Haunted Faces

Okay, I am forced to rate this a 7/7. I really think this image is thought provking where people, primarlity intellectual types, could discuss this image for hours.

 

I would change the title to "Imprint of Man's Evolution".

I find it interesting that these are all different monkeys and three were taken at different times, but the eyes all have a similar haunted look to them. Have we evolved? I don't know...

 

Thanks for visiting, Howard. Let's get some votes on titles.

You could use a line from Bob Dylan: "You see you're just like me; I hope you're satisfied."

 

Marveolus picture, Kim. You've been crossing some lines lately. It's very exciting.

Thanks, Mark. I think this is the artist part of me that wanted to be a painter, but could never get what I saw in my mind to translate to canvas. Photography and Photoshop have given me some great tools. Hmmm...now I'm kind of leaning towards a new title "Just like me...".

 

By the way, I just printed this out on watercolor paper - it's pretty cool seeing it large. Toned down the red and bumped up the contrast and brightness a bit. Reposted my original on here, too, to reflect more closely what the print copy looks like.

wow. excellent !superb concept! very sad story!

Biliana

Thanks, Biliana. I have this one framed already and heading to my office wall today. :)

Kim- this is really interesting to look at. The eyes all look like someone in deep thought. Wouldn't you like to know just for a second what they are thinking. I like the PS work, the lighting and large craquelure look is neat.

So....not happy with pushing the button and making nice pictures, how you have to haunt us with images that make us think !

 

Kim, you are such a pleasure to visit, Linda was saying the other day how nice it would be sit in a room with you and Ed, drink some of his home made wine, throw some fresh baked bread I would make, Fruits and cheese's in the mix, and chat for a while !

Thanks, Jayme - the eyes are windows of the soul, I believe it, and these seem like haunted souls.

 

Roger, we would like nothing better than to meet you and Linda and share food, wine, thoughts and photos.

Oh, wonderful! I would hang it on my wall too!

Brillant, dear Kim!!!!

Biliana

I'm very pleased with this one - thanks for stopping again, Biliana.

kim, i love the way you challenge us all as your tastes and style evolve. this rendering has a sure, masterful hand behind it. my only question is the tight crop below and wider crop above -- i tend to want symmetry, so just a question.

 

if photography is about visualizing emotion, and i think it often is, this is a photograph truly. it goes to the heart of why we pick up a camera and wonder how to get our stories across well late into the night, wonder how to serve others by communicating somehow what we feel when we look ourselves without saying a word. thanks for sharing it.

Ben, no particular reason why that placement - I plopped each face in a spot and tried it there. It's what I do with cropping, too - I try various croppings and then go with the one that strikes me as working the best. You probably would have done this differently because of liking symmetry, but I guess I preferred this combination because I wanted this to be more unsettling to view. I wasn't going for "pretty", but more to make people stop and think about the animals in the world.

kim, you go girl -- thanks for the exchange of thoughts. this is a terribly effective work and my symmetry is often a knee-jerk sensibility and not the one that fits best. keep leading the way. i'm back in the brush here, but i appreciate you clearing a trail ahead nonetheless.

Ben, a lot of times I DO prefer everything well balanced - it depends on the subject, I guess. I'm not one to go by "rules"; I go by gut feeling on how it looks or how I think it will look when finished.

i know what you mean. if i had rules i had to follow in this, my hobby, i'd pick up a book instead. btw, gotta say it again, this is so darn good . . . looking on a different monitor now, and i continue to shake my head in appreciation. there are very few works that i look at several times and continue to marvel at. this is one of them.

Ben, email me your address and I will send you a print, if you like.

thanks kim, that is very sweet, but (and i know this is weird) i display almost everything digitally. i don't think i've got a single print hanging anywhere! (i do give prints to others, but i more often post at dotphoto.com for people to order for themselves.) thank you though.

Well, feel free to use it for a background then if you want.

Kim! 7/7 This one is outstanding! love the eyes and the layering just fits perfectly....this one holds my attention.

thanks, i will!

Thanks, Kristin. I appreciate your time.

Different, haunting, and with emotion. Kudos to you for continually challenging yourself and therefore your viewers. The stares are very uncomforting, especially the top middle ape. May be because it looks like me the most. ^_^

How did I miss this comment of yours, Wilson?! I think I'm on the top right.

A composite made up of five different images.