leeloo Beauty and the Beast monochrome

An interesting combination of lines of the body and lines of the old tree.

Hi Svetlana,

Thank you very much. It is a Mesquite killed by the moving sand.

Hi Andrew, your Mesquite looks like a giant octopus which remind me of a great japanese artists (like Katsushika Hokusai among others) who use the similar motive quite often...all the best!!!

Hi Nebojsa,

Thanks a lot. That is an amazing compliment. I added another photo with similar motive especially for you.

An amazing shot. Bravo!

Hi Cheren,

 

Thanks a lot. Nature contributed, since it's not common see clouds in Death Valley. They definitely add to the mood.

Andrew,

This one is already in my faves, (in color version),

Stunning!,

ZT,

Hi Zbigniew,

 

Thanks a lot. I truly appreciate any compliment from you. I see how well your doing with your monochromes so I gave it a try as well.

A Beauty and a Beast - great find!

The wood and the woman are almost as one with a kind of closeness for lack of a better word. This is a very good image Andrew, a favorite...........BR, holger

Hi Holger,

Thank you very much for shearing my feelings. This is why I converted it form color to B@W. There was a dissonance before but not now.

Hi Vlad,

Thank you very much for your visit and compliment. It was luck that we found this mesquite tree apparently killed by the moving sand.

Andrew, this wonderful wooden snag looks like a fairy character, stunned by female beauty. I like this eclectic B &W composition, textures, ... Delight !!! Sincerely, Tatiana

Wow, quite surreal actually, very humanoid. Excellent composition and superb control of texture and tone, bravo.

Hi Tatiana,

Thank you very much! You comment made my week.

John,

Thank you very much! Yest it looks like monster indeed, I was thinking that it's planning to devour Leeloo, but Tatiana has a valid point perhaps not.

Bravo.

Hi Wayne,

 

Thank you very much

This is what I call "true photographic vision". Without the woman, the impact would not be so stunning. It is a very strong contrast between youth and decay. The tree by itself would not have evoked the phantom-like, "figure from darkness or underworld" if you hadn't so carefully and perfectly placed the model next to it. At first, I even "thought" (perhaps a wishful projection on my part" that the young woman would be extending her right arm to reach (or detach, metaphorically, fantastically) from this specter from the beyond. In any case, this is one of the most intriguing, creative, visionary, best executed images I have seen in a long time. And of course, your choice for BW is the icing on the cake. Congratulations, and it immediately goes into my favorites!! DG

Hi Daniel,

Thank you very very much. You made my month! I truly appreciate you compliments!

Pure perfection! Hat off sir! PDE

Hi Pierre,

Hi Pierre, Thank you very much my friend. Very much appreciate your compliment.

Very suggestive picture, wonderful use of the surrounding!! an out of this world creature!! beauty and the beast! congrats

Hi Bernardo,

Thank you very much for your visit and compliments.

I like this tighter cropping better than the previous shot.

Hi Paul, me too thank you very much for your visit and comment.