wonderful image don. i wish i had voted, you'd have had another 10! it's so rare to see classical references, well done indeed. colour, focus, composition all fab. wonderful sense of menace - priceless...
Very impressive for a speed challenge. I think the focus hurt your score. I know the string is the indicator of time, so maybe Atropos should have been more out of focus. Either that or the whole shot in sharp focus. Also you were hurt by ignorance -- and I suspect many voters didn't bother to find out who Atropos is.
I like everything about this image except the focus, especially the lighting and dark shadow, the diagonal composition, and the rough wall. Your model did a good job with the menacing expression.
Interesting photo. Not getting the connection to Time. She looks like a psycho nun or something. :) I understand the creative use of DOF but I would like more of her face in focus (at least down thru the eyes).
Ok. ... Greek mythology isn't on my radar. Glad I came back to revisit this image. I was hoping for some description of what it meant, and voila, thanks to some thoughtful commenters I now know what Atropos has to do with time. :D
In Greek mythology, Atropos was one of the three Moirae, the Fates, the female deities who supervised fate rather than determine it. Fate ---- Time? Interesting and somewhat disturbing image.
For those who didn't understand the photo and title:
'In Greek mythology, Atropos ("without turn", "she who cannot be turned away") was the third of the Moerae. She was the oldest of the Three Fates, and was known as the "inflexible" or "inevitable." It was Atropos who chose the mechanism of death and ended the life of each mortal by cutting their thread with her "abhorred shears." She worked along with Clotho, who spun the thread, and Lachesis, who measured the length. Her origin, along with the other two fates, is uncertain. Although some called them the daughters of the night. It is clear, however, that at a certain period they ceased to be concerned with death and became instead those power which decided what must happen to individuals. Although ZEUS was the chief Greek god, he was still subject to the decisions of the Fates, and thus the executor of destiny rather than its source.'
I didn't understand so I looked it up. What a great photo I now see...perfect for the challenge...10.
Interesting photo. Not getting the connection to Time. She looks like a psycho nun or something. :) I understand the creative use of DOF but I would like more of her face in focus (at least down thru the eyes).
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