I happen to like Charles Dickens. So, for Abandoned, I present to you one Miss Havisham, a character in the novel Great Expectations - a spinster gone a bit insane, who spent many decades dressed in her wedding gown and veil, with all the clocks in her home stopped at 20 minutes to 9, the exact moment on her wedding day when she had learned of her groom's desertion and betrayal. Some more on her here.
Shot with a zone plate, so soft focus is the order of the day. I wanted a gauzy, dreamlike quality and zone plate gets me exactly that.
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I didn't get it because I never read the book. I think you did a great job at portraying the situation but I think that most people, like me, didn't get it.
Well I understood it and it got a 6 from me :) Never even crossed my mind it was a ZP shot! Am wondering if 'Miss Haversham' and the Clock changed position this would have scored a little more?
I don't think that the literary reference should have taken you so far down as the image is sublime. I *still* don't exactly understand the reference....maybe I should read it! LOL!!
soooooo cool and artsy! I may have to pick up that book again some time because I do not remember the character. Love the storytelling and symbolism. The soft focus is dreamy and perfect!
Sitting here wondering what the connection is between the rose and the clock, only to discover (to my delight) that it's not a rose at all... and I see her.
A charming and brilliant depiction of this character. My favourite for this challenge.
Very clever, though I'm not sure if everybody will be familiar with the Dickens character. From what I remember, this is the time that she was abandoned at the alter? Perhaps too much foreknowledge is needed to "get" this, but I hope not. I like the blur and the ghostly feel of Miss Havisham inthe back. I find the white gap in the lower left corner a little distracting, a version with the clock filling that corner would be cool.
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