Ten People on A Beach

Thank you for your wonderful comment. I just reworked this photo last night. Wanted to give it that moody warm painterly glow like a varnish finish on canvas. I’m very glad you like it!

Thank you so much!

Thank you. I love the beach. It spirits you to a simple place in time, especially just after sunset or on a drizzly, misty day as was the case here.

Thank you Moshe. That’s what I wanted to do with it.

Thanks Shannon! That’s what I was after. Glad you like it.

Thanks for the compliment, naturelover!

Thanks again Paul. I worked this one over and over until I got the atmospheric and painterly result I was after. Glad you think well of it.

Yep, it’s a photo. I like atmosphere too! Be my guest if you want to paint this. I’d be intrigued to see what you would do with it.

Thanks Michael!

Hi Jonicool. Thanks once again for your lovely comments. You’re very kind.

Thank you!

How kind of you Paul. A great big “thank you” to you!

Glad you like it Helen. Smiles!

Thank you Antanas.

That makes me happy. Thanks for letting me know. I’m very appreciative.

Thank you. Glad to know you like it. It’s a favorite of mine too! :>}

Not that I’m from the 1920’s but I miss the simple beauty of that era. I don’t see grace in today’s world; it seems to be missing. In almost all my work, I alter pixels to reduce the gobs of todays undesireable details, to simplify and make the resulting imagery poetic or painterly. Thanks for your lovely observation and compliment!

Thank you! That’s a very attractive way to describe this photograph. That’s what this beach life is about, just exactly that!

Thanks Amarica. Thanks for your response. It’s so nice to see your own work appreciated. Smiles!

Very nice of you to say so. Thank you!

The beach is one of those places where time stands still. It’s as though nothing in the world has changed. Wonderful place!

Thank you my good man. Much appreciation. Very glad to hear from you. -Mark :<}

Thanks Deon. This is a very digitally reconstructed take on the original. Glad you like it.

This is the hardest kind of question to answer Deon and I’m not being evasive. This story comes to mind: After a concert performance, a man came backstage to compliment the great cellist, Mstislav Rostropovich. He said to him, “Maestro, I would give my life to play as you do,” to which Rostropovich exclaimed, “I did!” That, for me, summarizes this whole business of intense creativity. I practically live on my computer and am constantly digitally editing from within Photoshop, pushing the envelope on each and every image to be worked on. I try all the tools available and most always work them in concert until something looks good. Often, just by playing around, an idea clearly comes forth and I go with it. If it’s a good idea, it becomes part and parcel of my tool bag. That’s the general process at work. For this photograph, I must’ve used 7 or 8 different Photoshop tools and applied each one in a variety of ways. Complicated stuff with no simple answer!

I love the way you describe this Mel. I work in this way with most of what I do. An admixture of painting and photography. I’m happy you think well of it! That’s good news to my ears! I think your work is terrific too!

Haha! Monet huh? Wouldn’t that be something! Those are lovely words Alison. Thank you very much for them. The very best to you.

-Mark

Thanks Bruce. That was the idea behind this. A decent original that was shot on film and PS’d til this turned up. Much better.

That’s what I thought this should look like too but it didn’t start out that way. I had to really work at it in PS. Thanks for your great comment.

Sorry I missed your comment ‘til now. You humble me Anette, No words come to me but “Thank you so very much!”

Gee, I never saw this that way before. But you know you’re right, they do look like miniatures! Hmmm, there’s an idea to consider for a future project. Thanks a million for your observations and for your compliment berndt. Smiles!

And a big “thank you” Paul! Now you too should receive your due here on rb. You are one of a kind my friend and your work is as good as it gets. You know how seriously I mean that? I’ll drink to that!

Well I certainly hope you eventually got away! Hehe… that was kind of stupid. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. I’m pleased that you think well of it Eduardo. I really am.

Thanks paknpak!

Thank you Rabi. Happy to know you like it.

And there was lot of it! Thanks for your comment.

Thanks Linda. That’s my most fond memory of those days at the beach. It was timeless and it was all about family and friends. You seem to know it well.
Smiles! :<}

We must be polar opposites! I embed everything that’s been done to a photograph within it’s file name, even if the work stinks! That must make me obsessive but that’s how I do “creative” things. Even cooking gets subjected to that regimen, at least whatever I did that made something taste good gets saved in my little ‘ol brain for future use. On the other side of the coin, I’m really stupid about everything else I do. Organization matters but only when it matters! Thanks for your light hearted and enjoyable comment. Smiles!

Thank you! :<}

A great big thank you Linda! That’s so good of you to comment. It’s uplifting when someone offers words of praise. Very sweet of you to do!

Thanks mate!

How nice of you to say!

This would be the Afternoon Mist filter. No, I’m only kidding! The effects were done from within Photoshop and although the outcome was quite complicated to arrive at, having dismissed so many earlier attempts to get something good, in the end it turned out to be not so complicated. Does that even make any sense? Thanks for the good word.

A mille grazia Nelson!

Thanks for your response Jim. Glad you like it.

Well that’s a nice compliment. So sweet of you to say. A big thank you Iman! Smiles. : 7}

Thanks again. It’s very sweet of you to comment so positively. :7}

Safe and peaceful is how I too felt about it when living there. That’s how a small beach community filled with friends makes you feel. It was a wonderful place for me. I’m glad that comes across in this photo. I had no idea it conveyed that. Thanks for telling me.

This is a heavily Photoshopped image, much different from the film original. Thanks for your interesting compliment.

I honestly don’t know how to show it to you via rb w/out others seeing it.

Thank you for the wonderful comment. Much appreciated!

Thank you. That’s a wonderful compliment!

That was my every intention when PS’ing the original image. I’m glad that’s the impression it gives. Thanks so much for your delightful comment! :7D

I’m honored you like it. Thanks for such a positive response!

I’m very pleased you like it. Thanks Hemalata!

I thank you!

Thanks for commenting!
-Mark

Thanks again Mimi. It’s a pleasure hearing from you. Very glad you like it, really!

Thank you Sue. The comparison to Vettriano is flattering. Now if only I were as successful as he is!

A hearty thanks Dayonda!

Love your comment Tony! Thanks mate!

Lovely comment Lorraine. Thanks so much.

What a great compliment! Thank you so much David.

I love your comment. Thank you so much!

Thanks Rene. Lovely comment, it really is!

That’s a handsome compliment susi. I like his work a lot, along with Jamie’s. Thanks for commenting.

Thank you susi! You’re very kind.
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Thanks so much David. You’re a gentleman and a scholar! Very kind of you.
-Mark :7}

Merci Linda!
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Aw thanks my sweet friend Jane. If I were to grow with every kind thing you’ve said to me, I’d be the tallest man alive! You’re wonderful!!!
-Mark xxx

Lovely thing to say Jude. I greatly appreciate your comment. Happy New Year!
-Mark

Well, you’re probably just plain giddy to get last year behind you! LOL! Betcha a lot of people feel the same way. I know I do!
:7D

Wow, very happy to hear from you! Your words are like music to my ears. Thank you so much!

I lived there during the long summer for 9 years. I had a wonderful beach house just off the bay side of the island and to us regulars, it was heaven and we all loved it. That was long ago when life was easy and good. No worries. I too revisited this photograph and reworked it several times over til it felt the way I remember it to be. This is my honorarium to that time and place. Thanks for liking it Linda!

Thank you, thank you!

So kind of you Teresa. Thank you!

Very happy you like this. Thanks so much!

Thank you Robert. That’s a high compliment!

Thank you for the great compliment and too for the congrats Milos.

Thank you Kerry!
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It’s actually a photograph but thanks for the compliment anyhow. :7D

Haha, that’d be nice. Thanks for such a great comment! You put a smile on my otherwise glum puss. :7}

I thank you.

Thanks, I hope so! :7}

Awwww, thank you so much! That’s really sweet of you to say. This was a special time and place in my life and I miss it terribly. My love for it probably shows thru.

Oh, I hope it does. That makes posting it to rb so worthwhile. Thank you so much CheyAnne. Smiles!

So true and so beautifully stated too! I had a house on this beach once and was as happy as a clam there. You’re very kind to spend your time writing to me as you have. Please allow me to offer you a heartfelt thank you.
-Mark xxx

Cheers Helene. Thanks!

Thanks for the compliment!

Thanks Karen. Getting a lot of response on this one. Happy to hear from you.

And I love you for saying so Birgitta! A big hug to you. :7})

Thanks for the compliment Denis. Very kind of you!

Thank you, thank you!

Thanks Paul. Went thru different progressions before arriving at this. Very different from the original.

I thank you.

Thanks Maria! Smiles to ya!

My God Barbara, did you ever hit the nail on the head! That’s what this image means to me. You couldn’t have said it better! Thank you.

Muchas gracias! Very happy you like it.

I love the beach! Thank you Nacho.

Thank you Alessandro!

Thank you Nicole. Very kind of you! Fire Island is a summer paradise.

Love the comment Mark! Thank you.

Thank you for the compliment Nira. Very glad you like this!

Thank you so much Anna. What a nice way to start the day!

Thank you. Two fine words, greatly appreciated!

You’re very kind to leave such a comment. Thank you!

What a great comment! Thank you.

A big hug Kristiane!