Her Savior
by Mephisto

Comment:

Originally posted by Debbi: Very nice! Thanks for posting the details, it's always interesting! You put the flash in the water? With what a sandwich baggie? You are BRAVE!!! Debbi

haha ok, of course the flash was set on a tripod, and the tripod was standing inside the water, that was only 40cm deep there.
;)

Her Savior
by Mephisto

Comment:

Originally posted by posthumous: Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf: "actually on the sculpture the girl is the savior and the dude the victim," In the sculpture you're talking about, the "girl" is Mary and "the dude" is a fictional representation of Jesus. It's a catholic sculpture by Michaelangelo. Actually, it's a real representation of Jesus, not fictional. It actually exists. I saw it when I was in Italy. It's interesting that you talk about the size of your models. Michaelangelo solved the problem by making Mary 8 feet tall! The statue is about the grief of a mother. She is not "saving" her son. It's very strange to me that you got the theme of "saviour" from the sculpture. In your photo, the man's expression is blank. He neither grieves nor saves.

as i said, i did'nt know the imaged sculpture was of jesus and mary until mrb12186 pointed it out. i just saw the pose and the two people and thougth it would be a beautiful idea for a staged photo. i reinterpreted the pose a different way than the original sculpture and also staged it in a different environment so please, even if there's still the connection to michelangelo's masterpiece, please try to see the photo as the photo and not as a "reproduction" of a piece of art. i also asked sc to change the title into "Her Savior" (thanks to HawkeyeLonewolf for the suggestion) which obviously made some people think i was refering to the person of jesus, which i definately wasn't, i was just not aware that these to phrases had a synonym meaning in the english language (oh well i should have, because in german it's anlogue).

i mean no offense to anyone, just wanted to make that clear :)

"the waiting"
by kundimansabuwan

Comment:
damn, i totally thought this was going to ribbon...
excellent use of available light, tones are gorgeous, too!
grats on the top 10!

Almost Twins
by bassbone

Comment:
hey peter, huge congrats on the 4th with this beautiful low key study!

Friends
by Miep

Comment:
wow, two beautiful gals in the middle of a corn field, what else does one want...;)
congrats on the ribbon, and cool to see the top 4 of this challenge are all b&w or sepia images!

Her Savior
by Mephisto

Comment:

Originally posted by smyk: Dude, you're on fire!!!

hell yes i am! :D
so wuz up man, you haven't answered my pm yet, you don't wanna meet me up in warszawa or what?

Originally posted by mrb12186: Excellent shot! After reading your comments, I assume that the statue you're referring to is Michelangelo's "Pieta". I love the photographic perspective on one of my favorite pieces of art.

yes, that has to be the one i saw on the postcard, thanks a lot for the hint, i was trying to google it but could'nt find it, so i just called it greek statue in my description...lol


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23.52 Bench, tree, photog
by Melethia

Comment:
nice shot, the comp and tones are great. i like how he's watching the space together with his lonesome telescope friend ;)
he seems to have a camera sitting next to him, too?

No Remorse
by nutzito

Comment:
wow, what a perfect composition to tell that story!
would'nt have thought this was shot with a fisheye, but you put it to good use here.
congrats on the well deserved ribbon!

grainless
by LevT

Comment:
agree with the others that this one's much better, has more detail and sharpness here.
lighting and pose are par excellance! lovely model, too

crowded
by Mephisto

Comment:

Originally posted by aguapreta: wonderful shot, you can tell it ain't the States because people are talking to each other and smiling... what were the exposure and ISO for this shot.

well, people are not always like that, but this was special because they were all very cheerful indeed.

i will add the settings in the details field.