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©2004-2009 `Davenit
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Another in the "Little Man: Phears, Phobias and Phealings" series.

Depression is something that at one time or another hits most of us. Some people suffer forever with it. About a year ago a friend was perscribed as Manic. Didn't come as a huge surprise but it still hurt.

With him in mind, I shot this. He tried to explain to me once how much despair he felt when he was on the down slide. One of the analogies he used was "I feel like I am trying to crawl out of a toilet". That one stuck with me...

I don't remember much about the lighting so it must have been something as simple as one flash. The DOF is the important part here. All I wanted was the head. I wanted focus to be purely on the head making eye contact with the viewer. Some might want more. I can understand it but I like it shallow...

Enjoy... One more after this. There are other images in the series but this is all I am gonna post here...

Dave

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:iconenthr0n3:
:O fuck just awesome :+fav: love it

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:iconruvsk:
love it... :+fav:!

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enquanto perto,
estou longe.
:iconblackmamba:
Well done :)

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if it's never dark, how you gonna know the sun when it shines
:icona-landi:
Amazing shot!
Just perfect... :+fav:
:iconmachu-picchu:
Splendid, as the others... :-)

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<center>-- Trop de couleurs distrait le spectateur (Jacques Tati) --</center>
<center>- Too many colors distract the spectator (Jacques Tati) --</center>
:icontalonthekiller:
Great piece, the lighting especially sets the mood perfectly.

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"People alter their lives by altering their attitudes."
:iconfuadass:
/me pull the litlle man :P
nice photo i like the dramatic light ;) cool :slow:
:iconsammigurl61190:
This one hits very closely to home, Dave. I've been suffering with manic depression and depression both for about a year and a half now. That's a perfect description of it. It brought a tear to my eye.

Thank you, Dave.

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hope on a broken string
almost on the edge
of falling downand shattering
into your spiderweb...
:iconpurplepawn:
hahaha. Serious topic I know... but I had to laugh when I saw this image. Seems almost comical for a split second...

The lighting on the seat/rim looks great. This whole idea rocks :)
:iconkaije:
it is so true. thanks for capturing it. nice on making the toilet look dark =)

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"Love as thou wilt"-Kushiel's Legacy Trilogy
"crazy doesn't even begin to cover it"-Happy Bunny pin from MissyFish

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