bluechameleon
the departure
Posted by bluechameleon (Vancouver, Canada) on 24 August 2009 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.
“You never really leave a place or person you love, part of them you take with you, leaving a part of yourself behind.”
-- Unknown Author
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Ben from Lyon, France
Mais comment as-tu fait pour obtenir un tel contraste ?
C'est vrai qu'on dirait le résultat d'une dispute...
24 Aug 2009 5:35am
@Ben: ...thank you Ben. I adjusted the contrast here to bring the darkness out.
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
WOW now that is incredible!!! I adore it!!
24 Aug 2009 5:54am
10Fraction from Rennes, France
the reflections are extraordinary as well as the composition, a very great picture
24 Aug 2009 5:56am
Dulcie from Danville, CA, United States
Beautiful stunning image with the light figures reflected. And a good quote!
24 Aug 2009 6:45am
Fritsch from Berlin, Germany
"My days, they are the highway kind / They only come to leave / But the leavin' I don't mind / It's the comin' that I crave" (Townes van Zandt)
A brilliant composition, Sharon! Two sometimes look like four but in the end we mostly walk alone. At least it seems. Sentimental, straight to the heart & great. Really love this one. Thanks for this beauty. All the best & safe travels, Fritsch.
24 Aug 2009 6:46am
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Very good!, fantastic composition and a great treatment of the light and b/w. The photo gives a special sense to the words :)
24 Aug 2009 6:47am
Mike from Lichfield, United Kingdom
Lovely lighting, reflections and composition.
24 Aug 2009 7:28am
Anina from Auckland, New Zealand
WOW!!! What a great shot!
I love everything about it
Great shadows and composition
24 Aug 2009 7:30am
k@ from Paris, France
Love their pace, their head bent, the light & reflections and above all those deep blacks of yours, the quote is fantastic (did you wrote that anonymous one ? :)
Love how they walk, 2 or 4 maybe, since we're all so multiple*
24 Aug 2009 7:33am
Merce from Spain
I admire these compositions that leave the track of a great photography.
Enhorabuena!!!
24 Aug 2009 7:36am
Sergei Z from Türi, Estonia
Fantastic job! Composition is perfect. This image tells a story and it's great!
24 Aug 2009 7:44am
Aurore from Paris, France
Really like those beautiful reflections of each character, and your quotation, so true. A brilliant way to illustrate this idea.
24 Aug 2009 9:49am
Cheryl from Texas, United States
oh my, it looks like a breakup to me! I love the reflections here. excellent!!
24 Aug 2009 10:09am
emeterio from Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Very nice shot. I like composition, B&W and the reflection on the water. Great picture.
24 Aug 2009 11:06am
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
The quote is so true. But the photograph is outstanding! 5 stars from me.
24 Aug 2009 11:48am
Jaol from Canarias+Gijon, Spain
Some people leave an unforgettable mark on our souls like reflections on the water. The same to some photographs like yours.
24 Aug 2009 11:50am
Marcie from Newton, United States
Really wonderful mood. Love the contrasting dark and light..and the impression this leaves on one's soul.
24 Aug 2009 11:55am
Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada
Super capture Sharon! He looks absolutely dejected at the thought of leaving. Or is it a lover's quarrel and each is cooling off??? ;-)
24 Aug 2009 11:56am
Turnbill from Maine, United States
I'm not sure exactly why, but this seems very poignant to me. Something about the distance between the couple and their own reflections. Wonderful capture.
24 Aug 2009 12:08pm
mo.langel from Switzerland
Excellent composition!!!! I like B/W and the reflection !!! Bravo!
24 Aug 2009 12:33pm
Francesc B. from région parisienne, France
A strong composition... and beautiful play with the reflections.
24 Aug 2009 12:34pm
Nicki from Germany
A outstanding reflection scene. Wow - this is your flagship (in my eyes). So fine!
24 Aug 2009 12:39pm
rian from mobile, United States
it's amazing how you were able to obtain this shot.. really great stuff! :D
24 Aug 2009 1:25pm
Cricket-Tammy from somewhere out there, United States
Beautiful words and image. The reflections are wonderful.
24 Aug 2009 1:31pm
MARIANA from Waterloo, Canada
Beautiful picture. Love the framing and great contrast in BW .
24 Aug 2009 3:21pm
Pavan Kaul from Mumbai, India
I cant say which is greater...the image or the quote...! But they surely are perfectly matched...! Wonderful!
24 Aug 2009 3:33pm
Ti from Alpharetta, United States
I like how you darken the water/background, walk on water...gotta watch where you're going, right? Or maybe not... :-)
24 Aug 2009 3:45pm
dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States
a dance of solitary confinement -- together, apart, together-apart! each of us one, in total we are many, but all of us alone in our own ways...
this is a simple and yet gorgeous shot BC -- poetic, philosophic, beautfiul and heart renderingly true!! i love it!!! 5 stars from me!!
24 Aug 2009 4:30pm
Lydie et Roland from BESANCON, France
Great picture.. So nicely composed and amazing...
24 Aug 2009 4:34pm
Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France
5 stars for this composition. Well done
24 Aug 2009 4:39pm
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
I like the reflections and the dark background
24 Aug 2009 4:49pm
LESLIE from norwich, United Kingdom
Fantastic shot Sharon.... love the processing .... the reflections are great
24 Aug 2009 5:34pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
Great exposure!!!! In a way, they're never lonely, there is always an extra person traveling with you. Niiiice shot!
24 Aug 2009 6:03pm
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Terrific. The strong contrast is just right. The reflections are wonderful. And I love the quote.
24 Aug 2009 7:33pm
6ft5 from stockholm, Sweden
they are so lonely and they are so white :) me likes!
24 Aug 2009 7:39pm
Manel from Girona, Spain
Very good compo and control of the light. Congrat and thanks to share it vith us.
24 Aug 2009 7:55pm
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
That must be you walking on water BC. You're that good. :-)
24 Aug 2009 7:56pm
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
stunning composition ! superb BW, great contrast, wonderful reflections !
24 Aug 2009 9:00pm
Susan from Savannah, United States
Fantastic shot...love the reflections and contrast!
24 Aug 2009 9:08pm
Ravit Aldar from Vancouver, Canada
Shadows and reflection together - winning combination!
Love it!
24 Aug 2009 9:24pm
Stephane Themeze from Maryland, United States
A nice frame with sparkling contrast! No time for romance...
25 Aug 2009 1:49am
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Exceptionally done, Sharon. I like the depth of blackness and what a great reflection they made with their white clothes.
25 Aug 2009 3:13am
Elaine- from Canada
very graphic!! they both look so alone tho they may be together, lonely walks, love the ripples of the water too, makes for great negative space! i love it!!
25 Aug 2009 8:20am
Craig@Random Ramblings from Herts, United Kingdom
Looks like we've both been to the beach, great composition, making up or breaking up? We'll never know!
25 Aug 2009 8:30am
Rusydi Rashid from Bedok, Singapore
Oh, I think she just left him..
I love the use of space! :)
25 Aug 2009 9:21am
Polydactyle from Montreal, Canada
Sublime one!!!! perfect composition, story and frame. 5 statrs my friend!!!
25 Aug 2009 10:28am
Esmeralda from Lisbon, Portugal
For Shore !!
Love the processing !!
Love love!! :)
25 Aug 2009 2:19pm
Jeremie from St-Etienne - Paris, France
Splendid scene, I love the contrast between the sand (is it some sand?) and the white characters...
25 Aug 2009 5:27pm
Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom
What a lovely story-telling image this makes . . very strong in its symbolic way.
25 Aug 2009 6:20pm
kiji from Valenciennes City of Lights, France
I really love it! Separation and sadness before lonelyness... but as we say in France : "Une de perdue, dix de retrouvées" ;)
25 Aug 2009 7:22pm
Liang from San Francisco, United States
I like the distance between them, looks like distant lovers lol =]
25 Aug 2009 7:47pm
robin bird from United States
my father recently died and in looking at the image i see how it is i feel...as if i were wandering after him but not quite able to catch up... i love this quote. it is a comfort and the truth.
25 Aug 2009 7:53pm
Elena Kotrotsou from Drossia, Greece
Amazing composition, I like the atmoshpere and the subject.
26 Aug 2009 8:51am
Ivar from Indianapolis, United States
Excellent, and so true words. Very nice compo and processing.
26 Aug 2009 11:29am
Ginnie from Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Truer words were never spoken, BC. My ex-husband years ago said that divorce is like trying to tear apart two pieces of paper that have been glued together. You get bits-n-pieces of each other in the tearing apart. This image is very thought-provoking, especially with the reflections.
26 Aug 2009 2:45pm
Mario Jean [MADOC PHOTO] from Montréal, Canada
Simply amazing. So simple composition, but so strong!
A man and a women, apart, but linked together by the light.
26 Aug 2009 3:03pm
Nataly from Santa Monica, United States
Beautiful shot, Sharon! Love the composition. It is very graphic, but unlike most of the graphic shots it is very emotional. This is very "Sharon" image.
26 Aug 2009 3:31pm
Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, Canada
How beautifully perfect. What a glorious glow to top it off.
26 Aug 2009 5:24pm
Giovanni from Milan, Italy
Fantastic composition!! Love the reflection and the b&w processing! Sublime!
26 Aug 2009 7:51pm
Esmeralda from Lisbon, Portugal
Thank´s for the " amazing" but i´m just a beginner ,triyng to get frendly with photoshop ahahahahah !! I realy love your images.. maybe one day i´ll get there!! :)
26 Aug 2009 8:46pm
shygefe from Bordeaux, France
Se séparer un peu pour mieux se retrouver après... cela est parfois nécessaire !
Jolie composition
26 Aug 2009 9:15pm
Brian Chen from Seattle, United States
Ahh sorry I haven't been around your website in a little while, I've been so busy!!! I enjoy all of your comments so much! This photo is striking, first because of the perspective, very awesome. 2, the isolation of the subjects couldn't be anymore contrasting and 3, the reflections are awesome.
26 Aug 2009 10:41pm
Nadia Olisa from Canberra, Australia
oh wow..amazing shot! the clarity and the framing...superb!! :))
27 Aug 2009 1:22am
SePp from Trier, Germany
very nice with the reflections! One of my favourites of your work!
27 Aug 2009 12:37pm
Andy from United States
Wow love this shot. They seem to be heading in the same direction but are not aware of eachother. Great reflections!
28 Aug 2009 10:08pm
Angelo from Trasacco, Italy
I love this! The scene, the tone and the reflections are wonderful.
29 Aug 2009 11:01am
michele from Canada
this is really beautiful. the spacing between the two figures is perfect - really does convey that sense of going but staying.
29 Aug 2009 2:36pm
Stef67 from in my head, France
celle si est pour moi un régal, j aime ces compos que tu magnifies si bien, bravo ^^
31 Aug 2009 5:45pm
baobab from Cambridge, United States
lovely treatment and light - I like the reflections arising from nothing.
31 Aug 2009 9:41pm
Magda from Vancouver, Canada
FAbulous shot! Superb composition and post editing!!!
1 Sep 2009 4:53pm
The Factory from Switzerland
This one is just perfect, I love it... You have often have couple together, I like this.
14 Sep 2009 4:59pm
Nikon D70
1/125 second
F/9.5
ISO 400
70 mm