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Published: 2004-02-25 05:43:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 17818; Favourites: 288; Downloads: 2243
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Description No matter how many people crowd around, I'm still alone.

I know I know, I wish I hadn't cut my butt and feet out of the picture. The camera was placed to high when this was taken. I tried reshooting it a few times. But it was taken in the moment. After working on getting a better shot for quite some time, I realized that I wasn't crying anymore and I didn't feel like starting up again. So this was the best shot that came out.

Model: me
Photographer: me
Hue changed in PS7

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Comments: 65

acida [2004-09-09 21:18:12 +0000 UTC]

in the end, we are always alone, good shot, nice lightning

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idiosyncrasies84 [2004-08-25 04:33:26 +0000 UTC]

So awesome!

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igy [2004-05-07 17:52:25 +0000 UTC]

i really like your pictures...
nice work!

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shekhar [2004-04-27 09:25:20 +0000 UTC]

Very simple lighting has given lovely result. And I like the way yu are experimenting with your great body. I wish I would have the photographer to have model like you.

do see my work at [link]

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shekhar [2004-04-27 09:23:18 +0000 UTC]

Very simple lighting has given lovely result. And I like the way yu are experimenting with your great body. I wish I would have the photographer to have model like you.

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blood [2004-04-18 09:51:11 +0000 UTC]

"No matter how many people crowd around, I'm still alone."

At last, someone else who feels as I do many times.

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Akourah [2004-04-10 01:23:35 +0000 UTC]

This is breathtaking in its self. I myself take my own pictures but not yet can get to full body shots. The whole desolation of this picture just blows my mind, you are a excellent and becoming photographer. and i love your pretty face.

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madtomkidd [2004-04-09 17:12:33 +0000 UTC]

i think the fact that you're not in the center...outside of the bounds helps strengthen the sense of solitude - you're so alone, you're not even all the way in the picture.

Very nice work!

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SunRunnerGraphics [2004-04-09 12:30:03 +0000 UTC]

Yer right...if you hadn't cut it I think it would have just become another T&A pic here at DA...as it is it's an emotional piece of art....I like the softening you did..it gives it a good sense of depth...

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AmAndArInI [2004-04-08 02:07:16 +0000 UTC]

these days i was listening to "a natural disaster"- anathema. becouse of the lyrics i had a picture in my head and it looks like your photo i tried to take some photos having as models my frinds but they were awful.. so it's nice to see this one!

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metalpunk [2004-03-16 11:21:43 +0000 UTC]

The dark edge really conveys a sense of individuality and isolation.

I wish it was just a picture, and not real sadness, but at least something beautiful is becoming of it...

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klutch13 [2004-03-02 19:29:46 +0000 UTC]

wonderful, great picture! as always, i fall in love with every one of your photo's!

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sad-and-delicate [2004-03-01 06:22:28 +0000 UTC]

I can feel the sadness in this shot. Its beautiful though. Great work.

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SPINNING-AROUND [2004-03-01 03:20:00 +0000 UTC]

we are alone together

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o-x-o---Nika---o-x-o [2004-02-28 02:33:26 +0000 UTC]

this is my fav of yours in your gallery just lookin gat it quickly at a glance....its impacting..looks like a poster

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jmraspa [2004-02-28 02:23:49 +0000 UTC]

Wasn't crying anymore??? Please don't...

Jon

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phisch2222 [2004-02-28 00:49:24 +0000 UTC]

I love the lighting in this. And I really love the pure emotion of it all. Simple yet not at the same time. Another fav for you.

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hitodama [2004-02-27 15:14:06 +0000 UTC]

Awesome photo! Incidentally... I have a self-portrait photo of the same name. :-p Although I think yours turned out a whole helluva lot better... ^_^ I think both photos have the same message at heart though...

If you're interested: [link]

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Mike [2004-02-26 23:00:20 +0000 UTC]

beautiful pose.

::mike

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caiux [2004-02-26 13:20:41 +0000 UTC]

empty black over you like pushing you down, your boot coming out from outside the frame

very nice... straight to my favs.

ciao,
c.

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aes-unleashed [2004-02-26 05:47:40 +0000 UTC]

i'll have to agree. that's why i like the city sometimes. despite all the people, i feel i have my own space still

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torturedsoul0217 [2004-02-26 00:24:01 +0000 UTC]

beautiful, your pics are always so emotional

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medicatedsmiles [2004-02-25 20:55:51 +0000 UTC]

dramatic and expressive, very nice pic

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neversweet [2004-02-25 20:02:53 +0000 UTC]

Oh I like the softness of the whole image very much. It seem so fragile and expressive. Also nice boots!

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storeboughtlies [2004-02-25 19:07:38 +0000 UTC]

this is an awesome shot. i love the softness, the color saturation (or lack thereof), the pose....all great. the only thing i'm not too sure about is the composition....not sure if i like it completely centered, but then again, it helps emote the feeling of being lonely....so i guess it works.

anyways....great shot.

- Justin

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divinesk8er [2004-02-25 18:02:06 +0000 UTC]

great pose, yea if only you could have gotten the rest of you boot it would have gave the eye something to follow up even though it sorta does now , but besides the capture is good.

keep it up and heh i guess i could say i feel lonely too, no matter how many people i know have respect for me that i can surround myself with.

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olhos [2004-02-25 17:28:35 +0000 UTC]

if your butt and feet apears in this picture i really don't know what would like (i can't imagine very well).. but i know that i love this picture just like this no more and no less

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Virtu-Imagery [2004-02-25 17:15:16 +0000 UTC]

Alone with people around you?
Yeah I know that feeling.
You canknow alot of people, but your not close to them.
As others go about there lives, you get left behind or not included.
sometimes you can bear it, but other time it's the worst state of mind to be in. You feel as if a part of you is not alive.
Like a part of your soul is not there.
(nuff Said)

I love the highlights in the photo.

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darthefrem [2004-02-25 16:45:31 +0000 UTC]

GREAT black and white...

love these boots too

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lunna [2004-02-25 15:39:06 +0000 UTC]

Just a perfect composition! Love the pose!

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SinisterEyes [2004-02-25 14:38:17 +0000 UTC]

i always love your stuff, and this is no different

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exdevlin [2004-02-25 14:20:05 +0000 UTC]

Such a true sentiment, and it really shows in this piece. The way you're curled up and crying, it really conveys the loneliness and sadness very very well. And actually, the fact that you're positioned lower in the image isn't a bad thing, because it gives me the feeling that you're small and lonely compared to the large blackness. I think you should keep the empty space above your head, because then it looks like I'm looking down at you, but too ignorant to look all the way down. You know?

I can sort of see the semi-bright spot around you, but I really didn't notice it until *montyoum pointed it out. It really isn't that noticeable (atleast not on this screen anyway).

Very emotional piece Kedra, nice work.

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Shadrak [2004-02-25 14:01:48 +0000 UTC]

Very pretty Good photo

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Demonrat [2004-02-25 12:42:35 +0000 UTC]

wonderfull!

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mnoo [2004-02-25 12:33:22 +0000 UTC]

Love soft quality about this shot. Great atmosphere. I probably wouldn't have had the subject smack in the middle but a bit more to the side, leaving some negative space. But still, I find this really beautiful.

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CyberChilled [2004-02-25 11:05:08 +0000 UTC]

I realize that at the time you weren't doing it for the effect...but this is a very unsual and effect pose. Foreground is perfectly focused...so much so that I can see markings on the eyeelets of your boots and the detail of your fingernails on your little finger of your left hand. The blurred motion in your image does suggest (after reading your comments) that you are perhaps indeed wiping away a tear. The lighting is perfect for what your title suggests. The soft directional lighting on your beautiful skin contrasts with the pitch black background evoking a feeling of being truly alone. Had this been a happier moment one could imagine this image as being provocative. (In the soft lighting you can make out a hint of the soft texture of your hair and the black strap off the left shoulder...again...against flawless skin...) As it is however, you have managed to capture your own vulnerability even while in the midst of feeling truly alone. That says a lot for your talent but i am afraid it does not remove the emptiness. This is a beautiful yet poignant image of you. I am only sorry that I have to compliment you under such circumstances

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FreakingMuse [2004-02-25 10:36:44 +0000 UTC]

it's still beautiful and very true.
great done

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E-Money [2004-02-25 09:53:03 +0000 UTC]

Nicely done. Lots of expression.Great pose

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mrpunch [2004-02-25 09:08:32 +0000 UTC]

Since you can't recapture the moment you may want to try cropping out some of that empty space above the head... Just a thought.

Wonderful shot any way.

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kedralynn In reply to mrpunch [2004-02-25 10:09:32 +0000 UTC]

Hmm thanks, that might help out

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cyrusmuller [2004-02-25 08:58:46 +0000 UTC]

very cool.

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Tearanon [2004-02-25 08:43:06 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful..........

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crump3t [2004-02-25 08:33:15 +0000 UTC]

wow. this is amazing.

its stunning how you manage to convey such heavy emotion through your photos. This one is great and really feels like loneliness, and despair that comes from it. The blackness surrouding you feels like there is a massive world, yet in such a world you are still alone. which I find gives it an even more sad feeling. The pose your in really shows the despair and fear of being alone, trying to shut out the giant void, and protecting yourself from the nothingness.

Tones and lighting are great. I love the contrast of the boots the the light soft tones of your skin.

Very beautiful and emotional shot. great work.

a definate fav

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kedralynn In reply to crump3t [2004-02-25 10:08:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. There was a lot of raw emotion there. I'm so glad you could see it in the piece.

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HisN [2004-02-25 08:31:22 +0000 UTC]

excelent posing, nice light, true words...
but tooo much soften, there ist no more structure on the hands left..

Alex

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bada [2004-02-25 08:24:59 +0000 UTC]

Very nice composition! Love the lonely feelings in this composition!

The pose is nicet too!

Background is... stange!

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DaggerPoint [2004-02-25 07:44:31 +0000 UTC]

I don't want to be alone,
Living on my own
Without the warmth of your embrace
against my coldest nights.

Please don't let me be alone
Being on my own
For I don't know what would do
If I was left... Alone.

- an excerpt from Dagger's Poem "Alone"

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kiri529 [2004-02-25 07:19:33 +0000 UTC]

It's just a beautiful photo with a sad message

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rent-a-heart [2004-02-25 06:32:25 +0000 UTC]

i love this a lot.. you conveyed being alone very well.

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ryath [2004-02-25 06:27:41 +0000 UTC]

who needs ass n feeet when u have emotional photos to consider.

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