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Challenge: Earliest Memory (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: Feb 1, 2008
Aperture: f1.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/80
Date Uploaded: Feb 1, 2008

 Not strictly my earliest memory, but one with great impact from a very, very early age. and the fact that my sprog happens to have chicken pox now is too serendipitous to pass this by.

Thanks Don, I'm honoured.

Statistics
Place: 44 out of 83
Avg (all users): 5.4852
Avg (commenters): 7.3077
Avg (participants): 5.3200
Avg (non-participants): 5.5546
Views since voting: 1078
Views during voting: 357
Votes: 169
Comments: 23
Favorites: 0

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 02/22/2008 11:40:15 AM
Ouches!! The temptation to sratch must be horrid..

Message edited by author 2008-02-22 11:41:07.
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 02/15/2008 08:52:46 AM
I knew this would be a posthumous award winner the minute I saw it! Poor kid -- I hope your "sprog" feels better soon.

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 02/15/2008 08:49:42 AM
excellent.
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 02/13/2008 03:18:51 AM
Christian, my daughter is just finishing up with "the Pox", but what you've done here is fantastic. You have captured so much more than just an image in time, a record of a rite of passage as a human being, you have actually captured the feel of the disease itself. Drab, peeking out from the depths of our world, of our history, our evolution, for a week of our lives, then moving on to someone else (to many someone elses), always drab, always gray (or grey, if you prefer), always with the feel you've captured here. Wonderful. Hope the sprog is fully recovered by now.
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 02/11/2008 08:45:15 PM
Not an early memory for me (I was twenty-one) but seeing this makes me remember. . . .ugh.

Now, I'm itching.
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 02/11/2008 09:28:55 AM
Hopefully that bath gave him some relief from the itching. Haunting image, and perfect for this challenge.
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 02/11/2008 09:02:19 AM
I am generally *not* a fan of pictures of disease or death, but this photo has such an elegance to it. You really did make it beautiful, which is why it disturbed me.
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 02/11/2008 05:19:08 AM
Congrats on the posthumous ribbon! Ahh..I remember the chicken pox. Still have some scars. I love the lighting on this. It looks like your commenters really like this shot! Big score difference!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/10/2008 10:23:31 PM
Disturbing photo. Posthumous Red Ribbon

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 02/09/2008 04:51:53 PM
It'horrible but beautiful ;-)
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 02/09/2008 06:59:11 AM
Not a fan of the lighting, apart from the darkness of the hair, the tones on the back are a little washed out.
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 02/07/2008 10:14:55 PM
WOW. Does this bring back memories.
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 02/07/2008 07:16:02 AM
Ha, now you brought back some memories. Yes, scratch scratch scratch, and in the meantime cry... Then some cold white powder over the body...

Nice realization, wonderful idea, very good, indeed very good.
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 02/07/2008 01:34:10 AM
Wonderful processing to give that feeling of a long ago memory. Quite an effective image to boot.
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 02/06/2008 05:57:33 PM
Yep, I can imagine that being a painful memory! I like the lighting here, gives the impression of the pox standing out from the background of a memory.
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 02/05/2008 09:35:15 PM
Um, ewww. Those are some awfully big spots.
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 02/05/2008 09:26:00 PM
oh damn, that looks really unpleasent. this is a great way to express your memory. great job
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 02/05/2008 04:48:13 PM
Eek. Extremely striking image! Beautifully composed, in a sort of rather freaky way... :)
Gah, can't stop staring...
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 02/04/2008 10:51:10 PM
Awwwwwww
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 02/04/2008 10:06:26 PM
Gross. 6
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 02/04/2008 06:20:19 PM
Earliest memory? Early, no doubt. THis is a cool, unusual image.
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 02/04/2008 12:03:01 PM
Great image! Who doesn't remember the dreaded itch and the smell of calomine lotion. Love the processing and title. Simple composition but with lovely dark undertones. +1 for being counter-eyecandy :)
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 02/04/2008 01:06:14 AM
Dang been there done that thans for the reminder now i an Iching
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