The dilema
The bridge is there, the forest is calling her… But her life belongs to the lake. It always did. She met him in the lake. Now he’s gone, and the lake is no longer the same…
She knows she can only cross that bridge once. The forest – unknown and scary – promises a new beginning. An opportunity. A challenge and an adventure. The lake offers the warmth of the familiar. And memories. Memories of a dream that can never, ever, be. Memories of a life that has changed forever. She was forever going to be his “Koi girl”...
She knows she can only cross that bridge once. And the night is drawing nearer… And she’s torn…
A visual collaboration with my good friend Shelly Hiebert, who graciously offered her picture of Koi Girl, for all of us to work with, for a challenge. The bridge picture is my own and so is the PP and the story. I hope that the real Koi girl likes it :-)
[Sony a350, Sigma 10-20mm]

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Luca Renoldi
great work!
monocotylidono replied
Thank you very much Luca :-)
Bradley Shawn ...
Very nice work. Shelly’s picture is a popular one to work with. I like this one very much. Lovely tone and atmosphere created.
monocotylidono replied
Thank you very much my friend. I’m getting more and more experimental… This one took a few reworks before I was happy with it. I’m glad you like it :-)
Johanne Brunet
Aaawww! Beautiful work, George! Love the soft and dreamy atmosphere and the rich sepia tones. All this with a good read!
monocotylidono replied
thank you very much Johanne :-)
Nathalie Chaput
WooHoo… Way To go George!!
It looks great!!
monocotylidono replied
High praise indeed coming from the master! ;-) Many thanks Nathalie
JKKimball
Fantastic art George, also wonderful skin art!
monocotylidono replied
Thank you my friend. If you want to enjoy the skin art in all it’s glory, download the original from the link in the challenge description. Very interesting indeed!
Vikram Franklin
Wow!!! Love that story you’ve woven around this!! Makes this one special!!
monocotylidono replied
Many thanks Vikram – I think every piece of “created” art has a story in the artist’s mind. Sometimes sharing it puts the art piece in perspective :-)
Richard Veal
Excellent work George.
monocotylidono replied
Thank you very much Richard :-)
KParapantaki
Highly impressive work! Bravo to both.
monocotylidono replied
Thank you – It was a good opportunity to experiment with some new techniques :-) xx
Shoaib .
beautiful work on this challenge !!!! wow great work !!!
monocotylidono replied
Many thanks Shoaib, glad you like it! :-)
Ursula Rodgers
Marvellous work my friend! That narrative is fantastic too!
monocotylidono replied
Thank you! I’m curious to see how many people actually bother to read it :-)
Scott d'Almeida
amazing image,
monocotylidono replied
Thank you my friend :-)
Steve & Lesley
excellent work george
monocotylidono replied
thanks mate :-)
Paul Wilkin
Yes I like it – it’s convincing. This photo manipulation is addictive. I only sleep 3 hours a night now and Ursula never sleeps at all…..
monocotylidono replied
ROFL – Don’t I know it! I must say, I haven’t really got into the whole fantasy compositions with stock photos thing like you too, but even just simple PP seems to take ages! This one took a couple of days and three restarts to get it where I wanted it… :-)
monocotylidono
Top Ten in the Work Your Magic challenge.
aussiedi
Beautiful work.. love the colour.. well composed and great dof. Many thanks for featuring my image Mother and Child #1.. This was my first pregnancy shoot and was a little nervous at first but after the first couple of shots it went very well and mother and child made for great subjects.. I am honoured and proud to be featured here.
Di
monocotylidono replied
Thank you very much for your comment Di. It was a pleasure featuring your photo, it was a beautiful capture and the mum just looks glowing! Just beautiful. :-) George