The very essence of fear - to Pavel Danel

I would imagine most people seeing this will like it. I certainly do. I am curious to know how it was created. Keep up the great work.

David,

Many people have a fear of heights and since she seems to be free falling it represent the fear factor.  Image this image turned 90o and you will know how it was made. It was an actual jump so she was in the air.

Two may be three images combined. Well done. You could spend some more time on the hair ;).

Piotr,

You are correct. I got lazy and did not finish hair properly. 3 images.

Very eye catching!

I corrected hair. Looks much more natural now. It will show in a day or two.

Excellent shot which you have put a great deal of work into. Really gives a dream image of falling. I would love to see if possible(!) straight legs as if she was gliding.

William,

I am working on it. The one that I have does not seem to work, I need more shooting.

Great treatment, nice Photoshop work, but since I see no fear at all in it, the title seems inappropriate.

promytius syl

Apparently you have not heard abut fear of hight

Acrophobia (from the Greek: ἄκρον, ákron , meaning "peak, summit, edge" and φόβος, phóbos, "fear") is an extreme or irrational fear of heights. It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space and motion discomfort that share both similar etiology and options for treatment.>

Love it! But the tones appeared a bit dull on my screen -- and I like them to have more "punch" -- so have taken the liberty to apply some local + mid-tone contrast enhancements; hope you don't mind my tweaking.

Tomek,

Thank you for your visit and time you spend on my picture. The contrast increase is very subtle (which is good) and almost invisible on my screen. But I am happy if it looks better on yours.  It is one of my favorite images.

Best regards,

Andrew

Correct, the adjustments are of the fine-tuning magnitude -- there was simply very little room left to improve on -- so the best way to notice the differences is to look at both side by side and focus on / compare only one element at the time (not to mention that monitor calibration may make them even more difficult to spot).