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Postby xerubus on Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:13 pm

Reading a book at the moment which explains that a photograph should make a person feel something when they view your shot..

Here's an image which I think is rather powerful. This shot is on my son who recently lost one of his pet fish... I think the photograph really captures exactly how he was feeling at the time... ?


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Hmmm..

Postby Geoff on Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:20 pm

I can't see the image..is it me or is something not quite right?
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Postby birddog114 on Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:22 pm

I can't see either, perhaps he forgot to post.
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Postby birddog114 on Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:23 pm

A broken link with red x
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Postby xerubus on Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:24 pm

hmmm... sorry about that... i can see it... but perhaps it's my cache...

try a right-click show image ?? looking into it... looks like my host doesn't like direct linking of images... sigh...
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Postby xerubus on Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:32 pm

sorry about that all.... should be okay now...

/me kicks himself... get that webserver up and running already!!! :D
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Postby W00DY on Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:42 pm

It does show the emotion at the time... You can tell something sad has happened.

Just a question, and in no way is this a critisism. How did you feel taking this photo? I have always felt a little wierd taken photos of people that are sad or something bad has happened. Not sure what it is???

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Postby xerubus on Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:50 pm

I felt very very strange... a) because it is my son and instinct says help him and comfort him... and b) because I'm not a fan of seeing people sad...

It's a strange thing how the photo plays with your emotions... each time I view the photo I still want to give him a cuddle and make sure all is okay....

this shot was taken at 220mm, as there is no way i could have got close to him with the way he was feeling at the time...
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Postby W00DY on Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:59 pm

[quote="xerubus"]each time I view the photo I still want to give him a cuddle and make sure all is okay....quote]

I know exactly what you mean.

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Postby bago100 on Sun Oct 24, 2004 11:07 pm

xerubus

An excellent photo and you have captured not only a visual element that we can all see but an emotion that easily communicates between the photo and the viewer.

But aw gee - wish I could revive your son's fish and make him feel happy again.

Hopefully he is feeling a bit brighter now - time is usually a great healer.

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Postby birddog114 on Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:45 am

xerubus
Lot of meaning with that photos.
1/ We have a tropical fish tank (Salt water) and fish died as per human errors/ not right environmental, etc... and my family members are sad cos they named every fish in the tank and they claimed for their possession, I can imagine and understood about it, please go buy him another fish, so he can rest the other in peace.
2/ I shoot funerals a lot for friends, charity organizations and understood what's emotion and how's people feel? I normally look back some of my shots and my emotion flows in.
3/ The photo of your son can translate to many poems, I think.
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Postby xerubus on Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:29 am

Graham: Thanks for the kind comments.. time is a great healer

Birddog: Cheers... We went out together last Thursday night and chose another fish... not as a replacement, but as another friend.... he is a lot brighter now..
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Postby Raydar on Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:45 pm

I’ve come back to this image a few times, trying to think of something to say???
It has that thing about it for me :?

About all I could come up with!!!

Awesome image, I love the framing mate well done :wink:

I’m not very good with words :(

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Postby xerubus on Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:36 pm

Thanks for the kind words Raydar.... :)

I can't take credit for the framing... that was thanks to actions at The Light's Right Studios....

http://www.thelightsright.com/default.htm

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Postby Raydar on Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:39 pm

No probs mate :D
Well deserved :wink:

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