War Brides
Uploaded: August 31, 2008 19:22:49
This is a pic of a portion of an installation of images depicting war brides on their wedding day. The installation is call "War Brides: One-Way Passage" and was housed at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria.
The installation was lit by a series of incandescent lights, so I corrected the color to remove the yellow cast, lifted some shadows and adjusted the image curve.
Exif: F Number: 4.5, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/15 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 800, FocalLength: 23.00 mm, Model: NIKON D40
Lonnie M. Scott August 31, 2008
Extraordinary, moving,with impact and feeling. And good enough for me as mono!! You are a piece of work in your own Mrs. Blank.......... #989848Evy Johansen August 31, 2008
Wonderful image, Christina!! #6393524Tiia Vissak September 01, 2008
a great image! #6393585Nadya Johnson September 01, 2008
This is quite a display! Great shot of this, Christina! As I mentioned in my post, today would have been my parents' 70th anniversary. So I guess my mother was a "war bride" in a way -- On Sept. 1, 1939 Hitler invaded Poland; that's how they talked about their wedding day, forever afterwards. In a sense, and until Pearl Harbor, it was their 9-11. Old photos seem so bittersweet! I really like this shot. #6393610Kirsten Kiki Kjaer September 01, 2008
Wonderful find and capture, Christina. #6393622Jennifer L. Alder September 01, 2008
Love it! Great capture- with a nice story, Christian. Nice use of full frame here :) #6393624Maria Warren September 01, 2008
great photo:) #6393673A P September 01, 2008
Wonderful capture and work, Christina #6393688KARU WIJESUNDARA. A.N.P.A.S. September 01, 2008
EXCELLENT FIND AND PRESENTATION HERE.KARU. #6393719
Renata Gusciora September 01, 2008
Ha!That's super find and great capture,Christina!:-) #6393723Dominick M. Dimacale September 01, 2008
Amazing images and find here, Christina.Dominick #6393767
Brett Dolsen September 01, 2008
Great capture and editing Christina!!Thought provoking image!!Brett #6393950Ujjwal Mukherjee September 01, 2008
Excellent perspective and a wonderful story telling image,Christina! #6394203Christina N. Seuser September 01, 2008
Thank you so much everyone, I really appreciate it! That's quite a story of your parents Nadya, congratulations to them on their anniversary, 70 years, wow. #6397256Nancy (Peaches) Harker September 01, 2008
EXCELLENT!!! #6397259Christina N. Seuser September 01, 2008
Thank you Nancy! #6397281M.Christine Duncan September 02, 2008
POWERFUL! Christina, this image provides such an intense sense of history and legacy... awesome!!!! #6403342Christina N. Seuser September 02, 2008
Thank you Christine! #6403773Daniella Puente September 04, 2008
Touching documentary image, well captured... #6410236Marisol Pastor September 05, 2008
Great shot Christine! I agree with all the previous comments ... images as this one should make people refect about certain aspects of today's world ... we humans don't seem to ever learn from the past. #6415930Christina N. Seuser September 13, 2008
Thank you Daniella and Marisol for you comments #6449961Tiia Vissak October 01, 2008
a great MT resubmit! #6536312Tommy E. Burgess October 01, 2008
Outstanding Christina!! #6536337Christina N. Seuser October 01, 2008
Thanks so much Tiia and Tommy! #6536340Carolyn J. Connolly October 01, 2008
A really superb image, Christina...and an *excellent* entry for the new month's theme contest!! Great editing work, too!! :o) #6536390Vladan D. Djordjevic October 01, 2008
Beautiful composition, lighting, tones, details. LoVely image! #6536411Christina N. Seuser October 01, 2008
Thanks much Carolyn and Vladan! #6539233Usman M. Bajwa November 25, 2008
WTG...Congrats. and good luck in the next round.UB. #6807200
Tiia Vissak November 26, 2008
Congratulations! #6808018Colleen Farrell November 26, 2008
Cool! Big congrats on your awesome finalist! #6814205Renata Gusciora November 27, 2008
Christina,huge congratulations on this superb finalist and good luck!!!:-) #6815339Renata Gusciora November 28, 2008
Christina,huuuge congratulations on this great win!!! #6820615Andre Goldstein November 28, 2008
Congrats on this amazing winner Christina! #6820905Colleen Farrell November 28, 2008
WTG, Christina! Congratulations again! #6821844Ulysses A. Villamin November 28, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS... again!!!!! #6822031Evy Johansen November 28, 2008
Big congratulations on your wonderful win, Christina! #6823140Renee Doyle November 28, 2008
Congratulations on another wonderful winner Christina!!! #6823484Stefania Barbier November 28, 2008
ANOTHER BEAUTY CHRISTINA, CONGRATULATIONS!!! #6823572Marisol Pastor November 29, 2008
Congratulations Christina! #6823923Elida Gutierrez November 29, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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#6825615Jennifer L. Alder November 29, 2008
Big congrats on this terrific winner :) #6826846Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 29, 2008
Congratulations on your win!! This is awesome Christina! #6827120M.Christine Duncan February 11, 2009
How did I miss this winning image Christina??? I'll say it again, it's simply powerful!!! CONGRATS GIRL! #7153702Laura E. Swan April 23, 2009
AMAZING capture and story Christina. HUGE CONGRATS on the big win!!! COOL!-Laura :) #7437633
Rebecca K. Lefferts April 24, 2009
Amazing shot Christina- what a great image. Congrats on the win- you definantly deserved it!! #7444581Christina N. Seuser April 24, 2009
Thank you!! #7444600Murry Grigsby April 27, 2009
Oh I love this one Christina and would love to see it in person! What a great idea for the display and for you to fill the frame with this historic sight. Well done!! #7456367Christina N. Seuser April 27, 2009
Thank you Murry! #7456448Tressie Davis April 29, 2009
Great impact, beautiful image! #7464891Christina N. Seuser April 29, 2009
Thank you Tressie! #7464913Mary K. Robison May 04, 2009
Such a touching display, Christina. Congratulations on this remarkable photo's Second Place Win! #7481780Christina N. Seuser May 04, 2009
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