If I Had Something to Say

A documentation of writer's block.

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Dragon Weaver says:

#1(from the IWANT5! group)
This is a wonderful photo. I really like the mood here. The title helps set the tone for the situation in the photo. I like how the focus is on the face and papers, and how the body of the person disappears into the darkness. Very well done! Matter of fact, I like it so much it deserves a FAVE! :)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

chrisjur says:

#2 (from the IWANT5! group)
whoa, this is a great pic. you can see the strain in the stubject's face. I love how the face pops out of the dark. bravo!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

brokenface says:

i love the way the ligth falls on yer hand and glasses it reminds me of a painting in my grandfathers home of a man deep in thought (or possibly in prayer depending on the beholder) fantastic! #3
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

JJSchad says:

#4 (from the Iwant5 pool)
Lovely composition...I like the way the person is partially in the dark.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

aprevite says:

#5 (from the IWANT5! group)
Well done, dont think this could be improved
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

merAtSpain says:

#6 (from the IWANT5! group)
Agree with Aprevit, on the "dont think this could be improved", but i has such a strong meaning and emotion... and love the dark side of the pics, like everybody else :)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Michael Smith says:

+ Lovely moody lighting and pose, and nicely composed.

- Maybe a little more light on the face would be nice?
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Goonarific says:

+ First I have to say that the title is perfect, and the presentation is close to.

- I would like ot see more light on the face, and I think the lower left could be darker, which would enhance the surronded by void feeling you're going for.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

robherr says:

+ Fine example! and the message comes across well even w/o the title.

- agreement on the face, just a little, not too much.

Thx for adding to the Positive / Negative Pool
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

re_birf says:

This photo is challenging It's Raining from the pool of Highly Competitive - Flickr's 100 Best. Vote me in!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

icarusjapan says:

noneof100#1 i simply like the other photo more. def. dig your shot though.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

aprevite says:

I still think this is a great photo.

Voted: 1of100 #1
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Coxee says:

This is a super image! Love the way the person is in the dark - leads the eye nicely around the frame... however, I am so wow'd by the defender's simplicity and impact that I have to..

Vote:0of100#2
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

maz hewitt says:

The lighting and exposure of this photo is much better than the other one.

Voted: 1of100 #2
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

schani says:

Even though this photo is great and I hate borders in Flickr images my vote goes to the defendant. Amazing composition and light there!

"noneof100 #3" into the pool of Highly Competitive - Flickr' 100 Best
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Valendon says:

I would like to have seen a little more light on the writer's face, and I'd prefer the lamp to stand upright. I *really* cannot cope with the directions my eye is drawn in the challenged picture, and I think this composition is very telling, which definitely gives it the edge. 1of100 #3
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

< insert fancy new name here > says:

"noneof100#4"

i like the emotion and appreciate the play with light, but the hand is kind of too dominant (more than the face) and the lamp and its decoration has an effect, that makes me dizzy. i don't like the cignetting in the defender, but i like it to stay in the pool.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Lissa** says:

vote noneof100#5

I think that the emphasis is too much on the lamp here.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

re_birf says:

Thanks all for your votes - I am comming to agree on the not enough light on the face vs. too much light on the hand.

I originally thought that the emphasis should be on the hand and the fact that it is not holding the pen (also that the page is blank). The darkness of the head = not having ideas. The glasses off = not being able to see the world clearly.
Or something like that.
But I am now realizing that the darkness could be a distraction to someone who didn't view the image as I did.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

G r e n says:

nice portrait
the lighting is nice - contemplative
you set a great mood here
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

NoL Mahree says:

+ i like the focus on the empty writer's hand vs. the face of the hand's owner

- less light in lower left - it's nitpicky at best, though
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Diego Velasco says:

+well thougth pic good frame and intension
-maybe just maybe to see how it looks the faming should be a bit up to see the tip of the lamp just slightly
Positive/Negative Pool.
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

reflections1000 says:

+ good title and emotion
- the person is a little too dark

From the Positive/Negative Pool.
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Elvira Black says:

Love your photo--I've blogged it at:

elvirablack.blogspot.com/2006/03/rant-against -real-writer...
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

re_birf says:

I'm eagerly awaiting a gruesome slaughter...
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

♪Mean Mister Mustard♫ [deleted] says:

WIth the positioning, this is more a photo about a tilted lamp. I am a writer. I have had many bouts of WB. None of them even remotely look like this. Who the hell writes with a fountain pen anymore? Is this Laura Engles Wilder on writer's block?

-voted as "deleteme" (from Deleteme! group)

p.s. I love the level of lighting, though. =)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

the inhabitant says:

A lovely image and beautiful title.

-voted as "saveme" (from Deleteme! group)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Zelik says:

Oh holy shit yes! I curse because I care. This one is a score. If this does not get saved, then god is napping and has officially wet the bed.

saveme2
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Kaippally:കൈപ്പള്ളി says:

Too much darkness. the lamp is more prominent. too little light on the face.

And I hate that lamp

-Voted "deleteme2" (by the Delete me! Group)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

xdrei [柏林] says:

i haven't much to say but

deleteme
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Steiner62 (An Animal & his Anima) says:

-voted as "saveme3" (from Deleteme! group)
Well this says something to me, so...
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

liam.jon_d says:

if i have nothing to say
my lips are sealed
say something once, why say it again?

voted as "deleteme4" (from Deleteme! group)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

lj_scampo says:

the title fits perfectly with the pic, but i don't like it enough for a save

-voted as "deleteme" (from Deleteme! group)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

forbes_jeff says:

There are a couple very minor quibbles I have here.

That the pen/notepad are the center of attention is good, and obvious, and fits the theme of the photo well. However, the lamp is too prominent, and the glasses also pull my eyes away from the person's face.

Had the glasses been in the face/lamp/pad triangle, the photo could be improved, or, again, if the lamp didn't create such a large distraction; it should definitely be a significant factor in the image. Just not the main one.

This was *so* close to a save for me, that I can't delete it.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Gunnlaugur Þ. Briem says:

A save for this, and a minisave if I could for Zelik's comment.

--
Seen next to a fellow photo of DeleteMe! DeleteMeh!. (?)

-Voted "saveme4" (by the Delete me! Group)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

magall says:

interesting, but not for a safe

-Voted "deleteme6" (by the Delete me! Group)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

George Kaplan says:

God is on a break. Zelik has wet the bed.
Nice and all, but not that nice. Nice. Nice but only nice. Niiiiice

-voted as "deleteme7" (from Deleteme! group)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

George Kaplan says:

issues with sharpness, colouration and glare off the lamp haven't been signalled enough. Is it Sunday or something?
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

fredanibu says:

The atmosphere is nice but I think the writers face needs more light.

-Voted "deleteme8" (by the Delete me! Group)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

you are your atman says:

I keep getting this feeling the lamp is about to attack her.

-Voted "deleteme" (by the Delete me! Group)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

dj12lee says:

I quite like it:

-voted as "deleteme10" (from Deleteme! group)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Jim Skea says:

We're pleased to inform you that this has received 10 deleteme comments and tags from qualified sane members of the DeleteMe group so I'm removing it from the pool.

You didn't make it into The Safe but don't miss your chance to remind the rest of the group of their injustice by posting it to theU Got Me thread.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

K. Sawyer says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Writer's Haven, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Yahoo! Answers Editorial says:

Hi,
Cool picture! I used it on the Yahoo! Answers Blog .

Mitzi
Yahoo! Answers Editor
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Jenna Carver says:

Oh man, I know this feeling.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Guilherme Solari says:

Hi there. Thank you very much for sharing this photo with Creative Commons.

I have used it to ilustrate an article about writer's block in my blog. It's in portuguese, but I thought you would like to know. ;)

tavernafimdomundo.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/13 -dicas-para-...

Cheers!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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