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NiallOTuama


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Challenge: Colorful Objects (DPL4 WK4) (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Date: Jul 28, 2018
Date Uploaded: Jul 29, 2018

a friend of mine tried to end his own life last week. fortunately he was unsuccessful. it was shocking to me that i saw him days before and after and didn't notice anything off in personality/emotion/behaviour. this image tries to capture the idea of being blind to the important things in life, colour in this case representing fragility/hopelessness/whatever.

i was actually pretty selfish submitting this during the dpl, but i'm glad that it resonated with people on here. the colour one may not have done quite so badly:

Statistics
Place: 139 out of 139
Avg (all users): 3.8500
Avg (commenters): 6.6000
Avg (participants): 3.9000
Avg (non-participants): 3.4000
Views since voting: 349
Views during voting: 170
Votes: 100
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0


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08/07/2018 11:22:28 PM
I was wondering why the choice of black and white. I am really sorry to read about your friend. I am sure he will have many difficult days ahead but I hope he finds some bright spots this go around. My thoughts and prayers that he finds peace and comfort. Thanks for sharing this story.
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08/06/2018 09:44:55 AM
I liked it prior to reading your comment. It is even better now. Congratulations on the well deserved blue balloon.
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08/06/2018 09:27:39 AM
There was nothing in the challenge description that said the image had to be colorful — only the objects. I understood your intention with this image, although I didn’t know the sad and disturbing story behind it. So many of our best photos come from our subconscious trying to work out disturbing and painful things.
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08/06/2018 07:12:07 AM
'Twas a 7 from me.

Worked where it counted.
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08/06/2018 06:04:22 AM
Well done Niall, it’s good for us all to express how we feel in our own way, keep up the good work, it’s well appreciated.
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08/06/2018 04:51:32 AM
I'm not sure why people thought this image is off-theme, as these are obviously colorful objects
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08/06/2018 04:31:54 AM
I know you just entered this to be cheeky, but It never ceases to me amaze me the average commentors score afterwards :-)
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08/06/2018 01:48:42 AM
I remember when bsspurgen?? Entered the black and white image of the red wagon in a red challenge opened my eyes to voting with my mind not necessarily my eyes. Too conceptual for the soccer mom types on here judging by the comments, is imagination is dead in this age of technology?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/05/2018 11:52:50 PM
off theme
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08/05/2018 11:36:24 PM
sometimes you just have to feel the colors
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08/05/2018 09:50:33 PM
we have no idea. not a bad thing.
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08/05/2018 04:41:26 PM
One of the nicer images
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08/05/2018 06:26:02 AM
Absolutely colorful once you close your eyes. Thank you, and a balloon:

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08/05/2018 01:50:33 AM
B&W are colors...I guess.
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08/05/2018 12:28:56 AM
Going for the brown? B&W in a color image? I have a good imagination, but not quite that good! Might have been interesting in color....
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08/01/2018 03:13:14 AM
i was hoping for a bw in this challenge i think something slightly more obviously colourful would have made it easier for all the dpc's giving you 1 for it but im giving you a 9 :)
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07/31/2018 08:53:18 PM
no color?
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07/31/2018 01:54:17 PM
A closet full of colorful secrets.
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07/31/2018 01:23:18 PM
Okay, what happened to the color?
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