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Retroesque


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Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Small Town - Australia
Date: Jan 9, 2008
Galleries: Rural, Water
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2008

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 I spent overnight in the town I grew up in.

It's a VERY pretty town one hour from Melbourne and when I tell people I was raised there they always say 'It's SO BEAUTIFUL - what a great place to grow up.' But it wasn't. It was small town, a place where everyone knew everyone, gossip was the town sport and if you were different ... well ... you really felt excluded.

I am an escapee - my family still live there, so I take my children for visits. And because of this side challenge, pushed myself to visit sights where memories were waiting to rush back at me.

This is the town swimming pool, the place where someone who was supposed to love me unconditionally told me otherwise - and I still remember it like it was this morning - SIGH!

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 02/05/2008 12:54:53 AM
Nice shot - a nice encapsulation of your experience. I know exactly what you mean - great to grow up and get out.
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 01/12/2008 09:10:44 PM
The chain link really draws you in here.
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 01/12/2008 11:28:23 AM
Love the tones & the fence works great for this shot, very cool.
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 01/11/2008 03:55:19 AM
The chain link fence perspective is very fitting to the story. Vibrant colors.
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 01/10/2008 07:59:40 PM
wow you carry some emotion still eh? this image is quite poignant in its telling of a place once filled with joy and now the scene of sad thoughts & memories...BUT I also see a poolfilled with light & ready to be jumped into and a day just SCREAMING with possibilities and waiting to be lived, so on with it now! Get out and celebrate your greatness today!:)

Message edited by author 2008-01-10 20:00:58.
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 01/10/2008 04:25:27 PM
Your commentary makes this photo so meaningful and interesting. The perspective through the fence onto the empty pool - awesome.
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 01/10/2008 01:42:47 PM
This photo just screams 'emptiness'. The muted colours and the fence in the foreground give me the impression of alienation. I love the composition. The tree is cut off enough to make it look intentional, rather than an accident.
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 01/10/2008 01:29:18 PM
That's a sad story- unfortunate that those memories stay with us forever. Your image depicts the lonliness of your story....
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 01/10/2008 12:57:01 PM
nice perspective and the fence adds some almost defensive emotion, sorry to hear about your memories though.

-dave

*edit for spelling

Message edited by author 2008-01-10 12:57:17.
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 01/10/2008 10:28:54 AM
This picture gives the feeling of being excluded.
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 01/10/2008 09:56:05 AM
That fence is wonderful -- things that are so near and yet so far. Good processing, too.
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 01/10/2008 09:27:53 AM
Love the pretty greens and blue in this. So sorry that this holds bad memories for you.
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 01/10/2008 09:06:21 AM
Nice pool sorry about the story hope it worked out for the best
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 01/10/2008 02:36:03 AM
Small towns and farming communities so alike!
i like the perspective but find the image a little dark.
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 01/10/2008 01:09:28 AM
the back story really adds interest to the image, very nice :)
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 01/10/2008 12:39:03 AM
What is most haunting about this is that a place of such beauty can have such sad memories. (assuming I read your piece right, which I think I did) The fence seems to really get your point of emotion across perfectly as well.

Message edited by author 2008-01-10 00:39:31.
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 01/09/2008 11:36:24 PM
nice colours. that's a huge pool.
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