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"Will she ever return"
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Challenge: Sadness (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Nikon Coolpix L100
Location: Home
Date: Apr 13, 2011
Galleries: Emotive
Date Uploaded: Apr 13, 2011

 I wanted this to look like a child who had been abandoned by their mother, he is pining for her to come back, he keeps looking out of the window but she's not there, terribly sad emotions overcome him.

Abandonment happens, it's a terrible thing to happen to a child, i have not experienced it, nor will my children ever, but I know it will continue to happen.

Not much editing : I adjusted the colours and muted down the blue in my sons shirt, then I added soft focus, and then added porta mode colour, very faint. Then a touch of vignetting.
One of my better shots, that should do well-I hope, considering I was'nt going to enter this.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon
04/23/2011 04:24:20 PM
Nice picture but you would have been better off leaving the title ambiguous, IMO. By spelling it out you've made it harder for viewers to connect with this on a personal level unless their experiences happen to align perfectly with your description.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 04/21/2011 10:31:00 PM
Nice use of lensbaby for a sense of isolation.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/20/2011 07:55:41 PM
Seems posed and looks like the typical kid tantroom because he can't have or do something. Good luck. I do like the bokeh and soft focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2
Panasonic Lumix 20mm f1.7 ASPH
 04/20/2011 07:24:13 PM
Nice use of focus. Love the lighting.
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