10th Place

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04-MAY-2007	Lonnit Rysher

Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
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Canon DSLR Challenge		15-May-2007 14:21
Lovely tulip shot which tells a sad story. CJ

Canon DSLR Challenge		13-May-2007 05:09
Thank you, Michael. It did tug at my heartstrings when I saw it, and apparently that somehow comes through. That always amazes me - that people can feel the photog's emotions, whether they cared or not when they took the image. ~ Lonnit

Guest		13-May-2007 04:23
Far beyond being a technically fine piece, this has heart...and it's the heart which elevates it. -Michael

Canon DSLR Challenge		08-May-2007 17:38
Oh, Jim! Perhaps you are right! ~ Lonnit

Guest		08-May-2007 11:30
Perhaps stretching for something just out of reach and then collapsed with a last desperate stretch.

Canon DSLR Challenge		07-May-2007 03:16
Thank you, Elana. ~ Lonnit

Canon DSLR Challenge		07-May-2007 01:32
So very sad and beautiful...... Elena

Canon DSLR Challenge		06-May-2007 03:10
I kinda thank you, Lee. ;) ~ Lonnit

ctfchallenge		06-May-2007 03:05
I kind of like this one. Well done. theFly

Canon DSLR Challenge		05-May-2007 20:20
Thank you, Nico. :) Well, you do know my obsession with the rule of thirds! LOL! No, you are not reading too much into it. I too thought it so sad - all these lovely tulips, standing around, proudly reaching for the sun, and then, on the other side of the tree, this poor, dejected one, alone and broken; a heartbreaking tale. He was far to young to be lost like this. ~ Lonnit

jnconradie		05-May-2007 19:54
Great stuff, Lonnit. I saw the other "Tulip" shot in your PBase Gallery before I noticed it here and left a brief comment then. I was delighted to find these here - and thus also the opportunity to take a closer look. This is definitely my preference of the two. It goes without saying that you composed superbly - lots of thirds!, for example :-) The green and especially the red contrasts amazingly against the background and accentuates the living vs not-living components of the photograph. But I think what then touched me most is the kind of sad story of this very bright and beautiful flower, at the end of its life, touching the ground... sort of the symbolic "from dust unto dust" message. (I am seeing / reading too much into this?) Nothing I could think of changing or suggesting to improve. Really beautiful. Regards jnconradie