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Published: 2008-09-04 20:22:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 3065; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 123
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In Norwegian folklore, the Hulder (definite form: Huldra) is a forest-dweller seductive female who leads travellers astray with songs and charms (something like a Nordic syrene or Lorelei).The only feature that can betray them is their long tail, which they hide under their skirts for safety reasons.
Maybe this particular Huldra's tail was too long, maybe she was simply careless: the fact remains a fact, and it is a fact that she got caught and now she is kept in the barn in chains where she can only muse out of the window, longing for her lost freedom.
model: *Linlith
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i really love this image. not just because of the sentimental value [which is huge] but also because everything seems to play together so interestingly.
the atmosphere is unique, the light in all its voluptuousness and the way you rendered the whole subject.
do you realise, that already those were the days...? huh, nostalgia.
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thank you!
those were the days... thoooose were the daaaays.
but I hope (and even know) that we will still have wonderful days together!
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indeed; there will certainly be more wonderful days. it just struck me that already such a stretch of time has passed since the summer; and those wonderful days have moved into history and memory. they're not there in the immediate past anymore, where one can still almost touch them.
it is the first of december... soon the year will end; and once more i wonder where all the time went.
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do i really see a mutilated leg? or is my sick mind up all these?
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I am sorry to say that there is no mutilated leg in the picture...
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awww
WHO HAS CURSED ME?????
but i do see one... 
i think i need a hug
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if that's what makes you happy...
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what a sad destiny.... but fabolous shot! i love the ligt!
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thanks!
the light loves you too!
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Beautiful light.
Lovely lady.
I like the idea of it.
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I can only agree and thank you.
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are you sure she's not just hiding in the barn to get a little break from the four little people who live in the house?
[good stuff. hope you enjoyed your travels and meetings. maybe someday you'll pass this way again too...?]
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hahahaha that is also quite an adequate suggestion...
[I hope so, mister, I hope so!]
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cooool
location, location, location
nicely done
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Hahhaa, great idea! And thanks for making me learn a new thing.
Very nice composition, I also like the concrete walls and ground a lot.
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merci beaucoup, monsieur!
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Tout le plaisir est pour moi, très cher.
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As usual, I absolutely adore the idea behind your photo. However, I don't think this came out as well as well as it could have. It's a beautiful photos alone, but once the story is tied in, it lacks somewhat. I think it's your choice of the model; she doesn't seem very seductive as you say Hulder are suppose to be, nor does she really seem like she longs to be free.
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hmmm I think that is up to discussion, but I daresay in the case of Hulder the beauty standard is different: you shouldn't imagine a magazine cover hottie, but rather someone who has a sensual radiation.
of course, maybe I wasn't completely able to convey that with the image, but I assure you it wasn't the model's fault...
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I completely understand that beauty standard is different from person to person, and I wasn't trying to point out that she isn't a fashion model; in fact, I do think of her as rather attractive. I did, however, mean that she doesn't seem to have a seductive aura about her.
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hmmm okay, I understand now.
it is to be considered, though, that a hulder in captivity is not in her best shape for seduction.
I daresay she loses some of her powers in this state.
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wonderful, as always.
keep up the great work!
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sajna a sztorit nem ismerem
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nem vakus, ezΓ©rt sajna kellett vele egy kis idΕt tΓΆltenem a photoshop sΓΆtΓ©tkamrΓ‘jΓ‘ban...
a sztori az annyi, amennyit leΓrtam...
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de mostmΓ‘r ismerem akkor
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...she finally escaped the chains and went in for a shower...
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well, that's what a proper hulder is ought to do.
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awe.
i would want my freedom as well.
this is a lovely photo. it's serene and comforting in it's longing.
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thank you very much!
I am glad you see the longing in it.
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i have a mixed reaction to this
i read more emotion from the setting than her face
everything seems moody and atmospheric except her
maybe its the size of the photo? i dont know
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hmmm sadly the quality of the raw image is not so good (because of the really little light that was available in the barn), so her facial expression is quite blurred on that too (due to the relatively long exposure)...
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i dont mean 2 complain too much but when i saw the thumbnail I LOVED IT and not so much the larger view
such is life
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i like the story and how you made a picture out of it. it is great!
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