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A touching and altogether wonderful photo!

Isn't it strange, everytime I have come back to this one photo on photo net. This is one powerful image, it leaves a lot to the imagination and leaves one guessing as to what really happened.With regards to composition I agree that there are some who might have suggestions as to how it can be improved, but to me it is a definite 10/10. Simple yet "touching" it evokes emotion. Kudos and thanks for sharing.

Mario, thanks, some times it is necessary to leave something to the imagination, and this is what I try to leave in this image.

 

and thanks to all the advice, are welcome.

Needless to say how good it is, Teresa! It is a classic "Dear John letter". Oh, how I hate to write... Excellent! (I like the B/W version, too.) Blago

This has to be one of the best ideas for a photo i have seen in a long time. Very well done!

When I looked at this I could feel the pain of the one to whom the letter was written, but I also felt a bit of the resolve and newfound freedom of the one who wrote it. Very well done!

 

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For the wonderful comments..

This is rare it seems on Photo.net. This photo tells a thousand stories. Wonderful concept. Simple execution - it works!

This photograph is exquisite! It is the essense of restrained simplicity, yet charged with emotion and power. Unforgettable.

This photo stood out to me immediately. The image is beautiful. The angle, the color palette, the lighting, all are great. But I also find myself bothered by the use of words in a photograph. The word "sorry," especially when juxtaposed with the ring, forces the viewer to feel a certain way by using language, not a visual image. In this way the photo, for me, arrives at too much sentimentality in too manipulative a manner. I feel this photo cheats a bit as visual art, but is extremely appropriate for commercial/advertising use--it's technically very good and gets a certain message across very, very quickly and strongly. I can see it used in a very expensive, classy ad campaign--perhaps for something of an anti-DeBeers (the "Diamonds are Forever" people).

 

Congratulations on a beautiful photo, and please don't take this neurotic viewer's hangups too seriously!

Very well composed! great work!

u did a great job, Photography is an art express its feeling to us, to everyone, this is what is arts about.

for the wonderfuls comments..

Wonderfull idea, so lovely

I've really appreciated.

Please don't get me wrong, the idea is good - though it isn't absolutely new - and the shot could most certainly have been worth what it was rated so far... But not with this kind of lighting and composition.

Talking from a strictly artistic point of view, this is about as bad as it can get... Pixel fragmentation, harsh shadow, no color appeal, uniform lighting with no drama at all... Art is necessary for this image to become as touching as it should be... There is no art here... So, aesthetics would be 2 for me. Originality (and concept) would be 7. I could have just passed and critiqued another shot I liked better, but this is the 2nd highest rated picture ever on Photo.net... and someone had to do the dirty job to tell you that we need more than a good concept to take a great photograph... Don't be sad or annoyed please. Just ask yourself, whether this could have been better, for example, with a ray of warm light falling on the paper, and dark areas outside the ray, or anything else you can think of. I hope to see an improved version as best-rated image on this site soon. Best regards.

Congratulations by your great knowledge in photography, thanks God that you have a good scan.

 

Thanks for the comment....

I was stunned when I first saw this on photo.net So much emotion in a photograph. Happened to me once. No doubt why I was drawn to this photo. Beautifully composed, imho. This is one of the photographs that I saw on photo.net that inspired me to return to photography. Thanks for sharing your work.

Well, though it may not be totally original, I must admit it's very compelling. BTW, it makes me sad (...).

I think the placement of the ring close to the "y" is perfect. The feeling I get from this, is that whoever left the ring on the note was genuine about being sorry ... that the ring came right off after writing "Sorry". The ring is itself the final word, not the sorry. This is powerful to me.

I hope this is FICTION!!! Beautiful creation, class elegant and sad.

Gran idea, bellamente trabajada. Enhorabuena.

WOW... I'm speechless

this one tells a story, and it's so well concieved. eloquent. makes me wish someone had been there for all the moments of my life to capture them so poetically.(ring and note)

This is wonderful and yet terrifying at the same time. It makes you think about the level of commitment you make when you enter into marriage. ANd how important it is to make it right, so that THIS never happens.

like this picture beacause it has an emotional attachement to it. Like others have said, it tells a story, it's not just a snapshot. It makes you think about what is happening here. Well done.