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Purgatory...

I'm losing myself,
Trying to make people happy,
Who can never truly be pleased,
I'm spreading my wings,Read more

Purgatory...

I'm losing myself,
Trying to make people happy,
Who can never truly be pleased,
I'm spreading my wings,
Only for the feathers to be plucked away,
You leave me bare,
Not even dignity to protect me -,
Yet I know there are no gates of heaven waiting for me,
I'm no pure angel,
But please "salvate" me,
So I'm losing a battle over and over,
I'm damned to purgatory,
(Poem written by Wild Girl)

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'STEALING IS A CRIME!"
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48 Comments | Report
billythekid
 
billythekid December 30, 2014
Strong image, and your words add another dimension to the story. Well done.
hazril44
 
hazril44 December 31, 2014
OMG!! your gallery is damn amazing!!!
leslie57
 
leslie57 January 01, 2015
Love the poem Love the sky and excellent composition..Well done and have a great 2015
DieselDave
 
DieselDave January 01, 2015
Great post processing!
lisahannigan Platinum
 
lisahannigan January 02, 2015
Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique. Let's get better together!
lisahannigan Platinum
 
lisahannigan January 02, 2015
very nice use of texture and shadow accented in black and white the words fit the photo very nicely done.
Euroslice
 
Euroslice January 04, 2015
Superb !!!!
Excellent Photography, great skills :)
KayBrewer Platinum
 
KayBrewer January 08, 2015
fabulous edit - fabulous texture
lezielpalerobangotviray
 
lezielpalerobangotviray January 09, 2015
Awesome...
CharmedPixelsPhotography PRO
 
CharmedPixelsPhotography January 15, 2015
I Love the Poem and the Image!
kathleenweetman
 
kathleenweetman May 21, 2015
Voted shattered..k
jameswalinski
 
jameswalinski May 28, 2015
Perfect, Voted shattered!
snowdon PRO
 
snowdon June 08, 2015
congratulations on your Finalist Win in Shattered contest... great work
Flosno
 
Flosno June 08, 2015
CONGRATULATIONS & CELEBRATIONS....on this award
MichelleMarie75
 
MichelleMarie75 June 08, 2015
Hooray for the award!!! Well done!!
estercastillo08
 
estercastillo08 June 09, 2015
Congratulations on your finalist win, good luck, ester
jameswalinski
 
jameswalinski June 09, 2015
Congratulations on your Award!
malijohn
 
malijohn June 09, 2015
Congratulations.
Enlivened-Eye
 
Enlivened-Eye June 09, 2015
moved be to create a #haikuforyou

Desolation's room.
Amongst life's shattered rubble.
Limbo's grey playground
KayBrewer Platinum
 
KayBrewer June 09, 2015
Congratulations again, Gigi! Finalist in Shattered!
carolcardillo PRO+
 
carolcardillo June 09, 2015
Yay, Gigi! Congrats on being a Finalist!
STGpixel
 
STGpixel June 10, 2015
Congratulation on your Award!
onyanita PRO+
 
onyanita June 14, 2015
superb...how awesome that you got another Finalist Award. Good for you girl !!!
ladyincammies
 
ladyincammies June 15, 2015
Beautiful!
jameswalinski
 
jameswalinski July 23, 2015
Beautiful capture. perfect abstract voted.
jameswalinski
 
jameswalinski July 23, 2015
Voted HDR. Only!
kathleenweetman
 
kathleenweetman July 25, 2015
Project abstract...this is a great idea and so well shot and carried out....VOTED
Elyzabeth PRO
 
Elyzabeth July 25, 2015
I love spooky! Voted Project Abstract :)
kathleenweetman
 
kathleenweetman July 25, 2015
Also voted HDR....K
Elyzabeth PRO
 
Elyzabeth July 25, 2015
Voted HDR Only :)
MargaretteH
 
MargaretteH November 22, 2015
Congratulations on your award!
AlanC
 
AlanC November 30, 2015
Voted in Ruin Me. God bless this Christmas! :-)
Delaila
 
Delaila December 04, 2015
Pretty ruin. Congratulations on your award!
kathleenweetman
 
kathleenweetman March 19, 2016
Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique. Let's get better together!
kathleenweetman
 
kathleenweetman March 19, 2016
Voted in haunted comp..k
KayBrewer Platinum
 
KayBrewer March 21, 2016
voted Haunted
Jillybean56
 
Jillybean56 March 24, 2016
Voted, haunted. Great shot.
lizziemellis Platinum
 
lizziemellis March 25, 2016
Amazing sky , and ruin.. Voted haunted:-)
jameswalinski
 
jameswalinski May 22, 2016
voted beauty of ruins!
estercastillo08
 
estercastillo08 May 22, 2016
great work, voted Beauty of Ruins
kathleenweetman
 
kathleenweetman May 23, 2016
Clever entry for beauty in ruins comp...voted ...k
AlanC
 
AlanC May 24, 2016
Amazing details. Voted in Beauty In Ruins Photo Contest. Best wishes! :-)
lizziemellis Platinum
 
lizziemellis May 27, 2016
Great entry ..voted Beauty in Ruins:-)
Jillybean56
 
Jillybean56 June 01, 2016
Very evocative.
Elyzabeth PRO
 
Elyzabeth June 05, 2016
Voted Beauty in Ruins :)
Mursadur_Rahman_Akash
 
Mursadur_Rahman_Akash March 27, 2017
Great shot! Nice work
jameswalinski
 
jameswalinski June 22, 2017
Voted broken object!
jameswalinski
 
jameswalinski August 28, 2017
voted old structures!
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Behind The Lens

Location

The photo was taken in Sta. rosa, New Mexico, USA.

Time

It was taken at 10:12 AM winter time with overcast day.

Lighting

It was overcast day, and February 15, 2014 where there was terrible winter in the North side of the USA.

Equipment

Canon EOS-1D X, TS-E17mm f/4L, Canon Trigger release, Manfratto Tripod

Inspiration

The story that the shattered house have shown. That once upon a time people were there and all of the sudden they decided to moved on due to some reasons. That they were there as community who had been sharing the existence the economic growth and suddenly it was collapse and people tried to leave and move to a place where they can survive. Those are the reasons that inspire me a lot.

Editing

I did take bracketed shots and do HDR on this. I adjusted the saturation and submitted the photo for competition.

In my camera bag

I have 3 canon camera and in it are the canon lenses, depending on what i will be shooting so from time to time I change the lenses before deciding a road trip.

Feedback

HDR is really effective in getting the details of your subject so why not try using it. I just took 3 images, one i exposed to the light, then have my mid tone, and I shot one exposure for the shadow. I combined it in photoshop and have NIK HRD Pro 2 for the processing of the HDR. Be open always for the changes, don't be purist because time is changing and if you can use any of the softwares, so use it for your advantage. Have fun and be happy always. When you are happy then it will reflect to your work.

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