once there was a heart I broke
by Alicia

Comment by nixter:
Beautiful work, Alicia! Works extremely well with the poem!
The heavy border adds a certain weight to the image! : )

once there was a heart I broke
by Alicia

Comment by Jutilda:
Like a window into her life. I like the layering effect. Different and very effective.

Del Pool
by Alicia

Comment by Melethia:
What a great view of a great day. Lives of the rich and famous, eh?

The Del
by Alicia

Comment by Melethia:
Makes for a kinda cool postcard/illustration look. Good view of the place.

Dragon Tree
by Alicia

Comment by Melethia:
Hey, I've been there! :-) I'll have to go peruse the other shots in your profile here in a sec. The interesting thing about this one is the way you've framed it, there's no way to tell how big it is or isn't. That's kinda cool. There's a bit of banding in the sky on the upper right - not sure if that's from the conversion/contrast or from added gradient?

Joy and Sorrow
by Alicia

Comment by annig:
I don't see sorrow here, Alicia
I see Joy and then hmmm, a blase sort of curiosity in the face of the onlooker...w/just the touch of a smile
I love the action and the detail in the subject...you captured her vitality so well, the PP works great too

Joy and Sorrow
by Alicia

Comment by Retroesque:
Wonderful.

once there was a heart I broke
by Alicia

Comment by Retroesque:
Oh YEAH BABY!

once there was a heart I broke
by Alicia

Comment by roz:
ps .. wot is particularly appealing to me is the way you've created that very large border .. it seems like we're looking at her thru a window .. possibly in one of those very old buildings in a village in italy or tuscany or something ... i've never been there, but its wot came to mind ..
the old stone building feeling .. the woman .. even in her modern attire she still seems to have an old fashioned quality about her .. possibly the hair .. and even with those modern signs, this entire image has that 'back in time' feel .. obviously your processing, with the border and the overlay .. bloody brilliant .. :)x.
anyhooooooo .. just thought i'd 'voice' wot i was thinking .. :)

once there was a heart I broke
by Alicia

Comment by roz:
OMG ALICIA !!!!!!!!!!
the thumb jumped right out at me in pik your fav pic .. and then i noticed your name .. my first thought before opening it was that it looked quite different from your usual style ..
its quite beautiful .. that overlay/texture, the photograph and your process all go to making this extremely excellent !! ..
also I LOVE THAT POEM .. brilliant ..
so combined .. the lyric and your image .. definitely a big WOW .. !!!! ..:)X