untitled
by bspurgeon

Comment by Nadine_Vb:
Beautiful b&w. Gives me a Hitchcock-feeling.

life is good
by bspurgeon

Comment by jmritz:
Ain't that the truth.

September
by bspurgeon

Comment by dali_lama_2k:
I don't know about the title, but the picture is very mysterious. O! i get it, september free study! soemwhat long exposure, 2 sec?

Tinkerbelle's Tragic Termination
by bspurgeon

Comment by hesitant:
lol

Tinkerbelle's Tragic Termination
by bspurgeon

Comment by jagar:
very clever, love it.

Tinkerbelle's Tragic Termination
by bspurgeon

Comment by tanguera:
Poor little thing. I hope people can see her, even if they don't believe in her :-)

dream
by bspurgeon

Comment by tnun:
blessed.

without restraint
by bspurgeon

Comment by PenelopeK:

Originally posted by markwiley: She is immune to the shadows. I can't quite figure out why I don't seem to see any of the fence's shadows across her leg/dress. Wonderful image.

Lovely image, Ben. I love the sense of determination /fearlessness that I feel in her stride. Great energy.

Mark, if you look at her shadow, you can figure out that the front part of her foot probably has a shadow falling on it somewhere that we cannot see, the front of her leg, the part we can see, is in the space between two shadows, and there may be a feint shadow on her dress starting just behind her knee and another toward the back. I think the shadows are actually falling away from us in the picture, and thus not at 90 degrees to her, which is why the leg appears to be slanted forward in the image but appears "upright" relative to the shadows. Perhaps you don't see the shadows that are there in part because they are not striking her in the direction you were "expecting" them to be. Just a though! As you can tell, your question "hooked" my analytical side, and I am fascinated by how visual perceptions are affected by our expectations (eg. Escher)

dream
by bspurgeon

Comment by blindjustice:
Having children, I understand the feeling of love and wanting to capture the moment of a hug. This was a nine for me , I like the shot, and it was interesting how you achieved it.

Message edited by author 2011-10-05 11:14:46.

dream
by bspurgeon

Comment by markwiley:
I can think of no better word for this than Johanna's "ephemeral". I would treasure this one if this was me and my child.