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Published: 2005-10-09 16:20:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 861; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 84
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For =PhoeniX252 's Black & White Portrait Contest---
When the ruins of our great works are consumed by the powerful nature in front of our modern buildings, they give us a lesson about the import of our actions on a lifetime scale.
This powerful paradox reminds us that everything that surrounds us is just material and transient, and that only our hearts count. Our souls are immortal.
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Quand les ruines de nos grands ouvrages se font dévorer par la puissante nature face à nos constructions modernes, elles nous en apprenent beaucoup sur la portée de nos actes, à l'echelle de notre existence.
Ce puissant paradoxe nous rapelle que tout ce qui nous entoure n'est que matériel et ephemere, et que seul nos coeurs comptent. Nos âme sont immortelles.
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I'd crop the buildings from the left out....but otherwise nice piece, like it
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Composition is great, b/w makes atmosphere of this photo, position of models arm, shadow on the wall all that makes a great story and fantastic photo!
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Thanks, this picture was one of the most meaningful I made.
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J'aime beaucoup cette photo aussi, très conceptuel.L'ombre renforce le message que cette photo veut faire passer, et le noir et blanc est 1 bon choix
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Profonde. Yes everything is ephemeral.
Wonderful photo and description.
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the expression in this shot is classic. The balance of light/dark is really nice as well and the overall composition is really nicely balanced. Good luck with the contest. Nice capture.
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Something to think about indeed. And its nice that you wrote in two languages. They also must be preserved and be eternal.
Algo para pensar de facto. E é também interessante que tenhas escrito em duas linguagens. Que também devem ser preservadas e eternas.
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An excellent conceptual image, in one sense it can be viewed as almost whimsical, and at another as being really quite philosophically profound...
On an advanced level critique, I don't know whether this will help but to me the shadow of the man and also of the object far right on the wall seem a little too dark... I wonder if selectively masking and bringing back a little of the wall detail in the shadows, enough to show they are there, might enhance... (on my monitor they appear so black they could be cut outs if that makes sense)... I suppose the counter to that kind of adjustment might be the emptyness/ blackness contained therein is part of the message... its up to you I guess, but thats what I'd be inclined to experiment with... the strong contrasts of the image do work well to make it quite strident...
Framewise... I think an equal border thickness on all sides would be much better than an unequal one as current, and perhaps a narrow thin white line immediately around photograph, 2-4 pixels, to seperate it from the balck border would also enhance, especially on the right where blackness blurs into frame..
hope that is of some help
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I appreciate such an interesting and comprehensive feedback
The high contrast is on purpose, thus enhancing the shadow and giving more sens to the message.
On another pic I would have worked more on detail. Here the main point is the dude, the shadow and the wall...
Thanks
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Je n'arrive pas à me souvenir précisement, mais dans une certaine tradition, pour méditer, on doit imaginer être imobile dans une rivière, l'eau qui coule représente nos pensés qui filent. Quand on arrive à se concentrer sur cette idée, il faut imaginer être, au même instant, sur la berge debout en train de se regarder dans la rivière, si tu arrrives à être aux deux endroits, tu dois te concentrer pour être aussi un peu plus en retrait sur la terre en train de te regarder te regarder. C'est précisement cette image qui me vient en tête quand je regarde cette photo, c'est poser un double regard sur ce que nous sommes, sur notre humanité, pour saisir ce que sont nos valeurs véritables, ce qui est notre essence.
Le symbolisme est bien pensé, il relie plusieurs questions existentielles et laisse place à différentes réflexions, il n'a rien de contraignant.
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On dirait que je me branle...
Non mais sinon c bien ton style... C sur ke je prefère me voir de dos !
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Spécial dédicace 5 minutes de l'an 2003
De dos on aurait vu tes fesses!
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On dirait que je me branle...
Non mais sinon c bien ton style... C sur ke je prefère me voir de dos !
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