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Day One


Day One
Photo Information
Copyright: Hugh Siegel (bombilla) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 308 W: 85 N: 147] (1950)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-01-01
Categories: Decisive Moment
Camera: Nikon D50, Nikkor 18-55mm AF-S DX f3.5-5.6
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-02-02 14:21
Viewed: 412
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
And then one day, as 2007 jettisoned 2006 and a whole wet and uncertain year lay before us, we looked out the window and marveled at how chance and causality were united within us and only us. For how else to explain that the visitors had decided that this would be the day and Amsterdam Avenue would be the place? As we sipped our coffee and salted our eggs, nursing our hangovers and trying to slow down the march of minutes before a new workday interrupted our repose, we knew that we were the nexus, the nucleus of the atom. What other theory could suffice? Our eyes were all the evidence we needed . . . and we were flush with the sense of promise and expectation, for we could see so clearly now that the future was finally here, and this would be the year that everything changed.
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To salil: Hi, Salilbombilla 1 02-05 09:50
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Sometimes I worry about you.

Rew

You're really the writer of TL!
Never short of something new to say, comment and announce.
Great shot. I love the reflections: they somehow suggest the tension between illusion and reality - illusion, of course, always seeming brighter and more welcoming.

Goody one! :)
Nuné

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  • Alba Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 537 W: 0 N: 206] (2760)
  • [2007-02-02 15:30]
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Hi Hugh,
Sometimes I'm sure not to worry about you...
I'm so glad to discover the centrall spot thanks to you!
Mary

Hello!
Very nice text and...strange(but nice!) photo!
The years are passing over and we can't help it except look them thru the mirror!

Bernard

merhaba dear hugh
very good new york and lights.beautiful silhouettes.good composition.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

Ah...we see by the means of a hazy outline in a metal mirror? (like prophecy). Wonderful picture and a great writing, Hugh. Triple aces for the note! TFS. Nice blend in PP.

hi Hugh,

A real tree and a "lighttree", funny reflection and nice movement with the umbrella. I would like to see more of the person ( in move of course ;) )
greetings, inn

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  • salil Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 581 W: 18 N: 295] (2106)
  • [2007-02-03 12:07]
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Yes, a change ... but for what and in what direction, I wonder. Early mornings after holidays seem so strangely melancholy. Your photograph seems to reflect that mood of ennui ...

Great photo! And the comment too, although I'm not sure I got it all.

Hi Hugh, strange composition, but I like it, wonderful light and colors, very well done, have a nice sunday, ciao Silvio

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