Roots
by Alex_Petrini

Comment by HarveyG:
Great result wd!

Roots
by Alex_Petrini

Comment by tanguera:
Love the story. And your dedication to this shot. Congrats on the HM

Roots
by Alex_Petrini

Comment by kichu:
I thought this was the blue for sure! Oh man. Well, blue in my books.

I LOVE the name Agrafena. That just made this shot more complete for me. :)

Roots
by Alex_Petrini

Comment by kichu:
This is magnificent

Roots
by Alex_Petrini

Comment by CNovack:
Voted earlier coming back to comment now.

A very interesting take on the dryad/tree nympths mythos. I like how you have a house off in the distance for it is a subtle visual clue that this is "home". The color red is vibrant - symbolically it makes me think of 'life's blood' - and indeed the hair or roots are this creature's life blood. It is her connection to mother earth. There are two things that I think would make the composition more stronger. First the blending of the tree base to the ground doesn't look well integrated or seamlessly connected to the ground. I would try selecting that tree base from the original image and feathering the selection more ....100 pixels or so. Or using the clone tool with an opacity of 60 -90 (trial and error), choose the spot you want to clone, and with a curved downward motion 'brush' the corners into the scene. Lastly, I think her arms are in an awkward position. The palms of her hands are up towards the sky when I think it would be more effective if they were pointed down towards the earth. That is where her 'roots' are so to speak, so she should be reaching in that direction rather than the sky. Still, a well done composition and I think it should do well.

Roots
by Alex_Petrini

Comment by Tiny:
Like this very much in my top five for sure.Boost.

Roots
by Alex_Petrini

Comment by blindjustice:
a weird cinematic eerie quality from the lighting mixtures. I like the red hair, but it might have looked more archival in black and white.

Roots
by Alex_Petrini

Comment by daisydavid:
Liking this.

Roots
by Alex_Petrini

Comment by cutout:
so cool 10

Roots
by Alex_Petrini

Comment by mcaldo:
I like the concept a lot. I can't help wondering how it would look if the whole image was in sepia tones. The tonal contrast helps conveying the idea of transformation, for sure.