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Thorns of Despair
Thorns of Despair
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Challenge: Despair (Classic Editing)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix 6900Z
Location: My desk
Date: Feb 22, 2003
Aperture: F11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2.5s
Galleries: Emotive, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Feb 22, 2003

 The rose is a classic subject of beauty, love and happiness.

I used a withered miniature rose to express the idea of hopelessness and despair. I focussed on the thorns on the blackened dead branches, rather than the rose.

To reinforce the idea of despair, I tried to create a contrast between the thorns and the shadowy background.

Statistics
Place: 154 out of 200
Avg (all users): 4.1917
Avg (commenters): 4.6667
Avg (participants): 3.8980
Avg (non-participants): 4.4947
Views since voting: 1118
Votes: 193
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/08/2003 09:37:50 PM
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

COMPOSITION
I think you have a good idea, and I like that it gives the feeling of lost love, or love gone by. I think the overall picture strength could have been increased by having the stems going diagonally, from lower left to upper right, instead of horizontally. Horizontal, though it gives a stable feeling, also makes pictures feel static and almost stagnant. Also, though cropping part of the subject out of a picture can be effective at times, here it feels almost accidental. Maybe if the rose was placed within the frame a little differently, and not so close to the upper left edge.

TECHNIQUE
I think the limited depth of field hurt you on this one. If you wanted a soft focus, you may have been better having the whole thing with a soft focus. As it is, the eyes want ot rest on the rose, but the thorns are what is in focus, and it is conflicting to look at. The lighting is awesome. Very dreamy and emotional.

OVERALL EFFECT
I think you have an awesome idea here, there were just a couple of things in the execution that kept people from getting the full effect of you shot.


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/28/2003 12:10:10 PM
I do like this - I'm giving it an 8 - but I'm not sure about the depth of field: I don't think I like the half-dead petals being out of focus. Love the light though, and the texture of the background.
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 02/27/2003 03:42:56 PM
This picture turned out very well. I think that the small peices braking off made the picture alot more intresting nice work
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 02/27/2003 02:29:22 PM
nice photo, i really like the idea.
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 02/26/2003 10:45:52 PM
No comment.
 02/24/2003 06:09:57 PM
With the aperture open just a bit more, the focus on the whole thing would be much better.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/24/2003 05:55:41 PM
Nice contrasts and good idea. Many thorns are pretty sharp. I wish the petals were even blurrier and that the thorns had even more of the stage.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/24/2003 07:31:39 AM
I like the use of DOF in this shot and the title is used effectively to describe the challenge. The grainy background is also interesting. That said, I think the shot might have worked better with a stronger light source.
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