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20th December 2011, 12:49 AM #1
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20th December 2011, 12:11 PM #2
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Of the 50 plus views am I going to be the only one to mention that the pic is missing!
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20th December 2011, 12:34 PM #3
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The pic is missing
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20th December 2011, 12:41 PM #4
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We see eye to eye. The pic is missing.
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20th December 2011, 12:42 PM #5Moderator
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No diplomatic skills at all!!
Originally Posted by Daisy Mae
Of the 50 plus views am I going to be the only one to mention that the pic is missing!
But indeed there are not many other ways to say it. There is indeed a distinct absence of pictorial imagery.
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20th December 2011, 01:08 PM #6
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It's the elephant in the room Donald!
I figured that if I replied the poster would get an e-mail and look in whereas if no one replied it could be ages until they noticed.
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20th December 2011, 04:44 PM #7
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Second time lucky it uploaded
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20th December 2011, 04:59 PM #8
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That is beautiful Joanne..... Well worth waiting for!
Wonderful skin-like texture and exquisite detail.
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20th December 2011, 05:12 PM #9
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Lovely capture. Great detail!
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20th December 2011, 05:19 PM #10
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What a great shot! As a beginner photographer, may I as for some details on the realisation of this picture? I find the texture and tone of the pic most intriguing.
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20th December 2011, 06:18 PM #11
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I do too.. Originally Posted by wlou
and would be banned ( quite rightly!) if I even thought about it anatomically.
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20th December 2011, 11:43 PM #12
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Of the 50 plus additional viewers am I going to be the only one who would love to see the image in colour?
Philip
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21st December 2011, 02:56 AM #13
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I love it, the detail is beautiful. Would also like the colour comparison.
Daisy Mae, 'Shhhhh' its a rose LOL.
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21st December 2011, 03:26 AM #14
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The penny just dropped... Originally Posted by kezmal
I love it, the detail is beautiful. Would also like the colour comparison.
Daisy Mae, 'Shhhhh' its a rose LOL.
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21st December 2011, 12:15 PM #15
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Just a rose?
In the natural world this rose, like any other, is a flower, a biological structure, a functional organ of a plant. It has evolved to be full of colour, with the sole purpose of being attractive to hapless animals which it dupes into transporting pollen to or from another colourful rose, in order to perpetuate its species.
In the human sphere, the rose also has emotional content and meaning. It has probably been selectively bred to enhance the structure, texture and colour of its petals. It is often viewed not only as an object even more beautiful than its wild cousin, but its shade of colour is also highly significant as a symbol of human love, desire and passion.
To strip this rose of its colour is to remove its raison d'etre, both as a wonder of nature and as a positive emotional signal. It is no longer just a rose, but it is just a non-rose or an anti-rose - a structure without function, or a statement of love lost. This might have been the intention, though this is doubtful.
As a photographic image, the range of tones (see the histogram) appears a little too truncated at the upper end - raising it does bring out more of the textures. But, as is obvious here, I would prefer to see an image of just a rose in all the colourful tones of its natural splendour.
Just an opinion.
Philip
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