Carpe Diem... Photo

Photographer’s Note

Carpe Diem, 'pick the day', was the motto during the renaissance after the dark and somber middle ages when they had the motto Memento Mori, 'remember that you will die'.

Carpe Diem is exactly what Isabel an I are doing at the moment, spending a lovely day in Leicester with Richard, and spend the day tomorrow with Kev.
After the TE-meet in Rotterdam is was obvious that I experience friendship from people of TE, and that gives me the shivers every now and then. TE is a great site

The category I chose was this one is daily life, but it looks more like daily dead

Voltri, bertolucci, Elaine_Blath, bnallama, cengiz, MarekP, eleparc, Isabelle, Jeppe, delic has marked this note useful

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Voltri (1724) 2006-05-16 17:42

Rinie, kind of interesting and unusual photo, which brings pleasure and makes me think...

efigesta (12181) 2006-05-16 17:47

Hi Rinie

interesting composition here, great colors and an interesting pov
regards
manuel

valdec (7058) 2006-05-16 17:51

Cze¶æ,
bardzo interesuj±ca fotografia, robi wrazenie, dobra kompozycja

Traczewska (7279) 2006-05-16 17:52

I can not really understand what is worth to be noticed in those blue, cutten doors with white paper on? Cemetery itself looks much more interesting but I fell that final effect would be much stronger without those blue sth.

bertolucci (12014) 2006-05-16 18:28

Yo Rinho, Nice capture with nicely saturated colours and well conmposed too. It's a curious way of stating that you're having fun and I can relate to Francine's words, but hehe I love paradoxes, so well done ;-))
Have fun with Kev 2morrow!
Bert

wkshelton (0) 2006-05-16 22:01

Hello Rinie, Excllent Photo, great colors, Bg, POV,TFS Kyle

RGatward (19749) 2006-05-17 3:24

Good treatment of this place that I see so often, that I don't notice it. The blue door really stands out in the compo here, esxpecaiily since you've cropped out the sky.

Elaine_Blath (6170) 2006-05-17 3:58

Hi Rinie,

a superb point of view! You included all the details..and the colours are amazing...well done!

Regards, Ivana

faubry (32419) 2006-05-17 4:56

hello Rinnie, alors un peu le spleen ce soir, après que les membres TE soient repartis chacun vers leur route.... j espère qu'il y aura encore d'autres rencontres et que cette fois je pourrai me libérer, allez ne sois pas triste, il faut profiter des bonnes choses et les garder en nous!!! cette photo en tout cas est très bien composée! mais une plus gaie pour demain serait la bienvenue, ok?
amicalement
francine

daddo (11541) 2006-05-17 5:54

Hi Rinie. The blue door to heaven or a reminder that colour, life is all around, and once one's eyes are closed in eternal sleep...Striking message and composition. Regards, Klaudio

cengiz (3581) 2006-05-17 9:46

really unusall and very nice
cngz

MarekP (4744) 2006-05-18 9:20

Hi Rinie,
This is a nice photo with great atmosphere and distinct "old England" style. I especially like the blue door that makes a fine parallel to the grey thumbstones. Very well seen and done.

Thanks,
Marek

eleparc (24059) 2006-05-18 13:23

the colors are striking Rinie! this blue and this green are so contrasty with the darker stones! Maybe an element of hope between those black marks of death and fate? ;-) I agree with this motto anyway, for life and all we have, can be lost in a split of a second at any time. so enjoy every minute of life and do not postpone things when you have a chance to tell your loved ones how important they are to you;-)

Ebbe (9571) 2006-05-18 16:00

A relaxing picture and the colorcontrast is well used. I think you can crop some on the sides, perhaps.

Porteplume (3257) 2006-05-19 17:04

Sfeervolle foto maar ook 'n grappige note.

Geen idee waar je nu bent Rinie... Parijs? Maar "Pluk de dag" zeker! Geniet! :o)))
Wij zijn aan het einde van de maand weg, richting noord, maar ik zal je wat langer schrijven vòòr die tijd.

Heel veel groetjes - Viviane

Jeppe (18623) 2006-05-19 17:48

Hi Rinie

Indeed "Carpe Diem" - I exprerienced dead near me this year and can fully relate to this words.

Great to see this shot from the UK and hear you having a good time there. The blue door gives a fine break in the image together with the green grass.

Good weekend
Jeppe

CoolDan (2490) 2006-05-20 20:40

Bonjour Rinie,
J'aime bien la composition de votre photo, avec cette porte cachée par la pierre tombale. très belle netteté.

delic (6735) 2007-01-30 8:05

This is a beauty. Great visual impact of the blue in the middle... The composition is very good with even lighting. I just wish the stone on the left edge was sharper but that's a depth-of-field limitation. Well done.
Hakan

Photo Information

Copyright: Rinie Hoff (Rinie_Hoff) (9334)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-16
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Nikon D70, Nikkor 18-70mm DX, B+W UV
Exposure: f/11, 1/20 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): The days that Isabel visited Europe..., Your favourites [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-05-16 17:34
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