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Challenge: Human Portrait (Minimal) (Minimal Editing I)
Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M5
Lens: Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm 1:2.8 Macro
Date: Mar 6, 2013
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/50
Date Uploaded: Mar 8, 2013

 This is my mother the day after she came out of hospital after having a small stroke. I went and stayed a few days with her during the challenge dates so for much of the week it was just the two of us. She's doing ok. It was a relatively minor stroke and physically she's fine but she's still a bit confused and has lost a lot of semantic association and the ability to read. This will get better i'm sure as she does various exercises but it's quite a blow for her at the moment as reading is pretty much her favourite pastime.

Anyway, not much to say about the portrait. It's a moment i captured late at night with only a side lamp on. The composition is on purpose, of course, as i wanted to use negative space to portray the confusion/loss etc that she is suffering from.

Minimal/Advanced debate... There's not much i'd want to change really. It is what it is in minimal. I'd maybe clone out a couple of tiny marks on the wall. It's obviously not a posed portrait so not really one that can be planned or anticipated. I spot metered to deal with the harsh lighting and to get the high contrast i wanted.


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Place: 47 out of 64
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Avg (commenters): 7.2000
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Views since voting: 306
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Votes: 133
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 05/09/2013 01:39:01 PM
Got the asigmatic for this'un!
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 03/20/2013 04:14:05 PM
Life... tough. I wanted to post an image of my mother in January, but she died just then, couldn't submit it thereafter. All the best with your mother's recoupment. Give love in abundance.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/19/2013 11:31:57 PM
Evocative... sincerely hoping for the best..
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 03/19/2013 10:21:17 PM
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 03/13/2013 05:54:39 PM
This has a dark feel to it! After reading the title it makes sense.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/13/2013 05:06:55 PM
at first i didn't like this, but i looked closer and considered the title and it all made sense. 7
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 03/13/2013 12:50:21 AM
I can feel her pain. The composition is something that would normally be off-putting, but for this it is strangely appropriate. I would not have been bold enough to enter this. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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