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Published: 2005-12-19 04:44:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 986; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 68
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This is the first in my Free to Fly series.
The other photomanips in the series:
II Swept Away
III Kissed by the Night
IV The Blue Utopia


It's cold outside
Or is that just the chill I feel inside from standing here
Steeping in my shame
I can't deny
I'm surrounded by the very thing You freed me from
That's why I can't come home

I don't know where I turned around
From chasing what I always found completed me
More than I could dream
I don't know why I can't remain
Safe here where I always came to meet with you
And You always met with me
And You're still here waiting

I fail to see
Why You'd still be waiting to forgive me
After all that I have done
But I cannot say
That one time I returned and You had turned away
Your love never fails

--Still Here Waiting by Todd Agnew

The little balls are sin. The girl is looking up at God. Though it may seem like she's holding on to her sin, she's actually--you guessed it--letting it slip from her wrist.

Closeups:
Girl
Sky

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sxc.hu stock credits:
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Comments: 40

Muse-on-Paper [2007-08-08 19:05:49 +0000 UTC]

Lovely.

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s15jesusfreak In reply to Muse-on-Paper [2007-08-09 02:51:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Muse-on-Paper In reply to s15jesusfreak [2007-08-09 17:05:59 +0000 UTC]

Welcome!

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Mizra [2007-02-25 04:01:42 +0000 UTC]

I think this is one is so very beautiful!

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s15jesusfreak In reply to Mizra [2007-02-25 14:18:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Elvazur [2006-10-28 13:46:50 +0000 UTC]

Lovely

The model maybe needs a little bit of contrast and a decrease of luminosity, just slightly...
And the "grass" (forgot the word in english -_-') might be a bit too green, when I compare to the whole night atmosphere


I really like it ^^ great job

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s15jesusfreak In reply to Elvazur [2006-10-28 15:24:53 +0000 UTC]

oh, ok ^.^ Thanks for the tips! I'm not sure if that's something I can fix this far down the line, but I will put it on my list of to-dos in the future. ^.^ Thanks!

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lryiu [2006-02-20 14:47:32 +0000 UTC]

very nicely done

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s15jesusfreak In reply to lryiu [2006-02-20 15:33:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!

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lryiu In reply to s15jesusfreak [2006-02-20 15:38:14 +0000 UTC]

very welcome

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RockerDude96 [2006-02-14 16:23:17 +0000 UTC]

Saw this on christians. Love it!

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s15jesusfreak In reply to RockerDude96 [2006-02-14 21:03:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for commenting here. I don't check the *christians page all that often I'm so glad you like it!

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Patrucca [2006-02-13 08:16:54 +0000 UTC]

A beautiful Manip!!

-P.A.

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s15jesusfreak In reply to Patrucca [2006-02-13 17:34:37 +0000 UTC]

thank you!
A brief backstory if you care to read:
Free to Fly Series .

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Patrucca In reply to s15jesusfreak [2006-02-14 07:11:04 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome!

-P.A.

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KTamas [2006-02-10 05:11:31 +0000 UTC]

Looks really good.

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s15jesusfreak In reply to KTamas [2006-02-10 15:18:26 +0000 UTC]

thank you!!

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Jinx-Yomisota [2006-02-10 03:49:10 +0000 UTC]

This is gorgeous! The girl looks so real! God bless you!

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s15jesusfreak In reply to Jinx-Yomisota [2006-02-10 15:16:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! God bless you too!

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Benalene [2006-01-04 19:59:36 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful. My first thought was that the little balls were so pretty just floating around. Then I read your description that the balls were sin, and it occured to me that sin can be beautiful, on the surface. But just below the surface, it is a gruesome monster waiting for you to let your guard down. Just some thoughts while viewing your image .

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s15jesusfreak In reply to Benalene [2006-01-04 23:15:15 +0000 UTC]

it's nice to know what you thought of it. I have often remembered that sin is very much like you said--beautiful on the outside.

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SAOlsen [2005-12-31 01:30:47 +0000 UTC]

Very interesting...Visually stunning...very sombre.

I had just the opposite interpretation of it.
I thought the lights were happy things...you know, those bits of love, prayers, friends and angels that God sends to us to light our otherwise wintery world.

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s15jesusfreak In reply to SAOlsen [2005-12-31 16:12:21 +0000 UTC]

that's a very good take on it. It's kind of like "this little light of mine, i'm gonna let it shine"

Thanks for your interpretation. I was hoping to hear some different ideas about what the picture meant.

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SangoWings333 [2005-12-22 17:56:10 +0000 UTC]

It's really lovely. I also like the symbolism you got going there. I would've never thought the glowing red balls were sins.

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s15jesusfreak In reply to SangoWings333 [2005-12-22 19:09:23 +0000 UTC]

The balls were kind of a last minute fill-in. It seemed empty and her arm looked rather weird without the ball on the end

Thanks for the comment

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SangoWings333 In reply to s15jesusfreak [2005-12-22 23:21:24 +0000 UTC]

Anytime. ^_^

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LossingFeathers [2005-12-21 03:04:39 +0000 UTC]

It reminds me of a dream. Dancing in the fields, dancing a tune I remember from Japan. ^.^ hehe.

Eveyrything looks like a dream, a painting. She even looks more fluid then if she where real, very happy. As I might do on a rainy day (I love to dance in the rain- quite literaly).

That is what I am reminded of.

~Becca

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s15jesusfreak In reply to LossingFeathers [2005-12-21 03:43:43 +0000 UTC]

aww, that's nice. I'm glad it reminded you of something. I always thought that the pictures that evoke memories are the most powerful.

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LossingFeathers In reply to s15jesusfreak [2005-12-21 04:45:59 +0000 UTC]

they are. ^.^ I miss Japan and even though this picture looks nothing like Japan it reminds me of it allot, which holds a dear place in my heart ^.^;

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Bareck [2005-12-20 09:16:45 +0000 UTC]

Really awesome, very peaceful and serine

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s15jesusfreak In reply to Bareck [2005-12-20 14:21:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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Wintercross [2005-12-20 02:56:18 +0000 UTC]

it looks great, can't wait to see more

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s15jesusfreak In reply to Wintercross [2005-12-20 04:41:22 +0000 UTC]

yep, I have one more to do. This is actually the first in the series. I didn't do them in order because i do them as they come to me . I didn't have the stock at the time to do this one first . Hopefully the next and final one will be done sometime after Christmas. Thanks for the comment!!

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Piece-of-Mind [2005-12-20 02:33:00 +0000 UTC]

gorgeous

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s15jesusfreak In reply to Piece-of-Mind [2005-12-20 04:39:51 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Zaham [2005-12-19 20:25:09 +0000 UTC]

So beautiful. gorgeous imagery!

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s15jesusfreak In reply to Zaham [2005-12-19 21:06:59 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Maelstromgirl [2005-12-19 11:51:41 +0000 UTC]

That's beautiful! I love this series so much. Another !

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Maelstromgirl In reply to Maelstromgirl [2005-12-20 10:29:24 +0000 UTC]

Hehe they are stunning! You've every reason to love them!

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s15jesusfreak In reply to Maelstromgirl [2005-12-19 15:27:46 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much!! So do I

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