The Ultimate Sadness of Being

Posted by
Michael Rawluk (Williams Lake, BC, Canada) on 11 October 2008 in Abstract & Conceptual.

A Moment in Photographic History:
German photographer Ruth-Marion Baruch died October 11, 1994.
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A Photographic Quote of Note:
I was next to Bobby (Kennedy) when he was shot. It was hideous. Part of me wanted to crawl away. I couldn't. That was when I had to deliver. I was saying to myself, "Don't fail now, fail tomorrow." The Kennedy thing - I still wake up in the night and think about it. I even remember the f-stop. It was 1.4
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Canon EOS 5D 1/200 second F/9.0 ISO 250 50 mm

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Comments (15)

rem_la from Villiers, France

superbe couleurs !

11 Oct 2008 5:40am

Lynne's Somewhat Invented Life from United States

I expect Beaver Cleaver's mother or Donna Reed to step out of the trees at any moment. This seems like a very old photo. It's very elegant, I think.

11 Oct 2008 7:09am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

What an astonishing photo Michael, I'm in awe....and the quote is a heartbreaker

11 Oct 2008 10:58am

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

Beautiful photo. It has a really old feel to it.

The thoughts of Harry Benson are quite profound and sad.

11 Oct 2008 12:00pm

Veronelle from Lens, France

nice trees ans luminosity

11 Oct 2008 12:45pm

Les from Lincoln, United States

Wow. Awesome quote. I can't imagine being a witness to such a tragedy. I don't think I'd ever recover.

The photo is gorgeous. Something sad about it.

11 Oct 2008 1:18pm

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

A poignant quote for sure. I like how you have processed this shot Michael, it very - old kodak - color.

11 Oct 2008 4:16pm

Alejandro Caballero from Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

El color y las sombras genial, buen tratamiento, un saludo y gracias por tus viaitas.

11 Oct 2008 5:05pm

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States

wow there is great sadness here -- i too feel the heaviness -- a wonderful philosophical question you bring to bear... this is a quite surreal photo -- in large part due to the almost 'technicolor' of the image!! wonderfully done!

11 Oct 2008 6:02pm

roentarre from Melbourne, Australia

This does look sad.

Great desaturation technique

11 Oct 2008 8:05pm

amy from Nanaimo, BC, Canada

I so love how you did this one, Michael!! The slight desat is amazing... you've made an otherwise cliche shot and extraordinary image.

12 Oct 2008 1:34am

NaCha from NYC, United States

Nice one Micheal!

12 Oct 2008 2:33am

vera from Timor-Leste

desaturation to prepare winter??? :-))

12 Oct 2008 3:33am

Eleftheria! from Athens, Greece

What a nice composition!

12 Oct 2008 1:32pm

Mindy from United States

Love the feel. Great decision to desaturate colors.

14 Oct 2008 5:14pm

next day →

Canon EOS 5D
1/200 second
F/9.0
ISO 250
50 mm

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