Sixty one seconds
by timfythetoo

Comment by Lactobeezor:
Great Shot

Sixty one seconds
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Comment by Cicarius:
I like the colour of the sky and the reflection.

Sixty one seconds
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Comment by hotpasta:
love the blue sky and the reflections...excellent

One year later - "Why is daddy still gone?"
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Comment by Melethia:
Trading Post comment

I think you executed this very well. The technicals are extremely good - lots of stuff I'd never think of to do to a picture, and it all hangs together well and doesn't look processed (that's the trick, I think.) My favorite part of the composition is not the watch, it's your wife's foot for some odd reason. I like the slight lighter section of the headstone near the boy's head, too. All told, this should well have been a 6 score, but I suspect the "does not meet challenge" came into play here. Maybe more "grief" or "sadness" than "desolation". On an unrelated to score note, I do wonder about setting up children for shots like this - isn't that a bit weird? Hopefully he understands it's just because his daddy has this obsession... :-) (Sue me, I can't type or spell...)

Message edited by author 2006-06-26 21:07:38.

Father of the bride
by timfythetoo

Comment by Melethia:
This, my dear, is simply a wonderful picture. The desat treatment works well, but the key here is simply the timing - the capture of their faces at this moment. Very well done, and worth way more than a steenkin' ribbon or average score.

No Skateboarding Allowed
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Comment by coronamv:
Tone of color matches the action shot nice

One year later - "Why is daddy still gone?"
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Comment by photomomma:
I like the idea. But maybe a pocket watch would have been easier to see and would have conveyed the meaning.

I was bothered with the partial name as well, but I could get over it.

One year later - "Why is daddy still gone?"
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Comment by DrAchoo:
I'll only briefly comment as I know you know what you are doing and a 5.8 isn't a bad score. BTW, take a look at my image grain entry. Great minds must think alike.

The first beef, and it's small, is that I have no idea what he's holding in his hand. It's even worse because it's smack dab in the center of the picture and we puzzle over the object more than we take in the desolation of the picture.

I also don't quite like the way the word doesn't make sense. "apham"? We also puzzle about what name ends with "apham".

Those are small though. Just off the top of my head.

One year later - "Why is daddy still gone?"
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Comment by mpeters:
I missed the watch. Sorry! I thought you did a very nice job with composing the picture to included just enough of the mother for context with the focus still being on the young boy. Good, original thought for this challenge.

Sixty one seconds
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Comment by k4ffy:
great blues. 7.