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the truth about mourning
the truth about mourning
krnodil


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Challenge: Abstract Emotion (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Reston, VA
Date: Sep 28, 2008
Aperture: f/2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/20s
Galleries: Abstract, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Sep 28, 2008

 I intended a pun on mourning/morning. I also shot for an interpretation of the challenge that aims to stimulate an emotional response in the viewer, rather than being a more straightforward representation of an emotion itself. I see in this image calmness, and patience, and hope - in that the day begins and goes on, even if you are not quite ready to participate fully in it yet.

Shot in infrared, and with shallow DOF and slight manual defocus to get a softer look.

The subject is the quality of light and as such I believe this qualifies as an abstract.

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after challenge:

s'more articulation of what I saw in this shot, what it means to me:

I just like the quiet and clean look of morning light coming into a dim room - the day as persistent, but unobtrusively so. And then I thought that was the truth about morning - it will come on, regardless, and go on, with or without you. Then I thought of the homonyms - morning/mourning, and thought how it could be a truth about mourning too - when you come to that point in the process where you realize and accept that life goes on and you must rejoin things. So the truth about morning is also the truth about mourning.

Statistics
Place: 108 out of 140
Avg (all users): 4.9000
Avg (commenters): 6.3750
Avg (participants): 4.8689
Avg (non-participants): 4.9241
Views since voting: 1015
Views during voting: 252
Votes: 140
Comments: 9
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/07/2008 02:18:56 PM
Woefully underappreciated. I visited this image several times in voting, and in fact thought it could be yours. Really very lovely. I envy your ability to really SEE what it is you want to convey, then to make the adjustments (here, the tonality, the focus) to achieve your goal.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 10/03/2008 01:28:09 PM
A rare case of an out of focus image being the perfect way to convey of a concept. This suggests to me that someone is bleary-eyed from crying. I'm really curious to see where this one winds up in the rankings. As for me, I'm giving it a 9. Good job on this.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/03/2008 01:12:55 PM
I really like the feel of this. It's rather empty, lonely. One of those places that looks inviting, but no one ever sits there. Intriguing, and very well photographed.
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Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+
Canon TC-DC58B 1.5x Tele Converter
10/02/2008 03:57:03 PM
For me, it's not a true abstract but is enough of one to overlook the obvious. The title adds to the emotional part in a good way. I think for this challenge, titles were important.
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 10/01/2008 09:10:36 PM
love the title
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 09/29/2008 11:04:25 PM
Lovely
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/29/2008 09:41:13 PM
i dont see mounring... i see an out of focus couch. inform me if im missing something
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 09/29/2008 02:49:23 AM
Just so very, VERY beautiful!
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Nikon D7500
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 09/29/2008 12:40:12 AM
strangely this one really works. The colors are blah and the focus isn't there. The lack of focus makes it more abstract and the muted colors fit well with your title.
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