there are places I remember
by tanguera

Comment by timfythetoo:
This is in my top three of the challenge. Great feel to this image. A grand and humbling perspective. Bumping up. Back to add "in my life" - a favorite Beatles tune of mine. And adding this to my faves as well.

there are places I remember
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Comment by jomari:
Lovely high-key, soft focus image. You have given me the title instead of having me guess.

goodbye
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Comment by jomari:
I agree with the others that you need to read the story to appreciate this. (A very poignant moment once you know.) Actually I thought that the title suggested she was going to jump. I also think that the couple on the left are a distraction (even after the story). Cloning them out would be great for personal use but would have been going too far in a fs. Perhaps you could have cropped to eliminate them, maintaining the dimensions by reducing the sky. I really like the way the rock formations lead to, and wrap their arms around, the woman.

there are places I remember
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Comment by bsluijk:
... All my life, though some have changed. Lovet he Beatles!

there are places I remember
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Comment by Cuttooth:
in my life

very nice shot.

there are places I remember
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Comment by jadin:
all my life...
Though some have changed!

a case in point
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Comment by blindjustice:
great funky shot-polka dots are so photogenic. I like the chair rail.

goodbye
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Comment by markwiley:
I really like the image -- the lines, color tones and textures. I initially thought there was a mist on the water, and I did not understand the title. Then, I read your comments and it really struck home with me. We spread my mom's ashes in the ocean off the coast of Maine in May.

In a Free Study challenge, where the comments could not be read during voting, a more literal title such as Spreading His Ashes might serve to better communicate what is happening.

Thanks for sharing the image.

goodbye
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Comment by jagar:
Loved the story, it really is very touching once you realize. When I was in Ireland a while back there were lots of formations like this, I tried and tried to get a decent shot of them but was never very successful. You did rather good here but it would have scored mediocre in the FS.

goodbye
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Comment by JamesDowning:
I agree with some of the other comments. It is a touching image, but only once you understand the story behind it. I thought she was trying to wash a garment or something. The ash cloud only looked like sea spray. Maybe a telephoto could have given us a better picture of what was going on? Glad I read the caption.