The Child Inside
by gyaban

Comment:

Originally posted by cutout: whats this? cyberphotography? is this guy alive .a real human being? where is the spark,the emotion ?im just asking

"This" is me. The lack of emotion and coldness is intentional (I am wearing white and purple make-up to add to the effect). I wanted to express the fact that someone looking cold, could still be quite different inside: which is expressed by the colored chalks. According to your comment, I succeeded at least in the first part :)

The Child Inside
by gyaban

Comment:

Originally posted by yanko: Wouldn't it have been easier to tie the fishing lines to something at the bottom and then take a slide step to the right?

I'm sure this would work very well. I didn't choose that option for 2 reasons:
- It was long enough to tie fishing lines on one side of the chalks, both sides would have doubled the work (not mentioning that fishing lines tend to slip along the chalk)
- Fixing on the floor would have been probably hard, especially in order to keep them parallelized. Letting gravity doing it for me was a safer bet ;)

"Chalk"mate
by kellmak10

Comment:
Incredible work on the carving. Just out of curiosity, what kind of tools/technique did you use? Just holding a chalk in the hand and carving with some kind of knife, or something more specific? Also, I can imagine you broke an healthy amount of chalks before obtaining this result... Anyway, congratulations on the ribbon, very deserved!

Colour Inside the Lines
by hotpasta

Comment:
Congratulations on the fantastic score and blue! It's a beautiful image, looks very artistic overall. My favorite of the challenge, quite happy it won :-)

To be, or not to be
by gyaban

Comment:

Originally posted by snaffles: Are you sure you've only been into photography for about a year or so, Christophe? Great use of lighting, wonderful outfit, cute model...great take on a classic pose and congrats on the ribbon!

Thanks :-)
All I can say is that DPC is a fantastic place to learn photography. Just look at my very first photos on my flickr account... I was proud of them at the time! ;-)

Smile
by DigiFotoBuddy

Comment:
Excellent composition, very efficient! Congratulations on your ribbon :-)

The Beach
by kevip6

Comment:
Congratulations on the blue, and thanks a lot for all the explanations: I definitely want to try such technique soon, given how beautiful are the photos you showed there!

I want to break free this automn
by cyparis

Comment:
On se met à la macro à ce que je vois ! A toi les joies de la profondeur de champ inexistante ;-)

Full Metal Thriller
by gyaban

Comment:

Originally posted by mato: Amazing, I would like to see something to reference its size (looks like a miniature model, but when I red about 200m of wire... whooo). Great work!

Thanks!
The tree is about 35-40cm high (about 14 inches). Doesn't sound that big, but all the twists ate some length.

Full Metal Thriller
by gyaban

Comment:

Originally posted by h2: Congrats on the yellow, Christophe. Must say, you have way too much time on your hands, though :)

Actually, I must confess that while I designed the scenery and lights, my wife spent much more time than me on the tree's creation... I am really bad at sculpting/drawing things! :)