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A Mother's Grief, A Daughter's Comfort.
A Mother's Grief, A Daughter's Comfort.
drgsoell


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: After Dark (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus C-750UZ
Location: Alamogordo, NM
Date: Jan 10, 2004
Aperture: f 4.5
ISO: 50
Shutter: 8 sec
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2004

One person kneeling in front of the gravestone through an 8 second exposure with soft flash at the end. Little girl coming in 4 seconds into exposure.

Statistics
Place: 47 out of 96
Avg (all users): 5.6066
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.3582
Avg (non-participants): 5.7500
Views since voting: 1262
Votes: 183
Comments: 15
Favorites: 2 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/17/2004 05:03:18 PM
Avery emotional shot. I like the ghostley efect.
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01/17/2004 10:00:30 AM
I like this photo....lots of emotion here. I wonder how you accomplished the artsy effects, and I will check back later to read how you did it.
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01/17/2004 08:24:33 AM
Nice work with this one. The mom looks like she's blurry a bit around the head but the rest of her looks pretty good. Excellent idea and pretty well done. I love long exposure shots myself. 8
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01/17/2004 02:00:35 AM
I don't know how you did this but it works.
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01/15/2004 06:14:02 AM
I can see you put a lot of thought into this but it came out too ghostly.
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01/14/2004 10:32:41 PM
Nice idea. Looks like the "mother" moved a bit during the exposure causing her to blur
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01/14/2004 10:00:25 PM
This shot really touched me, I must say you certainly accomplished what all photographers go for, and that is to touch your viewer with your shot, great job
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01/14/2004 01:41:03 PM
Beautiful and touching. Well done.
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01/14/2004 02:11:33 AM
Has to be the most emotionally strong photo I've seen in a very long time.
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01/12/2004 01:14:29 PM
A too-literal interpretation of the title. Personally, I'd rather decide what I'm seeing in a shot like this than be told beforehand. Still nice, though...
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01/12/2004 10:35:35 AM
Wonderfully dramatic idea. Composition is good. The ghostly daughter works quite nicely.
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01/12/2004 10:26:49 AM
How do you get a clear ghost with no signs of movement going or coming from crying person?
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01/12/2004 09:56:20 AM
A good shot here, like the idea of the girl in the background, well timed exposure here. Only thing would have been that I might have liked it a bit sharper. Think you were trying to show this as a soft focus, personally don't think it works though. 8
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01/12/2004 09:38:40 AM
Powerful shot - like the ghostly cross through the daughter. Tighter cropping would eliminate all but the emotional message of this photo
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01/12/2004 01:16:42 AM
Wow...what a powerful shot..very moving, as a mother myself..it gives me chills.

The only problem I have with the photo itself, is the cross behind the girl that is right in the middle of her back, although I know it couldn't be helped it is a bit distracting. 8
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