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Stories At The Clothesline
Stories At The Clothesline
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Challenge: Missed Focus II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Date: May 23, 2010
Date Uploaded: May 23, 2010



[May. 30th, 2010 07:28:36 AM]

This is my daughter on the left who is getting ready to go to Ghana on the continent of Africa. My wife is on the right. The reason the clothes are on hangers is because she is spraying them with a mosquito repellent due to malaria in Africa. While some might look at this and be bothered by clothes on hangers on a clothes line, I think it just adds to the oddity of a "missed focus" image like this.

Statistics
Place: 113 out of 274
Avg (all users): 5.4586
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 5.4302
Avg (non-participants): 5.5106
Views since voting: 594
Views during voting: 263
Votes: 133
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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05/31/2010 02:14:09 AM
This makes a lot more sense knowing the story behind it. I gave you a 7 during voting giving you the benefit of the doubt on the reasoning for the hangers. I hope your daughter has a great trip and returns safely... smelly clothes and all.

=)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/30/2010 10:16:09 PM
Ghostly, filled with spirit
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05/30/2010 01:03:12 AM
I like the feel and processing of this, but there's something bothering me. When I think of a clothesline I think of clothing being hung to dry. You wouldn't hang items up to dry on hangers. The only time I've seen clothing hung out like this on hangers is during a yard sale, and that completely kills the dreamy, crisp air feeling for me.
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05/26/2010 03:29:15 AM
Disorienting. I like the gesture the figure is making. (not voting)
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05/25/2010 08:39:53 AM
Love the title. You don't see these much around here any more. I love the sound of the clothes flapping in the breeze. Very nostalgic.
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05/24/2010 07:37:08 PM
it almost seems as if it is two photographs - a rural landscape and a suburban scene from the 1950s
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