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Submitted: April 18, 2009
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Afternoon Teaby *Ana-D

Photography / Conceptual

_{"All you need is love.
All you need is love.
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need."}

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~Inspired on the work of =Ronaaa}

_{This piece won the 1st place in *photographicpoetclub "Your Passions" contest.

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. All rights reserved © =Eternal-Love01}

Critique by !Bluesfrau Aug 17, 2009, 1:52:37 PM

The warmth and coziness the image spreads is the first thing that sticks out to me. The colours as well as the arrangement are well-chosen, whether consciously or via intuition, that is, of course, obscure and part of the artist's secret (says she with a smile). The composition of colours benefits from the complementary green and red focus, colours which cause the impression of balance and one-ness.
Green as a background could symbolise a soothing and satisfactory foundation, which is perfected with the steam manipulated as floating, bright hearts of different colours. One gets the impression they lift up, which works "uplifting", spreading the warmth with a hint of one's favourite tea smell (which differs for the individual viewer as everybody has a different preference).
The forefront is held in autumnal colours, in contrast to the bright, young green of the back ground, adding the complementary effect of ripeness, age and wisdom, which adds to the feeling of "contentment".
The choice of books underlines this even moreso. A Queen of Babble would indicate a bunch of (possibly mature) people assembling and "babbling" over tea (or coffee) about stories gone by or even Love (O Corazon).
If one was to go further into symbolism, the cup on top as the 5th part could symbolise the 5th element. But not sure if I should go that far to say that the photographer intended this thought. If that was the case, I would say this is really, really clever.
However, it is overall very cleverly done! Thumbs up!

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Critique by ^Kaz-D Aug 1, 2009, 5:13:22 AM

I love this! It reminds me of rainy Sunday afternoons and just curling up with a book

I really like the background, but what caught my eye first was the steam and the hearts..strangely enough. It's very pretty and a lovely idea. The books are the foreground and generally are what would capture attention along with the cup but looking further there are hidden treasures in this piece of work and that's fantastic. The colours are warm and autumny and the cup is really pretty too. Lovely piece of work, thanks for capturing a rainy Sunday for me!

Good book choice too!