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Challenge: Posthumous Ribbon (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Pentax K200D
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6 DG MACRO for Pentax
Date: Nov 25, 2010
Date Uploaded: Nov 25, 2010



[Dec. 2nd, 2010 12:09:12 AM]

A reflection of snow and tree through a window at right angles to the window looking at the water onto which..... The feather is actually a Bufflehead scooting in for a landing. I saw this and framed it many times, with and without the duck. What to call it? It looked a little like a cross between Marlon Brando and Burt Lancaster (in the movie based on the John Updike novel) as seen by a sshadowy Gustav Klimpt. More than a kiss, maybe something about our watery origins...

[Dec. 2nd, 2010 11:01:15 PM]

So, not the front page BUT what serendipity to be visited by a phantom during posthumous challenge week!

AND the Don thingy.

AND the responses. Grateful we are.

Statistics
Place: 86 out of 133
Avg (all users): 5.2857
Avg (commenters): 8.2857
Avg (participants): 5.6049
Avg (non-participants): 5.0106
Views since voting: 763
Views during voting: 360
Votes: 175
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)


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12/03/2010 08:12:26 PM
Beautiful. Definitely underrated.
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12/03/2010 12:31:33 AM
This caught me totally offguard. Congratulations!
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12/03/2010 12:20:29 AM
1 of 2 10s I gave out. Fantastic
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/02/2010 07:52:37 PM
The idea behind the Posthumous Ribbon is to encourage you to break the rules, to find new and different ways to express yourself. To free your mind to think clearly toward the solution that is certain to come, to laugh at world and at life, not doing what others are expecting you to do, but just following and listening to what's in your heart. DPC it̢۪s a wonderful learning place where everyone should be supported on their way to be a photographer. A special attention should be aimed to those working hard with different views and approaches to photography, those not aligned with the mainstream taste and receiving no recognition. It̢۪s our responsibility to support these photographers creating diversity and expressing different visions. Being active at the Posthumous thread it̢۪s the best way to do it. Being active at the Posthumous thread it̢۪s the best way to protect your and the other̢۪s freedom of being different. Thanks for taking the time to enter this challenge. Stay wild.
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12/02/2010 07:39:28 PM
luscious mysterious

I'm hanging this in the posthumous art gallery.

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12/02/2010 01:20:05 AM
what an interesting scene, another image full of mystery and wonder, and the left third is outstanding. ETA: back again, really a treasure of an image. I so want to see the bird, you evoked a strong sense of yearning. Splendid.
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12/01/2010 11:44:53 PM
I don't know why, but I like this a lot.
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12/01/2010 08:13:37 PM
You can stop treading water now. This was my highest score given with no comment (until now). Such a beautiful eye you have. This is exquisite. I commented on another image that any further attempt at words would ruin the image for me. The same applies here, so I'll stop now.
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12/01/2010 10:38:07 AM
It's either crap or brilliant. Second look ... a looooong one: yes I will go with brilliant, or close to it. The feather (if it is a feather, or even if it isn't) is the clincher. Top ten. Thank you.
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11/30/2010 08:37:47 PM
The "white feather" is the work of a genius. Really lovely.
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11/29/2010 11:25:38 AM
there?---9
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11/28/2010 06:23:46 PM
I can feel the texture on the canvas here, and the light drizzling through is still wet.
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11/28/2010 05:53:43 PM
Lightly drifting with the wind alone.
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11/28/2010 10:13:21 AM
What?
Just kidding. Love the image and the feelings conveyed.
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11/27/2010 11:45:54 PM
This is the photo that caused me to pause the longest, and one I'll come back to again. My personal red ribbon.
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11/27/2010 02:57:59 PM
beautiful! and mysterious, and dark... what more can you ask for in this challenge?! :) good luck!
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11/26/2010 04:54:44 AM
I do of course not know what I'm talking about, but it looks like it might have been a bit better if you had lifted the camera a little or cropped out some of the space in the bottom. Otherwise mysterious and interesting.
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11/26/2010 01:25:01 AM
we were... Forest Gump? Sorry, that white feather just took me there. Very dark and moody, and thought-provoking.
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