Daughter & Love
by debitipton

Comment:
Niiice

Deserted Loner
by arnit

Comment:
Great lighting

Dark and Light
by coolhar

Comment:
Looks all light to me

Delicate & Lovely
by librodo

Comment:
Spot on title & image. 10

Despair & Loneliness
by glad2badad

Comment:
Captures the emotion beautifully

Decrepit & Languishing
by kiwinick

Comment:
Probably better in black and white

We're all born naked
by Leok

Comment:
Hi everyone and thanks for all your votes and comments. 15 tens for my first entry, wow!

Inspiration - not from mesmeraj's lovely and very similar entry, I hadn't seen it prior to entering. If I had I might not have entered this image but I'm glad I did. Also hadn't seen the HP ad, don't watch all that much TV and it may not shown here in Australia anyway. I had seen something vaguely similar though - a hand holding a Palm Pilot which had an Xray image of the hand on it, as if the Palm was an Xray machine itself. I don't remember if it was here or on worth1000...

How was it done? A shirt folded and pinned up, a short wraparound skirt tied at midthigh level and a picture frame. I always intended to make the image black and white but oce I did this felt it was missing something, so decided on selective desatutation. I did tone the skin tones down a bit as they were too warm otherwise, I preferred the more muted effect. I had to clone out some picture hooks from the wall, the skirting board, fixed her hair and removed some giveaway wrinkes on the shirt. Used levels to get rid of most of the shadows on the background. Probably should have set the shot up better and spent less time in photoshop, but the final effect was pretty much what I pictured. I did have other shots where the props & hair was better but didn't like the lighting.

Thanks to my beautiful wife for posing and thanks to everyone who complemented her...

Message edited by author 2005-08-29 03:02:21.

Ala mode
by javamoose

Comment:
Good enough to eat. 10

Pouring milk
by timlu

Comment:
Wow!

one world
by melodee

Comment:
Very pretty, what is it? You need a sharp subject to set off the blur. 1