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And so Castles Made of Sand...
And so Castles Made of Sand...
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Challenge: Free Study 2008-11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Date: Nov 23, 2008
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2008

 "Down the street you can hear her scream you're a disgrace
As she slams the door in his drunken face
And now he stands outside
And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
And his tears fall and burn the garden green

And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually

A little Indian brave who before he was ten,
Played war games in the woods with his Indian friends
And he built up a dream that when he grew up
He would be a fearless warrior Indian chief
Many moons passed and more the dream grew strong until
Tomorrow he would sing his first war song and fight his first battle
But something went wrong, surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night

And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually

There was a young girl, whose heart was a frown
'Cause she was crippled for life,
And she couldn't speak a sound
And she wished and prayed she could stop living,
So she decided to die
She drew her wheelchair to the edge of the shore
And to her legs she smiled you won't hurt me no more
But then a sight she'd never seen made her jump and say
Look a golden winged ship is passing my way

And it really didn't have to stop, it just kept on going...

And so castles made of sand slips into the sea, eventually."

Jimi Hendrix

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Statistics
Place: 407 out of 417
Avg (all users): 4.3718
Avg (commenters): 4.6154
Avg (participants): 4.2885
Avg (non-participants): 4.5385
Views since voting: 787
Views during voting: 237
Votes: 156
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 12/07/2008 07:22:54 PM
Cute photo, but the haze is a bit much for me.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
 12/07/2008 10:33:53 AM
With the incoming tide it looks like they'll "fall to the sea eventu'ly". Nice family scene but I think the overall haze on this really hurts the picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K-R
Pentax DA L 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL
 12/06/2008 04:00:25 PM
A bit too heavy on the glare. I like the idea, it's just too heavy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/06/2008 11:00:09 AM
A bit overboard on the ethereal, but nice story.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 12/05/2008 06:28:16 PM
Where are my sun glasses? I'm sorry, but the post processing is too extreem for me. Maybe you're getting that a lot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 12/05/2008 09:57:24 AM
I don't care for the post-processing on this. I like the composition and think it has a lot of potential.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 12/05/2008 08:27:30 AM
Whoa .... that's a lot of sandcastles!! I like the colours and the interaction between the mum and the kid ... not so sure about the filter effect thingy
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Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital
 12/05/2008 06:28:51 AM
Sorry but the softfocus treatment or whatever you did in PP really is not to my taste, in my eyes it just makes it flat and contrastless, hence the 3 vote, at least you know why I voted so low.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
 12/04/2008 10:30:33 AM
I like the concept, but don' think it's quite worked in this shot.
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Sony Alpha a7R III
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 12/03/2008 07:58:41 AM
A lovely scene, but I really dislike the processing - I guess I am pretty conservative in my tastes!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 12/02/2008 09:51:02 PM
Not sure about the washed-out processing... but the image tells a good story. (not voting yet)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R8
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 12/02/2008 12:36:53 PM
I can't see the point of a fog filter for such an image...A pity, the foreground had some originality
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 12/01/2008 06:11:53 PM
Neat processing. I like the blown out look.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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