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The Ghosts of Summer Past
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Something a bit different for me here. I was at my favorite stomping grounds, Greenfield Park, with Mark and became intrigues by the symettry of the still swings. After taking several shots Mark ran through and pushed them all to get them swinging. I kept snapping shots and merged 3 of them together. I left the end result fuzzy and out of focus to try and get the ghostly effect - fuzzy and out of focus. In an unrelated note, by dear friend Tick got me thinking with one of his posts. Imagine that. He referred to the True Grit that it is going to take to make sure our future generations don't pay for our sins. I agree, and would go one step further. It seems to me that we have lost our passion in many ways in our Country. The average college graduate this year will have 9 different jobs before they retire. How does one get passionate about a job ? We are so busy running from spot to spot, appointment to appointment, soccer game to soccer game that we find it difficualt to find any one thing we are passionate about. The politicians control Washington, the Lobbyists control the Politicians and Wall Street controls the lobbyists. How to do we become passionate about our Nations leaders? I think virtually all of us are passionate about our art, be it photography, fractals, manips, etc. If you are, you are one step ahead of the game. Now find a way to pass that passion on the generations behind us. If not about art, about SOMETHING. This is deeply personal for me because I had lost much of the passion in my personal life. Recently someone has shown me much of what I was missing...not in a physical passion, but intellectually and emotionally. She knows who she is, no need to name her...but my debt to her is staggering. Keep the fires burning and pass the passion to others.
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Jimbob
Years ago, deep in a long cold January, a new president ignited the passion of my generation with his electrifying words, "Let the torch be passed..." Your call to "keep the fires burning and to pass on the passion to others" comes from the same place in the heart.
Well done, my friend.
mary
I like this inspirational piece. I first saw it in the voting booth and knew instantly what the artist was trying to convey. So please take that as a compliment. Your meaning is clear in this picture and needs no explanation.
Happy New Year, if I've forgotten to convey that wish to you!
:)PJ
Concept?
I like it. :o)
Execution?
D-.
'Getting there from here'? I know that you will and by all means, do not stop with the creative experimentations.
Suggestions?
More so, for your consideration for applicability with settings/scenes and creativity in mind:
Bulb setting on 40D
As I came across some imparted information on our site here, referencing using the bulb setting when shooting fireworks. No release cable or remote used ... simply, cover your lens with a hat, let's say ... remove ... to expose, etc.. You'll figure it out. :o)
Keep flexing those creative muscles, Rich. I do like where you were going this one. Sincerely.
Instead of Les' counsel to use the bulb setting.. this is daylight, so you might be better off with a tripod, and shooting several exposures from the exact spot, and blending them in post. A hat, in daylight, will result in some perceivable blur, and will unevenly darken the shot as a result. Night shots, however, would be ideal for the "hat trick".
I'd really like to see a second attempt at this.
(*goes to stand in the corner ...*)
;o)