bluechameleon
half light
Posted by bluechameleon (Vancouver, Canada) on 27 September 2009 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.
"And there is no maker
Just an exhaustible indifference
And there’s comfort in that
So you feel unafraid"
David Sylvian || Snow White In Appalachia
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LESLIE from norwich, United Kingdom
Great - love the grainy effect works so well on this shot Sharon
27 Sep 2009 5:07am
Philippe from Bangkok, Thailand
something very nice ...., special feeling for me ... i like
27 Sep 2009 5:43am
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Suggestive image, it's like the photo of a dream or a remembering.
27 Sep 2009 5:55am
Pavan Kaul from Mumbai, India
I love this wonderful, soft, evocative image...The tones, the composition and treatment is stunning! Is the soft focus a result of panning with a slow shutter or do you achieve this in post?
27 Sep 2009 6:16am
Bill Brown from California, United States
Very creative shot, I like it! As previously mentioned, it does have a dream like quality to it.
27 Sep 2009 6:28am
k@ from Paris, France
She's part of the sea and shadows and slowly goes out towards light and another land on her decided pace... Love your silverish mirror, Sharon** Have a very sweet sunday ~
27 Sep 2009 8:07am
Xavi Heredia from Badalona (almost Barcelona), Kazakhstan
I like the mood, and the grain of the processing. The human figure is definitive for the history of the picture. An image that makes dream. Congratulations.
27 Sep 2009 8:52am
olivier Paillet from toulouse, France
Real...unreal ... life...dream ...
Very, very nice shot !!!
27 Sep 2009 8:56am
Aurore from Paris, France
Between reality and dream, i love the mood, blurred atmosphere and lines, and the way she's running toward her destiny yearningly.
27 Sep 2009 10:22am
Marcie from Newton, United States
Absolutely magical. Like an unconscious consciousness...a dreamy reality. Wonderful!!!
27 Sep 2009 10:40am
Reno from Madrid, Spain
Yes, I agree with Paco, Marcie and Sydney: this is an image of a dream. I very like the atmosphere. Do you know Castro Prieto? he's a spanish photogragh (see his series "Extraños").
27 Sep 2009 11:06am
Fritsch from Berlin, Germany
"I could fly away / I could fly away / But I take the sea / For stranger days than these" (Ricky Lee Jones)
Sharon, you should see me running out of words: One got to love this. This is my absolute favourite of your beauties. Got it all: Freedom, loneliness, movement, melancholy, joy ... the list could go on & on. An outstanding composition & a hell of a photograph! Love it, love it, really love it. Thank you. All the best & safe travels, Fritsch.
27 Sep 2009 12:36pm
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Wonderful composition. Marvelous light. Very ethereal.
27 Sep 2009 12:36pm
Polydactyle from Montreal, Canada
I like this blur, this grain, the light. An intriguing photo. Really beautiful! Bravo!
27 Sep 2009 1:46pm
don from spokane, United States
A strong, impressionistic beach shot. Very appealing image.
27 Sep 2009 2:01pm
Nicki from Germany
Mystical ... seems that your world is full of dreamy thoughts. Fine!
27 Sep 2009 2:36pm
Mr Tambourine from Great Malvern, United Kingdom
I can say absolutely nothing.....THIS SHOT IS AWSOMEEE!!!!
27 Sep 2009 3:43pm
Harry from higby, Belgium
Very interesting effect. I like the grain, the glow and the mysterious figure.
27 Sep 2009 3:55pm
yz from Budapest, Hungary
this is just fantastic! love the blur and the high contrast
27 Sep 2009 4:21pm
John Maslowski from Dallas, PA, United States
Lovely effect with the light and dark contrasts. The runner adds that mysterious mood to this wonderful composition.
27 Sep 2009 4:47pm
Stef67 from in my head, France
alors là, je suis émerveillé devant ce cliché, vraiment bravo, une gestion extraordinaire de chaque éléments, vraiment superbe, j suis fan ^^
27 Sep 2009 6:36pm
Liang from San Francisco, United States
love the moody processing you've given to this photo!
27 Sep 2009 7:45pm
marc battault from clermont ferrand, France
a mysterious side, I like a lot, accentuated by the noise and black and white!
good shot, Sharon!
kiss!
27 Sep 2009 8:40pm
Dulcie from Danville, CA, United States
Lovely blur and compelling mood you've created on this monotone scene...perfect title, too.
27 Sep 2009 9:36pm
jeff (aka dogilicious) from Millerstown, PA, United States
Very nice. Really like the grainy processing.
27 Sep 2009 9:38pm
Paul van der Meer from Valkenswaard, Netherlands
Superb moment and processing, well done!
27 Sep 2009 10:12pm
Elaine- from Canada
oh oh this may be one of my fave pics by you honey.... it's ethereal, heavenly!!!!
27 Sep 2009 10:25pm
Amir Madanipour from Tehran, Iran
* one star from five. ..............................................crossing...............................................
27 Sep 2009 11:02pm
grant from kansas city, United States
i really like the softness here - like looking through slightly frosted glass.
28 Sep 2009 1:03am
martie from United States
I love the light and shadows - and the misty-ness of the shot. It's as if you have captured a memory...
28 Sep 2009 3:56am
STEED from Gueret, France
And the Sea opened her arms to welcome her Feet.........................
28 Sep 2009 6:37am
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
This has a Hawaii vibe to it, I don't know why. I think it's because the girl's gesture- her hip kinda dips to one side- that makes me think of the Hula dance :) Nice dreamy & lazy shot. Thanks for subscribing my Posterous blog as well, Sharon :)
28 Sep 2009 9:41am
Angel from Madrid, Spain
Dynamic image those that you give to us. The movement and that grain, bring about a dynamic reaction. The black and white one supports the taking perfectly
Warm greetings
28 Sep 2009 10:54am
Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom
Wonderful smudgework . . there is a strange sense that the image is alive and developing before our eyes !
28 Sep 2009 10:58am
Mike from Lichfield, United Kingdom
Wonderful contrasts and very dream like. here's something very sad about it though that I can't quite put my finger on but I'm sure it has nothing to do with the lone woman. Nice work anyway.
28 Sep 2009 11:02am
xavier cardell from menorca-barcelona, Spain
Brilliant. Framing, compo, light, contrast, post process....
28 Sep 2009 11:48am
Scott F. Schilling from San Martin, United States
I like the processing on this and the texture you have in the image - the composition with the person walking is great also! Very nice work!
28 Sep 2009 12:53pm
Jean-Louis from Nîmes, France
Comme dans un rêve ,elle aparait et disparait !!
Excellente photo !!!
28 Sep 2009 4:44pm
B.Held from Santa Fe, United States
the composition and lighting are fantastic. i love the mood you created here.
28 Sep 2009 5:44pm
rian from mobile, United States
very well composed, the soft blur looks great for this shot.. nice work! :D
28 Sep 2009 11:50pm
dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States
what a mystical moment!!! i am putting this up there with all my faaabulous favorites from your magical portfolio -- bravo BC, bravo!!! :D
29 Sep 2009 1:24am
k@ from Paris, France
Just came back to see it again, then........
;/ Sweet thoughts towards U2**
29 Sep 2009 1:29pm
Godo from Barcelona, Spain
Hi Sharon,
Excellent blurry pic.
Love how female figure is joined into the scene. All elements linked by the blur.
Terrific ;o)
30 Sep 2009 5:59pm
roamin from Nova Scotia, Canada
Remembrance of other days; now always there,
melancholic and just a little out of frame.
30 Sep 2009 6:05pm
gavin hart from Gold Coast, Australia
Oh so dreamy :) Even before reading the other comments I perceived this lovely scene as dreamy. The grain and light are excellent ingredients of the feeling here too.
30 Sep 2009 9:44pm
Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia
Another fabulous impression of a fleeting moment created here!
1 Oct 2009 2:24pm
Lougris from Toulouse, France
Magic!!
The only word which comes to me it is a french word : IMPRESSION!!
Bravo
3 Oct 2009 1:43pm
michele from Canada
this makes me think of my childhood and many days spent playing in the beach. thank you.
4 Oct 2009 7:03pm
Robin bird from United States
The image is so compelling and the quote well... it is a comfort indeed, as surprising as that is to me.
5 Oct 2009 9:02am
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Makes me think of the work of the Canadian director Guy Maddin.
8 Oct 2009 2:20am
Nikon D70
1/10 second
F/13.0
ISO 200
70 mm