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imnotsana — trail of hope..
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Published: 2011-05-31 13:32:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 929; Favourites: 51; Downloads: 0
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Description
..sometimes we lose sight of it.The Concept
The object used is a praying Angel pendant (1 inch) that a close friend gifted to me. It always reminded me not to give up on hope. The bokeh created by the necklace looked like a sparkling trail ... thus "Trail of Hope" came to mind.
Technique
I have a crummy camera, so I just used Super macro on my point and shoot
The rest of the EXIF data is included on the side 
The Set-up
I stuck the bottom of the pendant with sticky tack onto my TV
and held the necklace up with my left hand.Post-Processing
Desaturated, cropped and sharpened on Gimp.
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Comments: 32
I've mentioned in the Artists Comments how
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But the end is being raised up? How is the front raised up? o_O
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I wrote it there silly! 
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That's what I am wondering about. How? o_O Wwait, what's a sticky tack? O_O
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It's this sticky substance used to stick posters on a wall for example.. I used this one
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I like the the way you have captured the reflections off the metal
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Thank you! 
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This is amazing!!! Did you really take it with a point and shoot camera? I use one, and mine are definitely not as good as this!!!
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Haha thank you! Indeed I did 
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When I first saw this, I thought it was a Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament for a Rolls-Royce. I think it's neat that you got low and face to face with the angel. It makes it feel like it's full-sized, and brings it to life.
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Ooh I would love to have a pendant of that
Thanks for your lovely comment
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I love how a simple pendant on a necklace can say so much about one message
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That's the beauty of it
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It's interesting how you've embodied the concept of hope in that, in a sense...
I like the monotone and how that makes this piece feel more serious, but it also increases the direction in the sense that it doesn't make things distracting if it is only in black and white... We can focus on it more, which suggests that hope can bring clarity to things, perhaps, or that we focus on hope more itself... eh.
The bokeh is lovely and I like the square format, as that is quite fitting in itself.
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Thanks! It was either hope or faith, but I thought hope would be a better concept since it's something everyone can relate to, hopelessness in faith even
Yeah I agree, Monochrome shots are usually less distracting since it allows more focus on the subject rather than the surroundings 
and thanks for the comment
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Yes, that's true enough. I think capturing 'faith' would be more difficult, yes.
Ooh.. so it's almost like revisiting your roots.
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