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The Parable Of The Ten Maidens

 

"Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept."

"But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.'"

 

"Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'"

 

"But the wise replied, 'Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.'"

 

"And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut."

 

"Afterward the other maidens came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us.'"

 

"But he replied, 'Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.'"

 

"Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour." (Matthew 25:1-13 RSV)

 

beautifully perfomed by your vision, great colors and shapes taht speak by themselves, very original way to portray such an important lesson.

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Beautiful colours and lighting, Emmanuel!

what a wisdom you have here..thanks for sharing it and most important for the message behind the image..best regards

I really like the glistening, but not to bright, deeply colored tomatoes against the void of a background. Excellent idea!

 

Kirk

Given the spiritual theme that this has inspired, I'm envisioning the hovering tomatoes as angelic figures, as oppposed to the very human tomatoes settled on the plate with their mottled and cracked faces, puckering and pouting as they endure the parable. They look as unmotivated and unexpectant as the mentioned virgins. The smaller tomatoes offer such a bright balance. A very interesting composition, Emmanuel.

An interesting image with a parable,Emmanuel.Very good rendition.

Very nice composition, beautiful lighting.

 

Regards

Interesting parable, nice contrast between black and red!

Yes... very interesting composition. Before reading the parable, I was drawn to it... the colour, the composition specifically. Incredibly creative especially with the inspiration behind it.

Your still lifes are so skillfully done, emmanuel, always masterfully lit and composed, well done!

I love the light and 3D feel here...the above tomatoes seem to be falling with a sense of movement...

I agree with all the above too but I have one nitpicky thing - I can see the "shelf" that the small overhead tomatoes are resting on - wish you would hide/darken that a bit - it appears a slightly purple-y splotch at the left of the image and then another splotch just below the plate as well. I would prefer you either show more of the "base for these fruits or none at all. I know - picky picky.

I totally agree with you. The presence of the "shelf" ruins the compositional flow of the picture. However, this is the problem of a "virtual" gallery: everybody has different resolutions on their monitors. Those like myself who have high resolution multimedia monitors like the 21-inch Viewsonic that I use, tend to present a finished image based on the way we see it on our monitors.

 

Once I was in the office and a co-worker asked to see my pictures. I went to the site on her computer and was disappointed to see that all the contrast work I had carefully done was washed out on her screen. I even found blemishes I had carefully spotted out in individual scans prominent on the page. I said nothing because whe was not a photographer, and hardly noticed them, but I was highly embarrassed.

 

So, yes, I'm aware that the "shelf" does show on some monitors, along with dust spots on the background. I really can't do anything about that, unless I were to so darken the print that it becomes invisible on my monitor. Most laptops have much lighter screens than a large multi-media monitor I use. The only consolation I have is the fact that I make prints in which I control the resolution on the finished product. Thanks for your candid observation.