BelaMolnar

Spectacular view, dramatic  and  powerful image  for B&W.

BLM.

You surprised  me, at the end of  this Holly day, Tamara.

Thank you very much and a Mary Christmas  and a Happy New Year to  you.

Bela

For  the full story, please see the  folder, " The Friendly Chetah and Me".

Thank you for your comments, Tamara. Comments at Christmas night,  it is  extremely flattering and beautiful present from you.

Marry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you.

Bela

Excellent, almost an abstraction.

BLM.

Addendum;  Jack, please see the  folder ( the Friendly Chetah and Me )   with the whole story in sequence, I added a short story, as a title to the images.

Bela

I haw seen two block of  stone, somewhere,  and get an idea. All  part of  the photograph is  my material, photograph of  other scenery.

A Realistic Surrealism.

Thank you  for your comments, for both of you.

Bela

Hi Jack. It  is  the same story, just added  more  image  of  the  moment I experienced there.  She  is  so cute, isn't she?

Please  see the  folder, "The Friendly Chetah and Me"

Bela

You  can see me in his eyes.  As you can see. He  is  looking up-way  to my eye, about 2 yards  or less. I  was trying to mesmerize  him,  by not  blinking and hold  the look.  Then he  walked a way, about 15-20 yard, then  turned  to me, and suddenly charged  with a roar. We  had a fence  between us,  but  I  jumped  back  by instinght, a natural  reflex. He stopped  the charge about  3-5  yard, and  heavily  huffing and puffing  walked  back to the bush to sit and relax. So, He  did a show.  I can tell you,  it  was a hell of an experience  to look so close  to  his  eyes.  We where  about 6-7  persons, and  the  lion  walked  ones  to  the  fence  so close  and "to me".  (?)

Thank you for your comments.

Enjoy  the Holiday Season.

Bela

Addendum; "blessed"  have a relative meaning.

It is a second time I get this  image, and  surprised I all ready commented  and I'm the only one. It is  shame  on  this  website, people  do not appreciate  such a beautiful art works. Red  orange  over  saturated sunsets, yes, "kitsch",  you get a dozenth  comments  right a way.

Happy Holiday Season  to you and your family.

BLM.

Thank you for your comments, for both of you.

BLM.

Excellent. I can't say more.

BLM.

Yes, things happen. Very expressive  portrait, excellent  lighting, perfect b&w works.

BLM.

It is a nice "low-kay" image.

BLM.

Beautiful pastel color, nice  winter scenery.

BLM.

Very nice, perfect composition.

BLM.

Beautiful soft winter scenery, the  typical wet fogy  day mood. Excellent.

BLM.

Hi Jack. Finally, I know, all those  photograph  happening in Hawaii. I always  thought, it  is  in Hong Kong or Japan.

The coffee? Since I retired, having plenty of  time,  I  trow  the  espresso  maker  to a cabinet  and  doing  my  coffee  manually  all the  way  from  the  time, I  buying the coffee-bean, mix, blend  and grind, and doing it  in a Turkish way. It test   much  better  for  me.

Interesting observation  of  the face-mask. 

Image of  real life  around  us  and around you.

I Wish you a Happy Holiday  Season.

Bela

I don't see to much different between those  two version, I like  this  version better  then the walking man on it The red  car  get my attention. A very interesting composition with the menacing sky.

BTW, I always  wanted  to ask you,  why  the  man wearing the  hat reversed?

Marry Christmas  and a Happy New  Year  to you  and  your family, Pierre.

Bela

Hi Peter. No.  I  used  the old  darkroom technic,  in PS, dodge  and burn,  then   added more  color of  red  and  yellow. ( not  saturation) In this  way, I never touched  the  rest of the image, like  the sea  and  the sky. Sorry, actually I darkened  the  sky a little  at the top, and  stretched  the  image  to the  left, by adding  more canvas. Of course, I  was  able to use the  screen shot  only, which  is  very  limited  base  quality  of an image  to edit. From the original I  could  produce  better results.

Bela

Thank you George. All the best to you too.

Bela

Thank you Zbigniew. Haw a Happy Holiday  Season to you and your family.

Bela