This poor elephant looked really so pitiful way in the back of the enclosure right up next to the rock wall.
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Post challenge: I think that many of you were quite narrow in your approach to the word desolation. If you look it up and think about it, this guy certainly epitomizes it. Thanks for the comments and even the DNMC's - I guess we are all entitled to our own opinion. That's what makes art so subjective.
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A concept has often hidden cultural aspects by those who speak it as a naitive language. We, who have to rely on dictionaries to get a part the meaning, often experience that narrow approach to words Judy mentions in her post challenge clause.
By the way, the photo is absolutely stunning. Editing skills amazing.
Judy, your photoshop skills are SO GOOD! The post-processing on this is spectacular. I remember seeing this guy when you took the picture, and tho I love that elephant. . .he didn't look THIS awesome!!! You're amazing! And I think this photo is underrated big time!
I thought I recognized that elephant, or at least that wall behind the elephant. I really like the processing you used here. I happen to know that it's tough to get contrast on these gals in the setting they have them and you did a very nice job dealing with that situation!
I actually already voted on this - one of my few. I stopped voting out of sheer aggrevation. My interpretation is different from everyone else's, almost. I really love the tone and texture of this image. Its almost alive and three dimensional. I like oyur title and the framing works for me. But, for me, this is more desolate than desolation. Is there a difference? Well, yes - one is a noun and one is a verb. With it being a verb, its a feeling that can change. With it being a noun, its a state of being. So I have a hard time with people and animals having the state of being of desolation. Does that make sense? It is my own bias - maybe there are animals, people that could be desolation but I haven't found one yet. Make sense? At any rate I gave you a 7 - 3 for technicals and 4 for emotive quality.
If you think your score is low, it could be due to close minded people just like me. :) Bump to 8 due to voting on all images. Added one for challenge topic.
the strange crop disorients the viewer, and the elephant blends into the wall, creating a vertiginous sense of desolation, only compounded by the sepia. 9.
The zoo is a desolate place for animals. this is a great example ... we know elephants are intelligent and can get depressed - great emotion and texture. A new fave of mine (9).
Yes, I can see the desolation in this photograph. I can feel the desolation of the elephant, I can feel the desolation of mother earth... I can feel the unrelenting passage of time - it appears that the elephant is fossilizing into the rock. This is haunting.
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