Forum: Photography


Subject: march challenge, social issues

TomDart opened this issue on Mar 05, 2005 ยท 13 posts


TomDart posted Sat, 05 March 2005 at 11:18 AM

There was a time of wonderful idealism. Then the flower would be fresh, not dried. The image is clean and unsoiled with faded memory of the realities. Yikes, getting weird on me here. Tom

TomDart posted Sat, 05 March 2005 at 11:19 AM

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tvernuccio posted Sat, 05 March 2005 at 11:52 AM

flowers and bullet casings...damn fine entry!!! sigh. quite an emotional image that hits me in the gut!


cynlee posted Sat, 05 March 2005 at 12:05 PM

"where have all the flowers gone, long time passing, where have all the flowers gone, so long ago... ...where have all the soldiers gone? they've gone to graveyards, every one... oh when will they ever learn... " song popped into my head... bittersweet image with deep meaning... it's a wonderful entry* Tom!! (edit... had to look up the rest of the song)


tibet2004uk posted Sat, 05 March 2005 at 1:00 PM

Ah yes!! Beautiful compo and so perfect for the challenge IMHO! Now this is a HUGE social issue indeed!! The 'lil "wear a flower in ur hair" at the bottom of the image is so reminiscent of the 60's and adds such a nice "peace and love" feeling to the image!


Tedz posted Sat, 05 March 2005 at 1:49 PM

I like it....fine Peacenik Poster!


Onslow posted Sat, 05 March 2005 at 2:23 PM

Superb still life photograph that gets your message across.

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html


DJB posted Sat, 05 March 2005 at 5:10 PM

Where have all the flowers....OK added to challenge page

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions."



JordyArt posted Sat, 05 March 2005 at 6:58 PM

Cyn, you is a freek - I thought that very same thing when I saw it and I'm a freek, so you MUST be too..... Tom, excellent image. Love the mixture of the colours, so close and yet distinct and yet mixed with the contrast of the textures. In fact, I have to admit this is one of those pictures that raised my eyebrows when I saw it. hmm. Damn fine. (",)


Erlik posted Sat, 05 March 2005 at 7:48 PM

Beautiful photo. Love the warm colours. PS Errrr... are those hollow points? Hex bullets? Or the actual bullet is just taken out?

-- erlik


randyrives posted Sun, 06 March 2005 at 10:28 PM

Great shot and good entry!


flopsy posted Mon, 07 March 2005 at 6:47 AM

its beautiful the colours are stunning and great contrasting textures which all adds to the impact of the mesaage Flopsy


wackiej posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 6:50 PM

OK, I'm a little slow. When I first saw this on the "whats new" area I thought "what the hell, this guy is a little twisted". I just caught on to the challenge and Social Issue thing and hey, I get it! It really is a great photo. The color and lighting are purfect. The scene, heavy. Those do look like hollow points to me. J