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No Cure I by ~Talon22:iconTalon22:

Categories Photography > Conceptual

©2008-2009 ~Talon22
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March 23 is American Diabetes Alert Day.

It's been a little over a year since I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes back on November 13, 2006.

Life hasn't changed much since then for me really. My diet has always been rather balanced and healthy, allowing me some freedom in this situation, yet I am still reliant on insulin injections to truly keep my body under control. Mind you, insulin is not a cure for diabetes, merely a treatment used to keep the body in working order. For me it's four or five injections a day (one before each meal and another before bed), for others who have less stable blood sugars, it could be double that. An incessant series of finger pricking and abdominal subcutaneous injections is definitely not a cure by any means.

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Anyways, let's talk about this photo shall we?

My photography teacher has allowed us to select our own assignments this semester, and this is the second project I proposed which I had originally titled "Syringes". I figured it would be a fitting project to do in the month of March.

That is a U-100 insulin syringe filled with water and green food coloring and held up by my younger brother.

As always, touch ups done in Photoshop Elements 3

-Garrett
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~Petitemuse Mar 13, 2008, 4:38:31 PM
I really like the concept here! You nailed it! What I like about it is that it's so real and blunt, with the message you're sending. The needle and its fluids, really do look like insulin. Great Job.

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~Talon22 Mar 13, 2008, 4:58:20 PM
thanks so much for the input :D

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~Petitemuse Mar 13, 2008, 8:22:08 PM
No problem!

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*Discarn8 Apr 1, 2008, 2:19:36 PM
Nice work - the tight focus and neutral background help make it ';pop' quite nicely! The needlepoint itself is a little hard to see - perhaps a different background or tighter focus might have helped? (NOT sure here, just a thought)

I wish you luck in the competition - this is a very good piece!

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~Talon22 Apr 1, 2008, 5:14:46 PM
For the fact that all I had on hand was a point and shoot camera I'm very happy with how this turned out. I wish I could have gotten in tighter and kept focused, but it just wasn't possible with my equipment

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*Discarn8 Apr 1, 2008, 5:33:39 PM
Hadn't realized the gear limitations. Given those - GREAT work indeed! *applause*

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~Talon22 Apr 4, 2008, 6:04:47 PM
thank you kindly

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