The Path

Artist: Deborah Parkin
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The Path

Taken at Hadrian’s Wall – another freezing cold day.

Martie Venter, 5 months ago

Love the darkness, mystery and haunting beauty of this image – wonderful work!
Simon Gladwin, 5 months ago

Like the depth the path gives the image (but then it is the subject of the image…....slaps head like a dunce). Nice light too and nice textures in the treetrunks!
Michael Oubridge, 5 months ago

This conveys the image of how cold you felt superbly, wonderful Deb
Jo Fedora, 5 months ago

worth freezing your socks of for…takes the viewer to another way of seeing..
StacyLee, 5 months ago

This is pure magic Deb!! Love the lighting!
J.K. York, 5 months ago

classic heavy vignette works well here with this monochrome pastoral. the high contrast adds to the vintage look as well. sweet.
AndyReeve, 5 months ago

Makes me feel cold just looking at it. Beautiful and the dark frame seems to emphasise the content. Nice one Deb.
Deborah Parkin in reply to Simon Gladwin’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks Simon – thought you would be watching Dr Who :)
Simon Gladwin, 5 months ago

I am
Roy barry, 5 months ago

Superb-the vignetting adds so much tone and depth to the image. A really clever piece.
JudyBJ, 5 months ago

Absolutely wonderful-it looks little like an IR
David Harris, 5 months ago

This reminds me of the start to a brothers Grim fable!! Nice work Deborah
Stuart Chapman, 5 months ago

Just love the edging around this Deb. Very stark contrasts bertween the black and white give an eiree sense of calm about this. Very nicely framed by the trees and the greass either side of the path helps lead you nicely in.
Laurie McClave, 5 months ago

Ahhhhhh so loovely!
cheerishables, 5 months ago

Gorgeous, Deborah … Like from out of a dream.
Paul Tupman, 5 months ago

Fantastic work Debs.. I love this, it has a real haunting feeling about it but not in a creepy way. The darkness of this is great and contrasts so well with the light on the trees.. actually this reminds me a bit of an etching in metal, because of those silvery tones. Very well framed by the trees and dark vignetting.. Fantastic as always.
Oh and did someone mention Dr Who? I’ve just been watching that here in Saudi too!
Sean Farragher, 5 months ago

fantastic work
vonne, 5 months ago

NICELY done and the frame is perfect!
Trish Cooper, 5 months ago

Amazing work….the lighting and the play of shadows and light is breathtaking…I have missed you my friend…...this is definitely a favorite of mine…..fantastic work as always….. Like I said before I have missed you…..and talking to you….hope that all is well and looking forward to hearing from you…..HUGS Trisha xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
AnGeLLe, 5 months ago

I love this.
mindboggle, 5 months ago

this is fantastic work
Mark Tisdale, 5 months ago

Thanks for going out on the freezing cold day! Great results! The contrast and composition is spot on as always!
RichardV, 5 months ago

Great work Deb.
Kathryn Potempski, 5 months ago

nice work Deb,love the comp and finish
illyphotography, 5 months ago

Beautiful and mysterious..
Pal Gyomai, 5 months ago

Beautiful image, Deb. I love it.
Nicholas Averre, 5 months ago

A wondrous image Deb, I find myself dreaming of when I was a scruffy faced kid finding adventure in the local woods. Magic.
nanarhodes, 5 months ago

Excellent Deborah just excellent …. love what you have done with it…..
Ed Michalski, 5 months ago

Nice Deb, but where is the wall?
billyboy, 5 months ago

You’ve turned a path through the woods into a journey through an enchanted forest. Your deep mystery beckons me… I’m off!
daveythepict, 5 months ago

nice and spooky very atmospheric
halftone, 5 months ago

Lovely haunting image, Deb. Vignette works so well here
Alf Caruana, 5 months ago

great how you used the darkness for the framing, love the light it gives a haunting feel to the whole image
Karin Taylor, 5 months ago

this is a bit hobbity,
i like very much!
Antanas, 5 months ago

perfect
Gaurav Dhup, 5 months ago

gives a very nice feeling :)
midzing, 5 months ago

fantastic image Deborah, love the suspense of what is around the corner.. very eerie,,, great work, well done
Paul Compton, 5 months ago

Mesmerizing. Such great atmosphere.
soulexperience, 5 months ago

nice
Liv Stockley, 5 months ago

Beautiful, love the treatment.
Mohammad. Khak..., 5 months ago

lonely in reall darkness!!!!
congrats deborah!
Graham Dean, 5 months ago

Amazing light Deb, it guides you down the path. And though you can’t see the canopy of the trees, you’ve captured the feeling of their height . And of course your clever eye has made the whole thing beautiful.
Robert Mrvecka, 5 months ago

great work deb!
Mister, 5 months ago

Very cool. Is this like… what’s it called… infrared?
cdwork, 5 months ago

Stunning work that draws me in!
David Stuart, 5 months ago

This has a blair witch feel to it Deborah. A little scary and mysterious.
funkyfacestudio, 5 months ago

Gorgeous fairytale pathway, It’s very mysterious.
Rebecca Ogden, 5 months ago

great shot and wonderful treatment
Martin Derksema, 5 months ago

You have such a direct way of communicating through your pictures. If I would do a theme like this I would need 78 layers and a million colours and a complete box of Pandorra. You don’t need so many ‘tricks’ to say what you want to say. Beautiful image, Deborah. Pure and strong. Yeah, the path. Where will it bring us? The thing is: we don’t know. We want to know, but we don’t.
Ken Mucke, 5 months ago

Hey Deb…I really wanted to look and think about this one for a bit before commenting because it is very unique in an amazing sense….first thing that draws me in is the sense that the whole image is first outlined in darness and the center is very very light…so what happens is that is draws you into the center of the image and in the center it takes you down the path and leads you to uncertainty…..and to the unknown….it makes you want for more of the path and where this journey leads you….you did an amazing job with bringing us to the path and jpurney of the image….The toning here is perfect as are the different textures and lighting …so very well done
Rhana Griffin, 5 months ago

“Another freezing cold day” but with the magic of Deb Parkin woven through it. To anyone else walking it, this may just be a simple path… but your imagination takes us on a journey as always Deb… I want to place my feet upon this path and let it lead me where it will. THAT is some powerful magic indeed.
david malcolmson, 5 months ago

There is something about the intrinsic nature of the Holga that enhances the vision of the photographer who wishes to bring out the sense of mystery in a scene. I am reminded of the very effective device employed in the silent cinema of closing the iris on the lens to concentrate the viewer’s attention on some aspect of the scene. We tend to be see to the wide sweep of Hadrian’s Wall so it is good to see how you have chosen a more intimate corner of the area. This spot looks very ancient and not a little mysterious – a feeling reinforced by the almost IR rendering of the foliage. Very atmospheric. (and impressive)