Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
Pete Seeger/Fall River Music, Inc. (BMI)
Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone
Young girls picked them, every one
When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn
Where have all the young girls gone, long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone, long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone
Taken husbands, every one
When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn
(Similarly)
Where have all the young men gone...
You know they're all in uniform
When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn
Where have all the soldiers gone...
Gone to graveyards, every one
When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn
Where have all the graveyards gone...
Gone to flowers, every one
When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn
And where have all the flowers gone...
Young girls picked them, every one
When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn
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I think the patters on the wall are interesting. I feel the picture would have been stronger had you stood the photo up so it's not on its side and also did a horizontal flip to have the tall plant on the left side. We tend to scan from left to right, so having the empty space on the left makes the shot seem a bit unbalanced. Being that the photo doesn't haev much color in it, that seems fine, but you may need to do an unmask sharpen after resizing the photo down to 640x?. Your cropping is fine, you may have wanted to include a little more of the table so as to balance the white space at the top.
All in all this is an emotional photo. It is thought provoking and makes me wonder more about the subject in the photo.
Paul, this does grow on a person and the lyrics help the sentiment along. I think I have a better understanding of this piece. Thanks for bringing me back. Were I given the chance to change your score, I think I would have bumped it one or two points. The sideways picture is supposed to be saying to us - This person is no longer here - right?
Right...I wanted a photo of someone in uniform, but the only thing I had handy was a photo of Isaac in his Halloween sailor suit when he was about 2.
Flowers are a traditional metaphor for Youth. He's fallen, as are the dead blooms.
I was undecided about whether to include the flowers or just the headless stems; the photo and frame were a (relatively) last-minute addition.
It was set up in a small box with some white tissue; shot it outside in bright sun (leaning it against my car).
Of course, if I could ever get off the soapbox for even one week I've now thought up some song titles which would make dandy photos, although I already gave the best one away in a forum post...hmmm...something about "loose lips..."
Paul, this does grow on a person and the lyrics help the sentiment along. I think I have a better understanding of this piece. Thanks for bringing me back. Were I given the chance to change your score, I think I would have bumped it one or two points. The sideways picture is supposed to be saying to us - This person is no longer here - right?
Nice photo. Interesting shadows. Who is the boy in the photo and why is it sideways? Mostly, I see shrubbery parts that are used in flower arrangements, and a few dried flowers in front of the photo. I think I see the point you were going for, but I think I would have liked the flowers to be prominent. 6 Swash
Cool idea, but I didn't like all the shadows on the wall especially above the plant itself, and I didn't ge the meaning of the photo in the shot, though I am sure there is some signifigance. 6.
Take my comments for what they are worth for I am just a novice with a new camera. Dodo
I don't understand the photo. It's a beautiful photo with out it. Without the photo, I live the focus, the shadows, the cropping the colors, the subject - a score of 7 or 8. With the photo, it becomes a 4snapshot. Without the photo it's something I could see hanging on the wall of a livingroom. Seriously. PTL
Nice border. The shadows on the wall are distracting (try and diffuse the light more). I don't quite understand what the photograph is trying to communicate?
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