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Life's Last Moments - A Dieing Man Laughs
Life's Last Moments - A Dieing Man Laughs
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Challenge: Life (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus C-4000Z
Location: My Place
Date: Sep 14, 2003
Aperture: 4
ISO: Auto
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Candid, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Sep 16, 2003

This is my a candid of my grandfather and my sister, laughing over something stupid my Grandmother (my Grandpa's wife) did. My Grandpa is currently dieing of cancer, and has about 2 months left to live. For me this photo truly symbolizes life, as he continues to enjoy the little things, and forgets that his time is ending.

Not sure how the photo will do, probably not great, some slight motion blur on my sister which is really pissing me off!

Statistics
Place: 34 out of 231
Avg (all users): 5.8267
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 5.7414
Avg (non-participants): 5.9174
Views since voting: 1286
Votes: 225
Comments: 21
Favorites: 2 (view)


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12/17/2003 04:25:44 PM
Inappropriate comments..questioning your ethics if I understand the inuendo. Other than the slight blurring this is just wonderful, full of life and emotion, the coloring is eye-catching.
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11/10/2003 11:36:58 PM
Great photo! The beauty of photography is capturing moments such as these.
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10/21/2003 08:52:14 PM
I love your photo, and after I read about what you said about your Grandpa I really felt the emotion in it.
I hate to have to do this, but I must correct your spelling, dying, not dieing....sorry, but I really do love your photo, you captured a precious moment (which is what photography is all about) and you'll always have this photo to look back on and remember him.
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09/24/2003 02:56:34 AM
This was my favorite. Wonderful photograph!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/23/2003 11:28:38 PM
Without the title I would have no idea what this picture is saying, why is he dying?
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09/23/2003 08:12:25 PM
composition is great, but something in the post processing has caused an incredible loss of texture. I think it would have benefitted from those details being left in, though its still great.
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09/23/2003 03:21:45 PM
He don't look like he's dyin to me... :) On the other hand some people look like they're dead even when they're walkin' around.
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09/23/2003 10:43:46 AM
beautifully done.
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09/21/2003 06:31:09 PM
Imopressive b&w. Excellent lighting and contrast. Great expression. Original fit to the theme. Congrats.
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09/20/2003 11:22:36 AM
He looks pretty healthy to me! :) Nice contrast... good soft lighting. Use of black and white is appropriate too!
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09/19/2003 02:08:44 PM
Great Photograph, I love the contrast.
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09/18/2003 05:21:24 PM
He's dying? Looks pretty healthy to me.
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09/18/2003 04:00:42 PM
Great photo, very crisp and very good contrasts. I don't get the sense the man is dying though. I still like it!
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09/18/2003 02:18:01 PM
Great candid......they look so content with each other.
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09/18/2003 02:36:07 AM
He doesn't look very dying to me...
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09/17/2003 05:59:42 PM
I can really relate to the emotion in this photo.
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09/17/2003 10:07:52 AM
Wow...he looks so healthy!
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09/17/2003 05:49:57 AM
Great candid. I like the soft focus. The only thing distracting here, is not even in the picture. It's the title. It shoes the picture right in for a sympathy vote. Nonetheless, for the picture's merit alone, I give it an 8.
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09/17/2003 12:50:28 AM
I like the tones here. good expressions in the subjects and the black and white tones look great!
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09/17/2003 12:42:54 AM
I love this.
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09/17/2003 12:36:32 AM
Picture could use some sharpening, but great subjects.
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