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Sonnet 116

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The inspiration for this piece was Jane Austen’s novel “Sense and Sensibility” and Ang Lee’s 1995 film adaptation of it. In the film, at least, the character of Marianne Dashwood and her would-be love, John Willoughby, share a mutual love of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116. Here ‘tis…

“Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
~William Shakespeare.

Credits:

I must admit to having quite a sense of “ownership” over this particular piece, since, for me anyway, it isn’t just a photo manipulation.

The photograph of the model, and that of the “view” through the window, are both derived from photographs that I took, but I would also like to add that the costume that the model is wearing I made. The dress is an exact replica of one of the gowns worn by Kate Winslet in the movie “Sense and Sensibililty” (fabric choice notwithstanding), and was predominantly hand-stitched… Leave it as said that I got it into my head that I wanted it to be as period accurate as possible :lol: It rendered me bleary eyed for a few days and my hands have not yet forgiven me :P

The model is my son’s fiancé, Jayde *jaydeth88. She kindly offered to pose for me wearing this costume, knowing that I have something of an aversion to having my own photograph taken :fear:

Just in case you are interested, I have uploaded the photographs that I used to the stock account that Jayde and I share :heart: *PixellyPerfectStock

Model: *PixellyPerfectStock [link]

View of the Farmhouse: *PixellyPerfectStock [link]

Window: =Stock-by-Casey [link] and ~BrokenFeline-Stock [link] Drapes: ~dozystock [link] Lace Curtains: ~Linzee777 [link] Texture: `cloaks [link]

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Image size
2225x1844px 1.63 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 50D
Shutter Speed
1/49 second
Aperture
F/4.0
Focal Length
24 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Nov 15, 2010, 12:49:59 PM
Sensor Size
10mm
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