5th Place The Memory of Persistence By elips by Canon DSLR Challenge

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The Memory of Persistence
By elips


11-MAR-2006	elips

Here is a link to Salvador Dali's Persistence of Memory. The brief comment below the picture on MoMa's site is well worth reading. http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?object_id=79018

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elips		21-Mar-2006 03:03
Thanks, Michael! ~Sharon

Guest		19-Mar-2006 08:13
What a beautiful image, definitely Daliesque in its execution. Well done!

elips		19-Mar-2006 06:12
Thanks, kt, Cat and Olaf! Considering the number of truly creative images in this challenge I will be happy if I place, Olaf, but thanks for the compliment! ~Sharon

Guest		18-Mar-2006 21:38
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Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Mar-2006 23:00
Good one! Dali written all over it! -Cat

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Mar-2006 05:18
The driftwood and the clock seem to be melting into each other ... a blending of the real and the surreal. Great idea! ~kt

elips		14-Mar-2006 02:10
Thank you, Vikas! ~Sharon

Vikas Malhotra		13-Mar-2006 15:30
Beautiful take on Dali, wonderfully taken and love the woman's shape in the driftwood. The colours are nice and warm adding to the whole image. Cheers, Vikas.

elips		12-Mar-2006 17:02
Thanks, Jim, Michael and elGeorgio! I have included a link below the picture so that you can see where my inspiration came from and, perhaps, why I made some of the decisions I made about this image. ~Sharon

Canon DSLR Challenge		12-Mar-2006 11:16
Beautiful composition and idea ! I like the single breasted lady, I would call the shot "Amazon" :-) Totally surreal elGeorgio

Guest		12-Mar-2006 06:01
Sharon, your description blows me away...I would never have guessed the melting watch is as shot. I love the overall composition and yup, the female form in the "shapely lumber" is very evident. Nicely done. -Michael

ctfchallenge		12-Mar-2006 00:08
Ooops there goes my Dali idea! (LOL) Neat one, Sharon!

jimhwy		11-Mar-2006 23:15
That is some shapely lumber there. And that watch goes well with it. Dali would be proud :) Jim H.

Canon DSLR Challenge		11-Mar-2006 22:48
That's exactly why I thought you didn't see the body; the title gave no indication. I'll second the idea of a title that reveals it. BTW, no wonder she's lying down - that's some heckuva thorn stuck in her knee! LOL! ~ Lonnit

Canon DSLR Challenge		11-Mar-2006 21:15
Maybe chose a title that brings out the feminine qualities of the image more? Lonnit - check some of the links in the challenge thread - some interesting stuff out there. Cindy

Canon DSLR Challenge		11-Mar-2006 18:50
LOL! I am not familiar enough with the style to have known that - so kudos for you on the intentionality. :) As for the watch, I knew it had to be real! I've really got to do some research on this topic - it's quite interesting. I do have an idea for a shot I want to do... I'm hoping I can pull it off. ~ Lonnit

elips		11-Mar-2006 17:37
Thanks, Lee, Cindy and Lonnit! Just so you know this is not photoshopped, the watch is part of my husband's watch collection and looks just like this. I did try a tighter crop Lee but two things stopped me: Dali's painting is not a close-up and I would lost the very thing that caught Lonnit's eye. I didn't miss it at all Lonnit and I am delighted you saw it. The wood is as found except for the tiniest bit of dodging and burning to bring out the appropriate parts. Dali's paintings use vaguely body-part-shaped "things" that never quite coalesce into a complete body and I thought this went along with his theme quite well. ~Sharon

Canon DSLR Challenge		11-Mar-2006 17:24
Oh, baby, you missed the boat here! LOL! Look at that wood... it's undoubtedly a woman lying back, her butt on the sand, her knees bent. Her right breast is quite prominent and of course the right arm is obvious. I "wood" have just added a head to it. LOL! ~ Lonnit

Canon DSLR Challenge		11-Mar-2006 14:39
Dali-esque! Nice work Sharon! Cindy

Guest		11-Mar-2006 14:13
wonderful watch! not sure a tighter crop would be more effective. Just a thought.