Just Stand.
When my partner saw this image on the way to completion, he commented that it was ‘just weird’. Well, I don’t mind being considered ‘weird’, or having my work considered ‘weird’ – in fact I take it as quite a compliment if anyone feels this word ‘fits’ with me and my work…
So – here it is.
Another composite image created from many image layers in varied blending modes, with many textures, erasures and varied blending.
All images used to create this composite taken with Sony Alpha 350, various lenses, and are mine.
(As of 4.12.09 31 faves, 482 views.)
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Peter Zentjens
I agree with your partner,
but then again, I like weird. Excellent work!
DragonFlyer replied
Cool! Thank you very much Peter! I’m very happy by your response :)))
GlennB
Very creative & the effect is an image not easily dismissed. Great work!
DragonFlyer replied
wow! Thank you very much for your lovely comment Glenn :)))
Colleen Milburn
BRILLIANT, WONDERFUL, FANTASTIC -oh, K – I’m nearly speechless… lol!!
DragonFlyer replied
Colleen?? YOU??? Speechless?? Like – with no words?? it must be laryngitis LOL ;))) I sort of gather you like this one a bit… That makes me REALLY happy! But then – I’ve known for a while you’re into ‘weird’... Thank you very very much my friend :)))
kimangeline
I love this…it keeps drawing me in
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much kimangeline! I’m starting to see that maybe it seems to ‘work’ :)))
sickside
it reminds me a favorite song of mine..
“cause I can’t stand feeling nothing
I can’t stand feeling old
I cant stand standing for nothing
When standing up is all I know”
DragonFlyer replied
The words of your song fit beautifully here for me! Thank you very much :)))
sugargirl
This is really cool – I love it!
DragonFlyer replied
That’s wonderful! Thank you so much :)))
butchart
the enigmatic quality in this i just love…. my mind can not rest on or choose a single intepretation…. but they hover just out of reach… and all speak of our own personal interaction and relationship with the dark….. ( i’m not expressing myself well here K…but i love this)... it is for me so close to what i was trying to say in my “duality ” piece…....... thank you for thiis work….............love and light…........b
DragonFlyer replied
I never thought I’d find you of all people not feeling able to express yourself well my friend! I will read your ‘duality’ piece through again… It makes me very happy that this work gives you something :)))
K xx
annamora
this is a very strong work, DragonFlyer
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much for that annamora :)))
Nelson Campbell
This is absolutely FANTASTIC—
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very very much Nelson :)))
Paulette x
It’s excellent, I love the spooky clarity in the toes disolving into the dark unknown :)
DragonFlyer replied
Very big thanks Paulette! I’m so glad it has some ‘atmosphere’ :)))
hsien-ku
it’s not weird!!!!
it’s breathtaking. such vulnerability; intimacy. beautiful sculpture-like effect as the three-dimensional ankles disappear into the two-dimensional blackness. wonderful artwork
DragonFlyer replied
O J!!! What a wonderful comment! Thank you very very much for your lovely support! It helps me lots too :)))
Ingz
I think you are amazing Kallena, you always surprise me with your wonderful, unique and beautiful art xxx have a lovely weekend my friend xxxx
DragonFlyer replied
I’m very very glad to hear I can still ‘surprise’ my friend! Enjoy your weekend in the springtime there too :)))
Jan Timmons
Not so much ‘weird” as creative, perhaps, K. And to take one’s life experiences and channel them into artistic expression such as this is exciting, I think. Much to ponder here, and I think your creativity is blossoming, growing, expanding, and unstoppable! (If you squash yourself the world will be a sadder place.)
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very very much Jan! What a wonderful thing to say about my creativity – I have no intention at all of ‘squashing myself’... :)))
K X
roy skogvold
aaahh…. cool :) feet to go with the hands.
Grounding and possibility for movement along with the “doing” and communication of the hands. I love it K
DragonFlyer replied
It’s so good to see you here again Roy! I’m very glad you like this sense of ‘grounding’ too… miss you now you’re around less…
K xx
Ove Bohnhorst
you are really moving towards a great concept here Kallena… I like it a lot… fav!
...(L)ove
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much Ove! It’s wonderful to see you here again too! You are missed too…
K xx
BiographyofRed8
I don’t think it is weird.. you have some really amazing and intriguing and unique pieces in this series.. and each one is beautiful.. love your work!!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very much BofRed! I value your opinion highly! It means a lot that you like this work :)))
Bartosz Sypnie...
great !
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you :)))
Scott d'Almeida
super,
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very much Scott :)))
MyDarkSide
wonderful!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very much DarkSide – I value your opinion :)))
Rob Toombs
This is a very clever image.. Outstanding..
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very much Rob – much appreciated :)))
Danica Radman ...
fantastic – dragon, you r on fire!!! great opus you’ve got mr Flyer
DragonFlyer replied
Thank heaps tazzina – really glad some of my work makes an impact :))) Just by the way – I know no-one can tell by the ‘face’ on the avatar – but I’m a ‘she’ lol :)))
Danica Radman ...
ups – sorry LadyFly, a will confess – a actually am more vegi than human:)))
DragonFlyer replied
LOL :))) No problems – veggies are yummier…
Jan Piller
I think it’s really weird and brilliant!! I imagine this is what it would look like if one were being transported – beam me up Scotty!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you for your lovely comment Jan! That’s a great thought… disappearing into the ‘ether’ being ‘beamed up’... :)))
Jamie Lamb
Nice work great texture. Very Nice
DragonFlyer replied
thank you very much :)))
Steven Sandner
Amazing artwork, and brilliant folio!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very much Steven! I think exactly that about your folio :)))
silveraya
weird truly is wonderful, the strength of this is in the seemingly stark contrasts which become enigmatic (if that makes sense) fantastic
DragonFlyer replied
I think it does make sense… but then – maybe it’s not always that important for everything to make sense… we can ‘see’ something and sense (o- that word again lol) an impact… but wether we fully ‘understand’ what that impact is… well… Anyway, I’m very glad you ‘like’ this :)))
Dragonhide
weird is good…. But this works on so many levels because of that and the stark contrast and the rich b&w.. very well done.
DragonFlyer replied
thanks very much! and I agree – weird is good – but it does need more than that alone… so thanks especially :)))
Patricia Anne ...
DragonFlyer replied
I am really really honoured by this – art grounded in ‘black’ is sooo classy… thank you :)))
RavenSoul
Congrats on winning the challenge!!!
DragonFlyer replied
I just saw! Thank you so much! This is totally great! I looove black – it is sooo classy :)))
Patricia Anne ...
HEY HEY you!

WINNER OF “PAINT IT BLACK” in Back in Black
congrates!!! Enjoy!!
DragonFlyer replied
thank you super muchly! I am really stoked about this! Black is so so classy… :)))
Danilo Lejardi
Congrats on the win; this is such an amazing image!!! So happy for you!!!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very very much Dani! I was really pleased! By the way – I voted for yours… it’s one of my all-time favourite images… :)))
snphotography
so human …
bravo !
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very very much!
KreddibleTrout
weird and eerie. very nice.
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you lots – I’m stoked to have BOTH weird and eerie applied to either me or my work! (O – I had to break off replying as I had to go pick up my son from school…) :)))
sonjas
Excellent
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you :)
walela
Outstanding and creative!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much :)))
WayoftheWarrior
Weird means style….I have similiar things said about mine…excellent work and thought provoking
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very much for your thoughtful comment – I value it highly :)))
Leonardo Amaro...
Very interesting theme to look like !
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very much Leonardo :)))
Michael Kienhuis
Wonderfully composed and processed. Well done!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very very much! I’m just starting out and learning – it helps lots to hear that maybe sometimes things ‘work’... :)))
Michael Kienhuis
Well i think you will go far my friend, it’s excellent! A WINNER! M:>:>
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very very much!
Lumase
An excellent kind of minimalism, brava.
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very much – I value your opinion highly
K xx
Lumase
Aw, thank you! I’ll try to be more…present.
DragonFlyer replied
:)))
Matt Bottos
Really love this image. For me feet are very symbolic in that they provide the foundation (representing the spirit) of strength. I relate a lot of this stuff to boxing … I think because it gives me a more “macho” way of expressing myself :) Most people think that a boxers skill come from the hands but the fist wont have as much impact if good footwork is not being used. The foundation of strength/power/impact is built from the solid footwork/stance. Taking this one step further, without the spirit or commitment the whole scenario becomes invalid anyway. Anyway, I think I whaffling… guess this is a long winded way of saying feet are cool :)
DragonFlyer replied
Thanks Matt – sometimes a lot can be conveyed by ‘waffling’... so – feet are cool – and – they really are a pretty ‘solid’ symbol for a sense of ‘grounding’...
K x
RavenSoul
Textures Unlimited
DragonFlyer replied
O wow!!!! Thanks Vonne! You sure are getting this group up and running!!! BIG CONGRATS – and THANK YOU :D
Hélène David-Cuny
If all the sketchbooks of Michelangelo or Picasso were considered weird, I wonder who could be an artist… Beautiful work !
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much Helene – what a wonderful compliment! I appreciate your visit very much :)))
K xx
TaniaLosada
Disturbing and powerful feeling is here! Great!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much Tania – I think ‘disturbing’ is good:)))
K x
waitin' for rain
awesome
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much :)))
K x
RebeccaT
Truly fantastic work. :).
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much Rebecca – wonderful compliment :)))
K x
mimi yoon
awesome image…. : )
DragonFlyer replied
Thanks so much mimi – very much appreciated :)))
K x
TaniaLosada
I also think that ;) cuz of that i love it ;P
DragonFlyer replied
:)))
linaji
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DragonFlyer replied
O WOW!!! Thank you linaji! You have such an awesomely active and vibrant group happening here – this is sensational! This image has been ‘special’ to me since it kind of ‘created itself’ :)))
K xx
wingsoffire
You are so freaking talented. I Love the boldness of this!!! Excellent!!!
DragonFlyer replied
What an amazing comment – I am so grateful to you – you do wonders for my self-confidence! Thank you so much!
K xx