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Between last breaths and first regrets...
3rd PlaceBetween last breaths and first regrets...
pamb


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Challenge: High-Key Blur (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Date: Aug 2, 2012
Date Uploaded: Aug 2, 2012

 I wanted Elvis Costello's "The Poisoned Rose" but as that's also the first line I thought it just didn't suit as a title :) so I settled on this instead:
Elvis Costello - Song with Rose

Between last breaths and first regrets
The days dragged on like cigarettes
In the distance martyrs and martinets
Dally, dancing with the empty silhouettes of threats

So, where but heaven does love end
And where on earth does it begin
It's not the kind of love that is pinned
Like a medal
Or presses pennies in a tin

There is hope, and after that, there is only faith
Love like a wraith
Never made me afraid
Consoled as I was by that shade...

Here lie the roses in the ashes
Deep as the barnacles that cling
Just like a lace that runs through everyone and everything

In that other still forever
In that time before the past
I told myself we'd be together
Can you promise me that it will be eternally?

There is hope, and after that, there is only faith
Love like a wraith
Never made me afraid
Consoled as I was
Consoled as I was
Consoled as I was by that shade...

IMG_0454 - this will be interesting, again. I'm totally unsure what people will be looking for because I have no clear idea about what the challenge title vs the challenge description was asking. I went with High Key, Soft Focus (I think!) and minimal (if any) 'blur'. Oh well, bring it on :)

[Aug. 6th, 2012 03:50:16 AM]

Just a note - this effect was achieved in camera. Afternoon light in my garden, a piece of white paper torn so when it was wrapped around the stem the rose 'stuck out of it', a piece of cling film held between the lens and the flower with left hand, manual focus, half crouch down like a nong, camera in right hand, sway back and forth, click when it looked good. Oh, I forgot this part: feel like an absolute twit when son's friend visits and her Dad pulls into my driveway, takes one look, drives away, only to come back in 5 minutes and tentatively ask if he's in the right place! :0 Welcome to my world, buddy! :) My kids have to put up with this weird stuff all the time :)

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Place: 3 out of 57
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Votes: 85
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 08/15/2012 01:31:51 AM
Congrats on the yellow, Pam. The image is lovely and so is the title.
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 08/11/2012 04:36:16 PM
I bet Monet would have been honored to use this as a source photo for a couple dozen paintings. Lovely work, and congratulations on your yellow!
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 08/10/2012 10:22:02 PM

LOVE IT.....SO SOFT DELICATE AND DEFINITELY LOW KEY AT ITS BEST. THIS IS MY MOST LOVED IMAGE RE THIS 'HIGH KEY' CHALLENGE SO IT GETS MY SHERPET 'BLUE' STAR AWARD OF EXCELLENCE...

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A AWESOME ENTRY THAT TOUCHED MY HEART.



CONGRATULATIONS FROM SHEZ
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 08/10/2012 05:56:06 PM
Congrats. lovely photo and story plus Elvis Costello to boot
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 08/10/2012 02:32:22 PM
Pam, congrats on the ribbon! Well done!
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 08/10/2012 11:59:02 AM
Congrats on the ribbon.
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 08/10/2012 10:11:55 AM
Congratulations on the ribbon, Pam. Sumptuous colors and softness.
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 08/10/2012 08:47:20 AM
So delicate... look long enough and you begin to smell the wonderful rose! Congrats on the yellow!
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 08/10/2012 05:26:04 AM
Congrats on the ribbon, Pam! :)
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 08/10/2012 02:32:27 AM
Breathtakingly beautiful, Pam. Congrats on the ribbon.
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 08/10/2012 01:52:04 AM
Thanks for the story. Very well done image. Quite mysterious
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 08/10/2012 01:39:34 AM
Oh, so pretty!!!
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 08/10/2012 01:11:56 AM
Very very nice... Is by far my favorite of the challenge.
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 08/10/2012 12:32:02 AM
You are rockin' DPC's world lately, Pam!

Congrats!
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 08/10/2012 12:24:02 AM
Love the story. My neighbors have stopped looking at my antics:-)

Congrats on the ribbon!
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 08/10/2012 12:05:24 AM
Congratulations Pam...I told you it would do well. I do know a little bit about camera stuff and those image things that come out of a camera!!! :)))))
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 08/10/2012 12:01:35 AM
ha another ribbon, well done Pam, twas lovely!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/09/2012 09:35:54 PM
Didn't guess the song, had to look it up.
Your image is beautiful, and meets all aspects of this challenge. One of the best.
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 08/09/2012 07:40:14 AM
Song with Rose - Elvis Costello - perfect high ket and soft blur. voted earlier
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 08/08/2012 06:17:30 PM
beautiful 10 my blue pick so far
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 08/08/2012 01:19:30 PM
#2, tied with another
So many images missed in this challenge, that this was an easy second. The subtlety of the rose in the middle can be lost if you don't look for an extended period of time. If you could have pulled slightly more contrast in that region, this image would have been much better; not much more contrast, just a little.
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 08/08/2012 01:12:45 PM
cant vote, but i would give this a 10. well done. best image i came across by far.
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 08/07/2012 11:57:01 AM
The days dragged on like cigarettes...beautiful representation of Song with Rose 10!
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 08/06/2012 08:49:30 PM
pretty~
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 08/05/2012 09:16:37 PM
I love this shot.
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 08/05/2012 04:03:09 PM
Song with Rose
The tones are particularly lovely.
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 08/04/2012 04:47:02 AM
Beautiful high key shot. Elvis Costello and Rose?
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 08/03/2012 10:12:22 AM
Nice, simple and clean. It doesn't grab me personally as much as some of the others, but your technicals are strong. 7
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 08/03/2012 12:26:25 AM
First 10 of the challenge, fantastic photo!
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