erwin1 0 Posted March 27, 2007 My dear Monika, this is top notch work ! i'm speachless, erwin Link to comment
bbphoto123 0 Posted March 27, 2007 Fantastic idea! Had to look at it twice to actually see what it was! Very imaginative! Link to comment
bengt1664878721 2 Posted March 27, 2007 This made my day. A quality and originality that is rarely seen on this site, or anywhere else for that matter. Top notch, indeed. Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted March 28, 2007 Yes very dramatic bathing :) love how you capture the face in the water! Very original too :) Biliana Link to comment
nilesh2 0 Posted March 28, 2007 It took me some time to understanf what this really is!! One of the most original picture I have ever come across. This is simply outstdnading! Great work. Link to comment
haleh b 0 Posted March 29, 2007 The concept is wonderful but I am not really enjoying the uneven black border. Link to comment
axel-cordes 0 Posted March 29, 2007 Yes - outstanding - POW quality - very creative - Thank you for sharing. Regards Axel Link to comment
monika.brand 0 Posted March 30, 2007 I wanna thank you all so very much! Some of you ask for a version without the leg. I'll upload one, but I wanna say, that this one here is my personal fav and I think the leg gives the right depth. Thank you so much! Link to comment
marcogiardini 0 Posted April 12, 2007 seen on altphotos....but still fascinanting brava! .oesse. Link to comment
anders_b 0 Posted April 20, 2007 This must be one of the best photos I've ever seen. That should be enough said :). 7/7, Roy. Link to comment
color 3 Posted April 24, 2007 OK, I don't really have anything to add to what other people have said, but I want to say it anyway. Cool. Very original. Link to comment
jana 1 Posted May 3, 2007 What an original image, Monika. Perfect composition radiates enigma. cheers Jana Link to comment
pmj 6 Posted June 4, 2007 Please note the following: This image has been selected for discussion. It is not necessarily the "best" picture the Elves have seen this week, nor is it a contest. Discussion of photo.net policy, including the choice of Photograph of the Week should not take place here, but in the Site Feedback forum. The About Photograph of the Week page tells you more about this feature of photo.net. Before writing a contribution to this thread, please consider our reason for having this forum: to help people learn about photography. Visitors have browsed the gallery, found a few striking images and want to know things like why is it a good picture, why does it work? Or, indeed, why doesn't it work, or how could it be improved? Try to answer such questions with your contribution. Link to comment
Landrum Kelly 64 Posted June 4, 2007 I would like to see what you had before post-processing before I evaluate this one. --Lannie Link to comment
acjtucson 0 Posted June 5, 2007 I love it. It is very creative. I do not think I would change a thing about the lighting or arrangement. As for the call for looking at the original, I am ambivalent about that. I sort of would like to see it but, on the other hand, I doubt Ansel Adams showed a straight unaltered print before showing us the ones we all know. Link to comment
florainer 0 Posted June 5, 2007 the title is well chosen. the composition is fantastic, the idea is brilliant. i love the nose standing out, it somehow parallels the leg. i love how the hair spreads in the milky water, and how the nose is the only part of the face that is actually sharp. i also think there hasn't been done much postprocesing, although i wouldn't really mind if there was. in the end it's all about the message you want to transport. but again: there is not much ps work i could point my finger at in this pic. this picture is simpy brilliant, and it stayed in my head for a while, because i can remember having seen it a few months ago. in my opinion it is a perfect example for the combination of aesthetically high value that is also thoughtprovoking. pretty much the hardest thing to accomplish; and pretty much the thing that makes it fine art. Link to comment
monika.brand 0 Posted June 5, 2007 Good morning everybody! First of all I wanna thank the elves for making my image the POW this week. I feel very honored and proud, thanks so much. Well, I had the idea to take some photos in a milky bath and asked my dauhter, if she would like to help me. And she was crazy about that idea. During the shooting she goes underground very slowly and as she rested at this point I took this pic. There is nearly no postprocessing besides the things you'll do in the darkroom. The title I've chosen fits the image imho, because everybody knows, when one's head is in the water, there's no noise besides your breathing...just silence. And by the way, I love the grain of analogue work :) If you are interested, here are the pure negscan, without any processing. Thnak you all so much. Monika Link to comment
auriel_dahan 0 Posted June 5, 2007 What a strange picture! So beautiful!I found the overall composition was very successfully done, since the look is drectly attracted by this "strange thing" floating or lost in some foggy matter.Then, one second ..to understand that this is not some peculiar and unclassified animal but a genuine human face! It was a very good idea to avoid to wet the nose and the lips, which would have taken light, it's better they remain neutral.I believed first, the eyes were closed before to understand that the eyebrows are not the eyelashes...Then the spreading out of the hair on the surface of water changes strangely the proportions of the forehead and the overall apect of the face. It looks like a flat ground plan. Two elemnts emerge from this milky ocean, the nose ant the leg (under the form of an iceberg..You were right to keep such an element at the foreground)which both, underline nicely the flat composition of the face. I'd make a suggestion: could you try to crop the upper right corner, because the level of water breaks the strange aspect of this picture and reveals the reality of a bath. But you certainly took the good decision. The technical aspect of this picture is perfect.I should add to your title :..and strangeness. Thank you very much Monika for sharing.Congratulations. Guy (excuse my imperfect English) Link to comment
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