Photographer's Note
Well, I fifnished with the "cementaries' series but since today is the day that brought the idea in the first place - All Saints' Day, I decided to post something as an "epilogue"- the simplest and most obvious one on the day - a burning candle.
For those to whom it's not that obvious-All Saints Day is a universal Christian Feast that honors and remembers all Christian saints, known and unknown. But for an ordinary Christian the feast is associated more with remembering their late family and friends, and for this reason we visit cementaries and light candles on the graves of our relatives. Fire as a symbol of life.
I could have lied and written the candles are Polish ones:-) but what's the point? I took this shot in St. George's Church, a Greek Orthodox Church in Madaba,
known for its 6th century mosaic that represents the biblical land from Egypt to Lebanon, including Sinai, Israel, Palestine, and Transjordan, believed to be one of the best topographical representations of the Biblical Lands. For those who are interested I'm uploading a photo of the map in Workshop, just as a curiosity as my photos didn't come out that well.
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mugush
(2104) 2005-11-01 4:53
Nice one to share with us! very well composed.
nice POV. i like colors,lighting and most of all i like sharpness of this picture,nice note made this more beautifull.
thanks for sharing..
love
mugush
bantonbuju
(51815) 2005-11-01 4:55
cześć ola, technicznie rewelacja i artystycznie super pomysl na zakończenie serii, jak zwykle notatka bardzo bardzo cool, calość pierwsza klasa;
pozdrowienia, j.
venus
(748) 2005-11-01 7:37
Great shot. Very good colours and shadows.
I like the composition. Very warm...
drewniany
(1142) 2005-11-01 9:06
Witaj. bardzo fajnie-te swieczki chyba czekały na ten dzień. Dobra GO, fajnie, takie jasne i zywe na tle ciemniejszego tła-jakby taka symbolika... Bardzo dobra notka
Pozdrawiam
M.
ukasz
(803) 2005-11-01 9:20
hjej bardzo dobry epilog, ladne ujecie, takie cieple swiatlo swiec przywolujace wspomnienia, wprawiajace w zadume nad zyciem doczesnym i tym pozniej... zwlaszcza w taki dzien jak dzis... pozdrawiam
arindam_thokder
(3987) 2005-11-01 9:35
Do you about Deepawali, the biggest festival in India. This is the festival of light and people used to light candle at there home and worships God. Today is Deepawali or Deewali, a very special day for us. Without knowing that you have posted this picture which some how have relation with India. Technically this picture have very good DOF and very good sharpness, I liked this a lot.
Paolo
(41258) 2005-11-01 10:38
I like so much that shot Alexsandra!!!
i like shot of candles, and that one is quite perfect, with fantastic colors and light. excellent also the focus and the POV.
thanks also for the interesting note.
thanks, ciao
grafu
(2241) 2005-11-01 19:35
witaj Olu.
sliczne detale, bardzo cieple, nostalgiczne i wyciszajace zdjecie.
pozdrawiam, pawel.
eco
(112) 2005-11-02 3:21
witaj
bardzo fajna kompozycja, świetne światło i fajny pomysł, udało ci się uniknąć przepaleń i za to wielkie brawa, całość mi się bardzo podoba, pozdrawiam serdecznie, rafal
sixTL
(8596) 2005-11-02 23:59
Cześć Ola, bardzo symboliczna ta praca. Ciekawa kompozycja. Bardzo dobra jakość.
Pozdrawiam Artur
Photo Information
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Copyright: Aleksandra Borzecka (starbug)
(6924)
- Genre: People
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2005-08-00
- Categories: Ceremony
- Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ10
- Exposure: f/2.8
- Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
- Date Submitted: 2005-11-01 4:39
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