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I don't know why, I just felt like taking and posting this photo just now.



It's totally off topic (Canon Digital Elph) and without any specific context.

Handheld. Available light (table lamp). Minimal post processing with Picasa.

I haven't felt inspired to setup and shoot much of anything lately 'till now.

Comments? Does it make you feel anything?

--

 
Amazingly lifelike, Beacon. You've captured the Gnome's essence and noble character so well that I had to study it the photo very hard to realize that it wasn't a real gnome, but a stunning reproduction clearly done by a modern master. This is not your garden-variety Gnome, no-sirree.

The backdrop lends an art-noveau aura to the image perfectly matched to the organic theme of the happy Gnome. The strong, underlying discourse embedded in this photographic marvel has its origins in Oedipus, obviously combined with Olympian mythologies of enormous magnitude. See how Zeus-like he looks?

Simply marvelous. Standing ovation.

Now pour me another. :o)

-- Typeaux

The only test of an image is the satisfaction it gives you. There simply isn't any other test.

 
--Makes me feel like singing the blues,
Makes me feel like I've never been born,

Makes me feel like a natural woman, although the bustiere and 6 inch pumps help a good deal in that regard.
Makes me feel like dancing.
Are you sure it wasn't a Canon Troll?
R. C. Johnson
 
They met through EHarmony, brought together by personality tests that showed a common European culture and an irrationally fervent antipathy for escargot. The correspondence was passionate, but when they got together in person the fault lines in the relationship were too large to be ignored. She with the severe, straight part in her hair just couldn't abide his unkempt beard. She was stunned to learn he didn't take off that dunce's cap, even in bed. He had thought being RGB wasn't so important to him, but when it came to dating a Sepia he discovered prejudices in himself he had not suspected before. And then there was the fact that he was four feet shorter than she, which presented more complications than either had anticipated. They finally had to break up. The gnome turns away, manfully fighting tears, and heads for his lonely destiny while his beloved sadly watches him go. He'll have a long time to contemplate her last words to him: "Darling, I didn't want to believe it, but size DOES matter!"

--
Steve

 
mnstoryteller said:
They met through EHarmony, brought together by personality tests
that showed a common European culture and an irrationally fervent
antipathy for escargot. The correspondence was passionate, but when
they got together in person the fault lines in the relationship
were too large to be ignored. She with the severe, straight part in
her hair just couldn't abide his unkempt beard. She was stunned to
learn he didn't take off that dunce's cap, even in bed. He had
thought being RGB wasn't so important to him, but when it came to
dating a Sepia he discovered prejudices in himself he had not
suspected before. And then there was the fact that he was four feet
shorter than she, which presented more complications than either
had anticipated. They finally had to break up. The gnome turns
away, manfully fighting tears, and heads for his lonely destiny
while his beloved sadly watches him go. He'll have a long time to
contemplate her last words to him: "Darling, I didn't want to
believe it, but size DOES matter!"

--
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sniff damn it - why can't we all just get along! ;-)

Steve - I realise your profession involves writing - and requires creative thought - but sounds to me like somewhere in the dim and distant past - you have a tale you wish to regale...

we're waiting...

--
AH

 
... and the movie version just didn't do it justice. Maudlin and beholden to daytime soap operas, the story just didn't play well on the big screen. Great performances by Hillary Swank and Mickey Rourke, though...

-- Typeaux

The only test of an image is the satisfaction it gives you. There simply isn't any other test.

 
Because her character was two-dimensional, Hilary did the role in a strap-down bra to keep herself flat. The critics all said she did a better job than any actress this side of Meryl Streep of projecting heavy grain.

As for Mickey -- what can you say to do justice to his fully rounded realization of the lonely gnome? Mickey's performance revealed the inner gnome in spite of the fact he was limited during the filming by having his pants belted and buckled right under his chin.

But as for the film . . . well, like they said of "The Ten Commandments," the book was better.
--
Steve

 
Artshot Sue said:
Artshot Sue said:
Comments? Does it make you feel anything?
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a little nausea - it reminds me to get back to work and finish a
project I left waiting on my desk.
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I didn't anticipate that feeling.

Now that you mention it, I had to scoot quite a few unfiinished projects away from the gnome before I could shoot him without interference. I'm feeling a bit queasy myself now. :-p

--

 
mnstoryteller said:
They met through EHarmony, brought together by personality tests
that showed a common European culture and an irrationally fervent
antipathy for escargot. The correspondence was passionate, but when
they got together in person the fault lines in the relationship
were too large to be ignored. She with the severe, straight part in
her hair just couldn't abide his unkempt beard. She was stunned to
learn he didn't take off that dunce's cap, even in bed. He had
thought being RGB wasn't so important to him, but when it came to
dating a Sepia he discovered prejudices in himself he had not
suspected before. And then there was the fact that he was four feet
shorter than she, which presented more complications than either
had anticipated. They finally had to break up. The gnome turns
away, manfully fighting tears, and heads for his lonely destiny
while his beloved sadly watches him go. He'll have a long time to
contemplate her last words to him: "Darling, I didn't want to
believe it, but size DOES matter!"
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I'm going to put these words on a print of the photo and frame it! :-)

We need a title . . .

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