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Blood of the Fallen
Blood of the Fallen
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Challenge: Glass (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A40
Location: Diemen, The Netherlands
Date: May 5, 2003
Aperture: 10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.6 seconds
Galleries: Emotive, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 5, 2003

 Some background information:
On the 4th of May we remember those who have fallen for our freedom in Holland. The emblem on the glass belongs to one of the Dutch light cruisers the Hr. Ms. De Ruyter. This ship was lost in the night of the 26-27th of February 1942 during the Battle of the Java Sea. The glass belonged to my grandfather who served in the Navy during WWII (fortunately for me not on the Hr. Ms. De Ruyter otherwise I would not have existed).

About the picture:
I think this is one of the most difficult challenges I participated so far. The hardest part was to bring some interest to the glass for the viewer. The picture was taken indoors. I used daylight for light and a white sheet as background. The color of the blood is bright red to show that a lot of years have passed since that tragic happening in 1942 and that the memories slowly fade away.

Statistics
Place: 209 out of 278
Avg (all users): 4.4000
Avg (commenters): 4.6000
Avg (participants): 4.4228
Avg (non-participants): 4.3738
Views since voting: 728
Votes: 230
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/13/2003 05:30:47 PM
= 6
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 05/13/2003 02:38:53 PM
good clear image
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/11/2003 11:35:56 PM
it doesn't look like blood, and what does the crest mean?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/09/2003 11:19:16 AM
NIcely composed, good contrasts and sharpness ... however, I had to grade it down a little (relative to others) because the star of the shot is the art *painted* on the glass, and not the glassness of it, if you will. A decent try, but not, IMHO, a great one, at the theme.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/09/2003 08:57:48 AM
background too bright
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 05/07/2003 04:12:19 AM
this looks like snapshot, or at least like shot for an cheap catalog.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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