July 2019 Sm4him Memorial Photo Challenge Winner ("End/Ending")

[snowbear]

I'd like to thank all of the participants, again.

Now, to the winner: Congratulations to @CherylL for "End of an Era."

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Big, huge congrats Cheryl! I had to vote for it even though I had an entry. Well conceived and shot!

 

[gk fotografie]

Congratulations!
Gerard

 

[smoke665]

Congratulation @CherylL. Great composition and well deserved win.

 

[otherprof]

I'd like to thank all of the participants, again.

Now, to the winner: Congratulations to @CherylL for "End of an Era."

Congratulations! Beautifully thought out and executed!

 

[Jeff G]

Congrats, I voted for this one too.

 

[Jeff15]

Congrats to the winner, well done.......

 

[CherylL]

Thank You!! I enjoyed seeing all of the entries and interpretations. The idea came to me after a week of thinking about end or ending. When my MIL passed I had said it felt like her passing was the end of an era, that she was her own era because she was bigger than life at under 5 foot. It took me a week to dig out the items from various locations and I had the arrangement in my head before I actually set up and shot this.

I was her helper for over a decade after my FIL passed and she referred to me as her secretary. She did talk a little about the items shown. Her age was a closely guarded secret and I did find out when I started handling her paperwork. I did tell my husband, her son. People would assume I was her granddaughter which she didn't like. She was a character and I hope I did a fair representation of her. She had a flair about her and when she entered a room everyone knew it. The sad thing was watching dementia take hold the last few years of her life.

Thanks again for the congrats.

 

[Tony744]

Congrats!

 

[zulu42]

What a beautifully conceived and realized photo. It's an art to arrange a still life. The love shows, and that always makes a winner!

 

[CherylL]

Congrats!

Thanks!

What a beautifully conceived and realized photo. It's an art to arrange a still life. The love shows, and that always makes a winner!

Thanks! She was a special lady. I had this arranged in my head before I set up. Glad you liked the arrangement.