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touch-the-flame — In Memory of... I

Published: 2011-02-12 01:26:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 859; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 17
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Description He disappeared in the dead of winter:
The brooks were frozen, the airports almost deserted,
And snow disfigured the public statues;
The mercury sank in the mouth of the dying day.
What instruments we have agree
The day of his death was a dark cold day.

(from "In Memory of W.B. Yeats" by W.H. Auden)

Photographed at Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland USA

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Comments: 14

thoughtengine [2019-05-04 11:28:14 +0000 UTC]

The sharpness of the ground and the contrast create a sense that you're not processing vision properly, like you're in a dream or hallucination. Overall, the image suggests one is about to hear a scream.

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Stefymoondust [2012-04-26 08:06:10 +0000 UTC]

beautiful

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touch-the-flame In reply to Stefymoondust [2012-04-27 11:51:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much, and for the add to your favourites as well!

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MagicBlanche [2011-12-03 15:34:40 +0000 UTC]

Very well done. Love the tinting.

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touch-the-flame In reply to MagicBlanche [2011-12-03 19:28:38 +0000 UTC]

I felt like the snowy landscape lent itself well to the bluish monochromatic tint.

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MagicBlanche In reply to touch-the-flame [2011-12-03 19:51:35 +0000 UTC]

It is so perfectly done

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touch-the-flame In reply to MagicBlanche [2011-12-03 20:12:47 +0000 UTC]

Well, I must admit for many of my images I try a lot of different things and techniques until I hit on something I'm satisfied with. For every image I post on I probably trash ten that I just couldn't get quite the way I wanted. I'm glad you appreciate the effort!

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MagicBlanche In reply to touch-the-flame [2011-12-03 20:51:01 +0000 UTC]

I sure do...and I know the way of working. Trying,
doing and delete, try, do and perhaps satisfied *
after many trying

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touch-the-flame In reply to MagicBlanche [2011-12-04 03:20:11 +0000 UTC]

When I was doing video production professionally I had a quote posted on the wall of the edit suite - "It's easier to be done than satisfied." How very true.

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namstrap [2011-09-30 05:44:34 +0000 UTC]

Great capture !

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touch-the-flame In reply to namstrap [2011-10-03 11:20:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you - it's interesting what a little snow on the ground can do to create a mood in a cemetery.

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Troellken [2011-05-23 06:31:35 +0000 UTC]

GREAT.
the fog, the black sky ...everything

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touch-the-flame In reply to Troellken [2011-05-23 15:17:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, and for the add to your favourites as well!

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Troellken In reply to touch-the-flame [2011-05-23 19:05:55 +0000 UTC]

no problem

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