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Challenge: Abstract Emotion (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ5
Date: Sep 25, 2008
Aperture: f8
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Abstract, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Sep 28, 2008

 Paint peeling. Used longish exposure and wiggled my camera. Slight crop, minor tweaks to colour, contrast etc, some medial filter, some USM.

Had a more dramatic version but I used the oilify thingee, and wasn't sure if that would be acceptable.

No idea how this will do. At one time I was excited, but now....

[Oct. 5th, 2008 09:48:11 PM]

3 hours to go: what a great set of comments! Originally the first 7 were by women, the 8th by posthumous who flattered me by guessing I was cutout. I thought about that a lot - the women thing. As well, I tried to find out more about Helen Frankenthaler. (Will pm Jutilda on this). But what really blew me away was the unidentified commenter who said it was memory OF desire, because that's how I thought of it, and was going to title it. Why didn't I? I guess it didn't have the (literary) resonance of memory and desire.

Here is a link to what this is a picture of, containing a link to the orignal uncropped file: [thumb]728215[/thumb]

It is on the side of an outbuilding near a road I frequently walk. I have photographed it several times but it has never served me. This time I was nearby trying to do something else for the challenge when I remembered it.

An exciting week hoping Melethia was right. Oh, and by the way, the inspiration for wiggling the camera came from Melethis's Ode to Joy!

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 140
Avg (all users): 6.4014
Avg (commenters): 8.4118
Avg (participants): 6.4262
Avg (non-participants): 6.3827
Views since voting: 2781
Views during voting: 269
Votes: 142
Comments: 28
Favorites: 7 (view)

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 11/28/2011 01:59:03 AM
Still beautiful.
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 07/17/2009 09:56:42 PM
I missed this. Wow! It very much looks like cutout and I do mean that as a compliment. Great!
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 04/06/2009 07:47:59 PM
Hey, Ditto Crik's comments. I liked it the first time I saw it. Very original. Is it really peeling paint? :-)
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 10/28/2008 04:30:08 PM
Just seeing this today. Congrats on this beautiful first page photo. Love the simplicity and colors. You have the hand and eye of the artist with the camera.
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 10/16/2008 10:05:50 PM
I'm glad I stumbled across this again because I saw this during the challenge and wanted to know what it meant. You are wickedly clever for taking a picture of peeling paint lol. I thought it kind of looked like a heart. Congrats on a great score and your new 3rd PB!
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 10/07/2008 12:50:25 AM
stunning capture! my favorite of this challenge.
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 10/06/2008 12:58:32 PM
this is so subtle and the same time so strong
fantastic
didn't vote in this challenge

i must tell you that i am honored that they thought
it was me
again GREAT pic
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 10/06/2008 10:00:29 AM
This was, for me, the best shot in the challenge, hands down. It truly met the spirit of the challenge and is a lovely photograph as well! I checked this one out first when viewing the thumbnails, then came back to it several times during the challenge voting phase. Great work, my dear! (And glad I could be off some inspiration - that's kinda cool.)
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 10/06/2008 01:39:43 AM
glad to see this is you - very evocative - an 8 from me. congrats on top 10.
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 10/06/2008 12:09:06 AM
Congratulations on the top ten little star. This is a wonderful abstract. I'm so glad a lot of people appreciated it.
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 10/06/2008 12:06:58 AM
Very artful and a prime example of how art is everywhere, if we would only see it. I too, thought you were cutout. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/05/2008 09:55:13 AM
very nice
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 10/04/2008 08:59:35 PM
it looks like a guy in a red robe. cool effect
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 10/04/2008 12:01:07 PM
What is this? (I like it!)
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 10/04/2008 04:55:56 AM
On of the rare in this challenge mixing something purely abstract and conveying emotion too. Teh composition is elegant as well...
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 10/04/2008 01:43:58 AM
Very good. Not many images in this challenge are truly abstract (including mine!). This is fantastic. To me, this is "Memory of Desire".
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 10/03/2008 09:44:35 PM
I can feel it. 10
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 10/03/2008 06:06:41 PM
Is this cutout? Fantastic.
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 10/03/2008 03:36:26 AM
Nailed it! Wonderful rich color, warmth. Really very pleasing indeed.
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 10/01/2008 08:39:04 PM
lovely and ambiguous. 7
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 09/30/2008 10:48:12 PM
I must say, it looks very abstract and there is some emotion. I think if it were in black and white, it might have looked quit scary: like the grim reaper.
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 09/29/2008 10:15:15 PM
Love it, Love it. My favorite of the challenge. I can't wait to find out how you did this.
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 09/29/2008 08:43:52 PM
Beautifully, emotively abstract. Well done. 8
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 09/29/2008 03:09:07 PM
Beautiful, I really like this. Nice colours; makes me think less of desire and more of romanticism.
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 09/29/2008 02:35:26 AM
I like this one
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 09/29/2008 02:23:18 AM
That is just beautiful. And it is abstract, and it does convey your chosen emotion. Good on you.10
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 09/29/2008 12:13:36 AM
Reminds me of a Helen Frankenthaler painting. I like it.
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 09/29/2008 12:10:01 AM
beautifully done.
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