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The Desolate Swimmer
The Desolate Swimmer
Shermy


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Desolation II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Olympus E-20
Location: Home
Date: Jun 18, 2006
Date Uploaded: Jun 18, 2006

 Just thought this pic was kinda neat...

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 197
Avg (all users): 6.5606
Avg (commenters): 7.8621
Avg (participants): 6.4368
Avg (non-participants): 6.6577
Views since voting: 3335
Views during voting: 453
Votes: 198
Comments: 49
Favorites: 21 (view)

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 11/28/2007 06:14:57 PM
I always found this photo quite cool. :)
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 07/04/2007 10:12:33 PM
i thought about this picture a few days ago.
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 09/29/2006 11:23:12 AM
this is excellent!
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 07/13/2006 02:58:26 AM
WOW!!!!!!!
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 07/02/2006 08:37:36 AM
Whoa Shermy!! Congrats on the top 15 finish, you are one of the best up-and-comers - I loves your fresh ideas! :)
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 06/26/2006 11:16:05 PM
this is such a cool shot! love the deep, rich colors and the surreal feeling. i keep finding myself scrolling so that the top edge of the pool is cropped. since this was advanced editing, i think i would have cropped the top a bit more or cloned out the edges in both top corners and the bottom left corner. still, it's a fab pic and goes right to my faves. well done!
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 06/26/2006 11:03:52 PM
Very, very nice. I'd have cropped off the top to lose the pool's coping... Beautiful shot!
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 06/26/2006 06:58:13 PM
Congrats. Cool shot. At first I clicked on it cause I thought it was a bug bleeding in a sink lol. Much better then I thought ;)
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 06/26/2006 04:16:25 PM
Awesome Shermy just awesome! The colors and post are great and I love the composition and idea. This should have won a ribbon.

Erick

:-)
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 06/26/2006 04:05:11 PM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish! Great idea!
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 06/26/2006 01:42:40 PM
Congrats on the top twenty finish. But in my opinion this should of been at least top five. Great job of creating this awesome artful photo!
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 06/26/2006 10:35:35 AM
This is my first comment ever and I just wanted to tell you how much I loved this photograph. The colors, the texture, the composition, and most importantly the sense of loss are all wonderful.
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 06/26/2006 08:45:39 AM
WHy didn't this win???
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 06/26/2006 08:28:03 AM
I pegged this as a ribbon winner. Just awesome, creative and the colors are so intense!!!
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 06/26/2006 02:38:45 AM
I loved this idea. That poor swimmer, waiting for the water ...

Congrats on your high finish!
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 06/26/2006 12:42:04 AM
Super cool! Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 06/26/2006 12:13:49 AM
i should have known it was you, great finish
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/25/2006 10:48:04 PM
just a great subject ... and fun, creative interpretation.
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 06/25/2006 10:31:54 PM
This is sort-of creepy... but in a good, perfect-for-this-challenge kind of way. I love the color and post processing.
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 06/25/2006 09:04:29 PM
Awesome
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 06/25/2006 08:57:21 PM
Great image. Love the colors and the composition. 10
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 06/25/2006 03:00:21 PM
i like it!
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 06/25/2006 11:22:42 AM
Nice idea and well taken
8

good luck

Kev
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 06/24/2006 06:42:35 PM
Cool scene, well composed.
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 06/24/2006 03:29:31 AM
lol.. funny touch in a desolate challenge.
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 06/23/2006 10:54:10 PM
this is my red ribbon. the subject is not herself desolate (despite your title). She's more like a bemused observer of desolation. The sense of concavity is almost vertiginous. She mirrors the pattern of stain near the drain. The blue of her outfit seems to be commenting ironically on the desolate blue of the dry pool. 10. (maybe I'll give you a tie for blue ribbon. did I mention I reeeeeeally like this picture?)
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 06/23/2006 09:50:22 PM
very creative.
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 06/23/2006 07:27:06 PM
Awesome shot! Very Creative ~ One of my favorites!
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 06/23/2006 09:17:58 AM
Ewww the waters green >.< very well done.. 7
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 06/23/2006 05:55:26 AM
Oh dear...the water ran dry...good work.
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 06/23/2006 03:39:34 AM
This is great! those pool textures and colors really make this image pop with a real grungy sort of feeling, while the girl in the swimwear gives it whimsical touch.
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 06/22/2006 07:21:03 PM
wow, great concept!!
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 06/21/2006 11:15:47 PM
very original!
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 06/21/2006 06:52:06 PM
A fun bright spot in a dreary challenge. Thanks. Here's a bump for making me laugh!
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 06/21/2006 10:22:58 AM
Interesting...
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 06/21/2006 03:59:51 AM
An interesting, creative concept, and a quirky composition. I like it though. It's unique. Nice job :-)
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 06/20/2006 07:05:22 PM
Great photo, I really like this imaginative composition. Very good collor tones as well. Very nice!
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 06/20/2006 10:00:15 AM
excellent image...has great impact...well done 9
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 06/20/2006 12:08:39 AM
great idea, i like the position of your main subject
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 06/19/2006 09:54:02 PM
not only very funny, but well done too!
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 06/19/2006 04:56:04 PM
Arty desolation. Ironic we have to put some sort of prop into a desolate image to make it work better... ;-)
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 06/19/2006 02:58:22 PM
Wow, very surreal and artsy! Love the colours and the placement and pose of the girl. Very creative!
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 06/19/2006 02:16:41 PM
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Message edited by author 2006-08-17 11:09:43.
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 06/19/2006 01:55:16 PM
Eeeek :) This is definitely desolate, and I might add a bit humerous. Good shot.
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 06/19/2006 01:38:18 PM
Beautiful colors, great composition. Very moody shot.
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 06/19/2006 01:10:15 PM
Good thinking :o)
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 06/19/2006 08:19:31 AM
Great textures...I love the pose of the "swimmer"...very nice work.
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 06/19/2006 12:51:11 AM
interesting.. hope they showered after! lol
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 06/19/2006 12:43:53 AM
That is awesome. Great color and tonality. The textures are wonderful. Good one.
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