Dream of Sleep

"To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
for in the sleep of death what dreams may come.
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
must give us pause."

William Shakespeare (Hamlet)

This is a striking picture, but I do not think of dreaming. I see death... suicide... thy fair Ophelia.

However I do like the bubbles and the rippling of the water around the hair. It gives motion to the stillness.

Overall is a good photograph. Only the bubbles around the mouth is distracting the face, and the right side eye is would be much better if not underexposed a bit.

Could be because at the moment the model sunk in the water, the exposure happened? Because we can see the effect of crowning in the head's area.

You've captures the feeling of falling asleep brilliantly.

Excellent!

a very very strong photo, i love it...with one exception, and that would be the small bubbles around the face, perhaps a small detail, but i find they take so much away from the photo and would be so much stronger an image if they were removed. Other than that comment, this is a stunning photo...very serene and dreamlike.

Tranquil & eerily beautiful!

This image takes ahold of your imagination...

Bravo'

I Love the way the strong lights and darks in this image play with your eyes and mind. It mirrors the angelically peaceful yet death-like and sinister atmosphere of the image. That is unless you used photoshop (if so you are going straight to hell).

Beautiful Shot!

Nice concept. I'm a little ambivalent about the bubbles. In a sense, the bubbles heighten the veracity of the image, but without them, it seems dreamier For me, what gives it a dead aura is how green it is. I'd try a variant with less green. There's too much contrast on the face. I would have used a reflector underwater, held just below the lower edge of the frame.

Nothing special.

Very original shot , great overall result !

A PHOTO THAT YOU STOP AND ANALYZE FROM THE

PHOTOGRAPHER POINT OF VIEW BECAUSE IT IS

DIFFERENT FROM SEVERAL POINT OF VIEW.