To the Secret Garden by Kal Khogali

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11-JUN-2005

Watch the children play. Ever wonder where they are? They are all in the Secret Garden.

Canon EOS 20D
1/500s f/3.2 at 70.0mm iso100 full exif

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Guest		22-Aug-2007 01:11
Love that! Beautiful shot, love the movement. V

Rene Hales		06-Aug-2007 16:15
Great energy and purpose in heading for the secrets children have and their mysterious worlds.--Rene

Guest		30-May-2006 20:38
Kal, the key in this photograph (and what caught my attention in the thumbnail) is the soft green color in the window and in the flowers of the girl. The green means hope and that's what all children have in their hearts. Wonderful!

Phil Douglis		02-Jul-2005 05:34
An iconic image, Kal. Very much in the tradition of Eugene Smith's Walk to Paradise Garden. http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/smith/smith_children_walking_full.html It's the same kind of abstraction here, the same boy girl thing, the same spirit of hope. Only the environment is different. I like the color in her hair, too. Nice touch.

Jennifer Zhou		27-Jun-2005 08:10
A Henri Cartier-Bresson 's quote: "Think about the photo before and after, never during." :) See you are doing the same!

Kal Khogali		25-Jun-2005 13:24
Thanks Jen! I love the way you see things that I don't thnk I will ever be able see when I look at images, but they are there! Gender differences, simply by looking at the walk...how true. This was one of those moments I instantly react to when I see them. It was only afterwards, that I struggled with the message I think I was trying to express at the time, and it was about innocense.

Jennifer Zhou		24-Jun-2005 16:31
You have two worlds here, and you link them together beautifully using the only color in this picture. The way they are walking suggests gender differences, but what is in common is two pure souls which are in this world, dreaming about things in another world. As you said, they are all in the secret garden, and the secret garden is in their little hearts.

Guest		23-Jun-2005 11:07
Wonderful shot!

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