Thanks Glenn – this fell into place very quickly with those images, and the merge is blended with either dodge or burn – can’t quite remember which – just that as soon as I found it, it was right – so I stopped right there. Some images take forever to fiddle with! This one just found itself… Guess you would identify with the boy side of this story… they were from a random photo I took in town of these kids walking across the road with their Dad. Of course, he didn’t make it into the final pic:)
Poignant is how I saw it also. I think of those turtles scuttling from hatched eggs into the ocean while birds pick them off… These children’s present is their reality…no awareness yet of life’s accidents of fate… not that it has to be all bad, of course! As a parent, one registers their sweet fragility with care, love, concern and hope. Their childlike figures and motion arouse our fears for their futures…who can say what is ahead.
Thankyou Babbler, sorry I haven’t been around much, very nice to get your comment!
PablosVista
Welcome back Sharon – this is what we’ve been missing! The progression of your artistic expression. This seems to be a continuation of the work you were doing before you ‘left us’. Has a heavyness to it with its dark forground and the turbulence of the water/wave layer are taking the children away from that shadowy place to broad horizons that are filled with marvelous ordinary, everyday things like shells and shapely pebbles. Fabulous
Ah Pablo – master interpreter! Firstly, fabulous is fabulous:)) Secondly – yes, you make me feel this is just so – the continuation of whatever thread I was on…doesn’t seem to have changed much! I had very little time to do this, but felt I had to get something together quickly – people come here to comment on my old work in response to comments I put on their work, but having the same old photos to offer is a bit sad, comment-wise.
You actually have given this image an optimistic slant I wasn’t expecting. Yes, the children are moving from darkness to light – as if their world is opening up, and there are marvells to be had in the ordinary. Good then, that this image can be taken either way. I had seen it more as life’s tides carrying us (or them) away from an intended destiny and our initial expectation of happiness – I suppose, life’s vicissitudes, you’d say…change the expectations we hold out for our futures. However, I was aware of the colourful stones to the left as a way of saying there is beauty beyond difficult experience.
Funny how deep a little image can get.. surprising what your subconscious is throwing up when you make something like this – really didn’t have to question it much until responding to comments from people.
I’ve been slowing right down on the creative processing for the last few months. But my photography has benefited in the mean time.
I’ll have to get another free program off the net – probably Photoshop Elements. At least it won’t ask me to edit the Registry so that some colour profiles can be added by Adobe CS4 Master Suite !!!
Prasad
Excellent depth of character!!!!
shallay replied
Excellent to hear you again Prasad! Thankyou my friend.
jacquei
A very poignant scene, so lovely the tenderness between the children and their silhouettes set against that soft swirling background…..........j:)
shallay replied
Thankyou jacquei – agree, and those little knobbly turned in knees that seem to sum up the innocence of childhood:)
bogna777
this is really wonderful work !!!!!
shallay replied
Thankyou very much bogna – simple but powerful, I hope.
Glenn Alderson
This works really well, love the choices of images that you have merged…..a great story!
shallay replied
Thanks Glenn – this fell into place very quickly with those images, and the merge is blended with either dodge or burn – can’t quite remember which – just that as soon as I found it, it was right – so I stopped right there. Some images take forever to fiddle with! This one just found itself… Guess you would identify with the boy side of this story… they were from a random photo I took in town of these kids walking across the road with their Dad. Of course, he didn’t make it into the final pic:)
mmargot
“poignant” comes to my mind, also.
Are The Children aware of the swirl of life that awaits them…
...a lovely contrast of reality and – what?
shallay replied
Poignant is how I saw it also. I think of those turtles scuttling from hatched eggs into the ocean while birds pick them off…
These children’s present is their reality…no awareness yet of life’s accidents of fate… not that it has to be all bad, of course! As a parent, one registers their sweet fragility with care, love, concern and hope. Their childlike figures and motion arouse our fears for their futures…who can say what is ahead.
Steven Sandner
Perfect work! the tones are a live symphony, great work!
shallay replied
Thankyou Steven, glad this evokes beautiful music then! :)
reflector
A great combination of images and creative processing ! Very expressive !
shallay replied
Thanks reflector, from an admirable creative processor, that is a great compliment! :)
Scott d'Almeida
awesome,
shallay replied
Salud, Scott!
Babbler
beautiful image
shallay replied
Thankyou Babbler, sorry I haven’t been around much, very nice to get your comment!
PablosVista
Welcome back Sharon – this is what we’ve been missing! The progression of your artistic expression. This seems to be a continuation of the work you were doing before you ‘left us’.
Has a heavyness to it with its dark forground and the turbulence of the water/wave layer are taking the children away from that shadowy place to broad horizons that are filled with marvelous ordinary, everyday things like shells and shapely pebbles.
Fabulous
shallay replied
Ah Pablo – master interpreter! Firstly, fabulous is fabulous:)) Secondly – yes, you make me feel this is just so – the continuation of whatever thread I was on…doesn’t seem to have changed much! I had very little time to do this, but felt I had to get something together quickly – people come here to comment on my old work in response to comments I put on their work, but having the same old photos to offer is a bit sad, comment-wise.
You actually have given this image an optimistic slant I wasn’t expecting. Yes, the children are moving from darkness to light – as if their world is opening up, and there are marvells to be had in the ordinary. Good then, that this image can be taken either way. I had seen it more as life’s tides carrying us (or them) away from an intended destiny and our initial expectation of happiness – I suppose, life’s vicissitudes, you’d say…change the expectations we hold out for our futures.
However, I was aware of the colourful stones to the left as a way of saying there is beauty beyond difficult experience.
Funny how deep a little image can get.. surprising what your subconscious is throwing up when you make something like this – really didn’t have to question it much until responding to comments from people.
Rachel Williams
lovely image, very poignant.
shallay replied
Thankyou Rachel, definitely poignant!
david campbell
great work
shallay replied
Hey david, how’s it going? Sorry I haven’t been around to see your work. Have less time these days, but will make up for it as soon as I can – thanks!
reflector
I’ve been slowing right down on the creative processing for the last few months. But my photography has benefited in the mean time.
I’ll have to get another free program off the net – probably Photoshop Elements. At least it won’t ask me to edit the Registry so that some colour profiles can be added by Adobe CS4 Master Suite !!!
shallay replied
Well, it’s still Adobe – so who knows what it won’t tell you it’s poaching….
Antanas
perfectly done
shallay replied
Many thanks, Antanas!
Nicole Goggins
great image!
shallay replied
Thankyou Nicole!
michael byerley
lovely !!!!!!!
Margot Kiesskalt
Now, this is truly magnificent – fantastic work!
halftone
Lovely work!