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Another Posthumous Sheep Seeing The Light
Another Posthumous Sheep Seeing The Light
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Challenge: In The Style Of: bspurgeon (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II
Location: NSW Australia
Date: Jul 14, 2011
Aperture: f10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Date Uploaded: Jul 14, 2011

 So what is this about? Whatever you make of it.
This is not in the technical photography style of bspurgeon but more to do with the actual thought process he brings to his images.
What I like about the Ben's stuff is the thoughts he puts into the viewers heads, his images always makes me look further into the photo and what it means, that's what I was trying to achieve here.
This took about 5 minutes to think of and 5 minutes to shoot, just walked out the back door found a dead sheep skull (plenty laying around here) on my 20 meter walk to the old shed where I knew there would be some nice afternoon
light coming in.
The title is just me having fun! There is no actual meaning to this image! The title has several "ideas" to me but could have more to others. You can read anything you want into the image and title. The title is my way to steer the viewer into thinking there is a meaning. I'm looking forward to seeing the comments and how people interpret the image and title.

Here are a few of my thoughts behind the title.

1/ More people on DPC are now taking far less cliche shots by following Posthumous like sheep.

2/ Posthumous is taking more pictures of sheep.

3/ More dead sheep are converting to religion.

4/ The sheep skull is symbolic of the sacrificial lamb and to remind us that Jesus died for our sins.

5/ This is evil and the work of the Devil.

Anyway just view the image and take away whatever you want from it....Good luck everyone, I'm looking forward to seeing all the entries and how others interpret Ben's style.

Statistics
Place: 65 out of 156
Avg (all users): 5.9091
Avg (commenters): 6.4545
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Views since voting: 429
Views during voting: 237
Votes: 110
Comments: 15
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 07/22/2011 04:44:27 PM
I enjoyed the laugh. gave it a 7. baaaaaaa
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/21/2011 01:02:45 PM
great title lol
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 07/20/2011 11:49:39 AM
Great use of negative space, dramatic image, though the subject and style do not remind me of Ben's work.
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 07/19/2011 10:20:46 AM
8 good work
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 07/17/2011 11:05:27 PM
Cupboard a little bare eh? Spooky minimalism but nice.
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 07/16/2011 10:20:05 PM
Way to snoot that light.
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 07/16/2011 03:20:47 PM
Love the light.
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 07/16/2011 02:19:50 PM
Fabulous use of negative space and subject isolation. And strangely disturbing.
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 07/16/2011 01:43:59 PM
Bold and verbal.
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 07/16/2011 01:13:58 PM
a sheep
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at
it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know
not how oft. Where be your baas now? your
gambols? your bleats? your flashes of merriment,
that were wont to set the barnyard on a roar? Not one
now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?
Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let
her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must
come; make her laugh at that.
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 07/15/2011 02:38:21 PM
I LOVE this. His use of shadow is really utilized here. I love the single "spot light" on the skull. Love the title too. 7
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 07/15/2011 11:45:53 AM
Ha!
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 07/15/2011 02:59:26 AM
excellent use of negative space, and even better use of a jibe at Don. :)
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 07/15/2011 01:58:16 AM
That's my skull, I have exactly the same one here, you thief give it back, nice lighting.
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 07/15/2011 12:32:50 AM
Wonderful lighting you have here.
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