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Letting Go
Letting Go
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Challenge: Despair II (ARCHIVAL) (Standard Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Date: Apr 23, 2008
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Apr 26, 2022

[Apr. 27th, 2022 02:39:33 AM]

I realize this image is very sad and will likely not be well-received by some. It was the end result of a long, difficult fight.

The little guy was very, very ill. The vet gave it his all & tried to save him & the foal fought for a while and was done. The owner chose to spare him any more suffering and made the hardest but kindest decision to let him go.

There is a bright spot to the story... a day or two later the mare, still with milk, went to live with an orphan that lost his mother. That foal had been basically force fed to keep him alive and He was so, so depressed when we got there I was really worried for him if they didn't bond and it was a slow process but the mare helped him survive and even thrive.


Statistics
Place: 24 out of 40
Avg (all users): 5.4500
Avg (participants): 5.7143
Avg (non-participants): 5.1579
Views since voting: 155
Views during voting: 76
Votes: 40
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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 05/04/2022 08:42:27 AM
In my voting this came 7th place, a very sad and desperate picture really. Tugs on anyone that knows what blue juice is and has been there. I am so sorry about the brave foal. The ending for the poor Mum though is happy as she gets another chance. Sorry you guys had to go through this.
 05/04/2022 12:39:03 AM
Originally posted by SandyP:
Thank you for telling us the happy ending! What a terribly sad story! Life! It's just so sad and despairing sometimes!


Thank you. The image is truly the epitome of despair in my view. I knew it had the potential to totally bomb (which it did) or do very well as composition-wise it's a very good image and it's processed well but it just hits too hard to get to that other side. It's totally authentic but could have been easily staged as well.
 05/04/2022 12:30:19 AM
Thank you for telling us the happy ending! What a terribly sad story! Life! It's just so sad and despairing sometimes!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/27/2022 01:19:18 PM
Blue juice, now this is sad.
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 04/27/2022 12:32:32 AM
So sorry I clicked on this.
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