Natalie, as she died at the age of nine weeks. Had she lived, this month she would have had her eighth birthday.

*****
I desaturated reds, magentas, and yellows just a bit -- the pink ribbon was distractingly vivid. Cropped, and resized.

Statistics
Place: 36 out of 168
Avg (all users): 5.5857
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.3898
Avg (non-participants): 5.6623
Views since voting: 951
Views during voting: 289
Votes: 210
Comments: 6
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus C-5050Z
 12/13/2005 05:13:38 PM
No colour.. more dramatic. Because of the grave.
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Casio Exilim EX-Z3
 12/09/2005 01:19:27 PM
not sure about the ribbon, but I like the choice of flower and shadows create interest. I also like the grave you chose. cross adds to it
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Kodak Z740
 12/08/2005 11:25:03 PM
A very pretty twist on the normal flower pictures! I like that you were bold enough to attempt to photograph the essence of death.

<3 Sarah
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot Pro1
 12/07/2005 02:55:48 PM
nice shot. this is such a beautiful shot, yet such a sad feeling. it captures the feelings
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-W1
 12/07/2005 02:36:46 PM
very focused...nicely done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 12/07/2005 12:55:32 PM
Excellent depiction of "too late" as well as a good image
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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