*The sun longs for you in waves of opal* Photo

Photographer’s Note

If you wait...carefully forget the sound of life crushing in and listen. You'll hear the trembling of the warm air stretching away from the earth. Running threads around winter stained hands gently brushing long strands of gold...
Slow.
Air rushes past lips slightly parted.

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Flavia (10202) 2008-04-25 22:05

Hi Christopher,

Its been a long time I do not come to your gallery, with the time difference is just by chance I can run over one of your pearls in the gallery.

Lovelly one, the light on the top adds a 'gods is caring of you kids touch'. I like the girl in the center diving the frame to the other two elemnts the dog and the smiling girl. Sweet and deeph.

Regards,

Flavia

Brian (1) 2008-04-25 22:08

Really poetic stuff Chris even without the note. Tonality, light, and luminescence are unbelievably well composed from the actual picture taken down to the print. I just know this is from a print, right? Nice to see some dog days.

Brian

ls7902 (6354) 2008-04-25 22:19

Hello Christopher,
Really a nice black & white with very good & positive atmosphere. I like the soft lights & shadows & the high POV with a little bit of grass in the bottom. Classy presentation. TFS. Latiff.

johannes68 (2882) 2008-04-25 22:39

Hi Christopher,
very tender and poetic photo, taken with a lot of care, and a beautiful note, that fits perfectly well. I like every aspect of it.
Regards, Johannes

P-S-I-G (24482) 2008-04-25 23:16

Hello Christopher,
I like this black and white very much. An excellent contrast. Very well taken.
Best regards,
Fabrice

faubry (32415) 2008-04-25 23:31

hello Christopher, a great light here, very well composed, i like bW version;
francine

kensimage (8543) 2008-04-25 23:53

A really nice image to bring back memories of a carefree childhood (even though I wasn't a girl...) Letting the waves lap at one's feet, watching the dog enjoy himself. Beautiful B/W tones here to create a shimmering texture, a bit dreamlike. Regards, Ken.

wolf38 (13069) 2008-04-26 5:03

Hello christopher. The photo is excellent. As b&w version it is ideal. The grey tones are exemplary. It is a photo drawn with light. Wonderfully and worth seeing. Best regards, Wolfgang.

Clairedelune (4885) 2008-04-26 7:08

Sigh... Me and poetry are two different worlds... to my deepest sorrow... Especially in English! :)
Gladly enough, I don't have to deal with the language barrier in looking at a photo. And this photo tells me something. The heedlessness of childhood... Just feel the water, the joy of walking in the wet sand, the sun warming everything and the dog "singing" his/her happiness! :)
Ah! the simple way to be happy!
Photographically speaking, love your timing here, with the wave touching the feet and the dog open mouth. I like the two half-circles. You did well in the context of such a high contrast...
Claire

pgorod (1122) 2008-04-28 7:07

Beautiful poetry here, Chris, both in the image and the words.

I like the role played by elements outside our view - whatever the dog is barking at, the Sun up ahead and, more importantly, the expression of the girl in the middle - only guessed but so present in this picture.

Some expression with slightly parted lips perhaps...

ninaL (19578) 2008-04-28 10:15

Hi, Christopher.
Simple but beautiful.
Pure poetry...
Excellent effects of waves and of dog's shadow in the water.
Perfect composition.
Best regards. Grazyna.

Merline (6578) 2008-04-29 7:34

Wonderful. Those moments at the sea...or by a lake, they are magical, at any age...Children are great to watch, how creative and much calmer they become...dogs can be dogs.
So poetic and so simply beautiful. A moment to cherish.

Thank you
Michèle

cam (8880) 2008-05-02 20:10

Finally Chris, ou are getting out of your hibernation.
You have stopped a moment of life, one that we all have lived at some point.
We can relate to this moment, feet in the sand, caressed by the waves, cooling our feet while the sun is heating the head, nice contrast between the two feelings.A foot, neither up, neither down, a slight movement, balancing the moving dog.

Well done.The B&W works well for the nostalgic moment.

Hope you are doing well.
Charles

arturo (31) 2008-06-04 6:36