Silence Falls

Artist: Rhana Griffin
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Silence Falls

Port Arthur. A place with a history of violence both recent and centuries past.

Why should it be then that I feel so at home here? Countless restless souls both innocent and guilty surely prowl the grounds and should create a miasma of misery that is palpable and yet… whenever I step inside the walls of this old church I feel an overwhelming sense of peace permeate my very soul.

Welcome to my sanctuary.

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Rhana Griffin, 8 months ago
BluAlien, 8 months ago

Awesome!
Paul Vanzella, 8 months ago

Wow – what an image!!!! The way you’ve controlled the light is amazing Rhana – feels like there are a million stories to be told from this image. You show a real connection to the piece and love the amount of work you have put into this… If it is your sanctuary then you have done extreme justice in it’s portrayal through aesthetics and the visual medium. Brilliant work! Love the inner light that is revealed in this imaeg!
Lindsay Knowles, 8 months ago

This is up there with your best work Rhana.
ozjami, 8 months ago

Wonderful image Rhana,full of mood and ambient energy..well done !
blossom, 8 months ago

The small amount of light adds to the mood that you have created here.
For some, a very sombre place!
Adriana Glackin, 8 months ago

Great editing to create a very moody image that oozes it’s history.
Paul Louis Vil..., 8 months ago

Great capture Rhana! The lighing an dcolour are just perfect and set a moody backdrop to your description! :D
Kym Breeze, 8 months ago

amazing image, so much feeling attached to it…It really glows….visited this place in “85” is nice to see it in this light…..very special…cheers
Kitsmumma, 8 months ago

Such incredible atmosphere Rhana, amazing work….. sssssshhhhhh!
billyboy, 8 months ago

Rhana, I know a thing or 2 about sanctuaries, and I can feel the inner sanctum of this place caressing the soul… and the silence… can`t even hear myself think as I look at this. You`ve made the world outside this place so dark and foreboding, and so the fortress illuminates like a beacon so you can find it no matter where you are. Looks like my kind of place… can you show us inside?
Rany Lutz, 8 months ago

Great effect!! Love it!
vonne, 8 months ago

PERFECTION on the light and mood of this!!! Well Done!
Irene Burdell, 8 months ago

Maybe you were happy there in another life. This is wonderful work it really gives it a mystical feel . I love the lighting on the wall at the right of the picture . Just fantastic.
Alan Rodmell, 8 months ago

Great work Rhana. That lighting is beautiful. Such detail too. Top marks!
cdwork, 8 months ago

Thank you for sharing- amazing work here- love your use of light
Andy Harris, 8 months ago

excellent work Rhana….! Love your words that go with it too
bdog09, 8 months ago

great work
Geoff Coleman, 8 months ago

Oh wow Rhana – I’ve seen a million Port Arthur shots and this is definitely one of the very best – you have so successfully rendered the atmosphere of the place as I’ve experienced it – sanctuary indeed.
LisaG, 8 months ago

Wow Bellababe, such mood…I really like how this has turned out, great use of light…I agree with the comments above, atmosphere PLUS…

I felt the same sense of connection when I was there, it was a very strange feeling to have, and I was so overwhelmed.
demon, 8 months ago

Bella…you have so captured Port Arthur all in one fantasic shot…congrats xox
Halcyon007, 8 months ago

Sorry i’m late miss!

Apologies also for not knowing anything about Port Arthur (although I have just brushed by reading about it on the internet – so I now feel ready to comment).

I like the way you have chosen the dark to portray this place. The brickwork seems to ghost out of the darkness itself and sits nicely on the dark velvet greens. The backdrop of mean menacing sky and stark tree branches hang threatingly on the horizon and the is definately a real edge to the shot.

Although the light does seem to shine through (almost as symbolic as a light shining at the end of the tunnel) so there is hope yet.
Rhana Griffin, 8 months ago

Thankyou all so very very much for your wonderful, insightful comments on a piece that is very close to my heart. I’m proud that I have been able to convey the dark beauty of this place to you all.
Lucindawind, 8 months ago

its stunning !
Andrew Bosman, 8 months ago

Well you’ve certainly managed to capture what I perceive to be the mood of the place Rhana.
Well done, this is a knock out image.
Michael D'Andr..., 8 months ago

WOW! The lighting in this image is AMAZING! The image is so perfect, it almost doesn’t look real! I mean that in a good way of course. :)
Terri Rose, 8 months ago

Beautiful lighting, great image.
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Tara ..., 8 months ago

Very cool treatment! This is great!!!
joak, 6 months ago

great work what is the history then id love to know
AlexMac, 3 months ago

Brilliant work indeed, it was raining the night I went on the ghost tour so I didnt have chance to capture the night version, yours is breathtaking :0)
Rhana Griffin in reply to AlexMac’s comment, 3 months ago

(insert cheeky smile here) This is actually a daytime shot Alex, worked over in Photoshop. This last visit I didn’t get to go on the ghost tour either (but have been previously – freaking scary!) but wanted to create an image that captured how I felt it might look at night.
AlexMac, 3 months ago

haha cheeky girl….well you created a perfect image then, Its stunning, gee, i must load my cs3 so then I can create too lol
Rhana Griffin in reply to AlexMac’s comment, 3 months ago

I don’t have cs3 =( only Elements… so you’ll kickarse for sure!!!