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17-DEC-2005

Wilting, Shanghai 2005

Canon EOS 20D
1/160s f/4.5 at 52.0mm iso200 full exif

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Guest 17-Oct-2007 02:36
Awesome and compelling composition!!
Wolfgang12-Jan-2006 17:16
Profound again. What a wonderfully open mind you have Kal
Rene Hales25-Dec-2005 01:22
Wonderful and full of feeling.--Rene
Ana Carloto O'Shea21-Dec-2005 16:30
Not easy to make an interesting composition out of this one, but you've managed to pull it ;)
Guest 21-Dec-2005 09:10
Vote.
Guest 20-Dec-2005 22:34
I also like the "minimalism" of this picture.

alem
Kal Khogali20-Dec-2005 16:22
Posted the same time Marisa! Thankyou for coming back...you know how much it means K
Kal Khogali20-Dec-2005 16:20
Thanks Jen for your great words. When I took this, I saw the words and the potted plant as inextricably linked...maybe the colour, maybe because they were both aged and worn out in the struggle to survive, there on that wall. But there is hope here too..there is a new seed next to that potted plant.....the future.
Marisa Livet20-Dec-2005 16:19
One of the best pictures I have seen, it's powerful and dramatic in his apparent melancholy and resigned quiet. It's still life, but ti's also a lively way to express a lack of hopes.
This picture could not be in black and white, it needed colours and exactly those ones.
There are continuous details that stress the meaning of the picture more and more, there is also the purely aesthtic factor, the perfect harmony of hues and of levels.
It's deep and sad.
Marisa
Jennifer Zhou20-Dec-2005 13:25
There is something striking about the picture even it is pretty much a still life image. I guess it is the color bringing so much to this image. The red is so vivid almost like the color of the blood, and even the source of life---blood, can't bring back the plants' life.. The chinese character which can be recognized is "forbiden", which as if the Law, but in a price of some many lives...I don't know why, but it remains me of some old stories hundreds of years ago in China..
Craig Persel20-Dec-2005 10:33
Excellent image. The spot red of the writing and plant holder tie the two objects together in a dialogue. I can't read the "writing" but is the plant dying in response? . . . or is it regaining life? Vote.
Guest 20-Dec-2005 09:32
Very well seen, great image, Kal.
Guest 20-Dec-2005 05:29
Unbelievably good! Excellent composition and Phil helped me to understand this a whole other level. Very, very good.
Guest 20-Dec-2005 03:45
Great textures. The plant adds a lot to the mood of the image.
scott clarke20-Dec-2005 03:43
Yes I think your right. Strange for me.
Kal Khogali20-Dec-2005 03:10
Because it would mean hope Scott...but here, there isn't any here.....K
scott clarke20-Dec-2005 02:16
I like this Kal. For some reason I would have liked to see that plant alive and thriving, it would be a completely different photo. Can't explain why.
Phil Douglis20-Dec-2005 01:43
One of the most important skills a photographer learns is to see in subtle ways. This image creeps up on you. I can see why you call it Wilting. Not only has the plant known better days, but its surroundings have wilted even more. The graffiti gives the image a sense of place, and speaks of communication that no longer communicates.
This is one of those photographs that reveals little at first, but as you study it, its stature continues to grow.
Adalberto Tiburzi19-Dec-2005 23:51
Agree with Ray. Fantastic capture!
Ray Rebortira19-Dec-2005 23:35
From the thumbnail I thought this cwas a Chinese painting, the patterns looking like distant mountains. What a surprise! What a delight! Bravo!
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