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Dark Around The Edges..


Dark Around The Edges..
Photo Information
Copyright: Ay Da (chiaraluna) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 435 W: 90 N: 567] (2560)
Genre: People
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2005-01
Categories: Mood, Portrait
Camera: Toshiba PDR-4300
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Favorites: Portraits [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-04-09 5:41
Viewed: 867
Favorites: 2 [view]
Points: 50
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
a burning soul is dark around the edges..

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With stammering lips and insufficient sound
I strive and struggle to deliver right
That music of my nature, day and night
With dream and thought and feeling interwound
And inly answering all the senses round
With octaves of a mystic depth and height
Which step out grandly to the infinite
From the dark edges of the sensual ground.
This song of soul I struggle to outbear
Through portals of the sense, sublime and whole,
And utter all myself into the air:
But if I did it, as the thunder-roll
Breaks its own cloud, my flesh would perish there,
Before that dread apocalypse of soul.

~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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(dark brushstrokes used to create this look.. will try to add more details later)
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Beautiful artistic portrait Ayda. Love the use of the dark brushstokes, make it look like a rough sketch. Great composition and striking subject :-)

Peter

as PP expert you are becoming ever better and better.... and this image is great..... also if I would preferred to read "a bright soul lights my life".....
Paolo

Beautiful work !
Very moody portrait with a sensitive note.
Congrats
Sylvie

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  • yttt Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 270 W: 10 N: 3] (2114)
  • [2005-04-09 6:39]

good used PS. realy good

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  • Carma Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 499 W: 129 N: 297] (4974)
  • [2005-04-09 6:48]

Strong contrast make this photo.
I like it very much. Pose is very good, oldtime and romantic.

Beautiful, sexy and romantic at the same time

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  • nova Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2733 W: 263 N: 864] (8653)
  • [2005-04-09 8:19]

Hello,Ayda! Very nice self portrait! Delicate and creative! A delight for the eyes! Thank you!

Beautiful portrait! Very delicate! Excellent use of PP!

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  • Saiz Gold Star Critiquer [C: 909 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-04-09 9:21]

Un portrait qui s'efface comme le vent dans le désert fait disparaître les dunes ... belle réalisation.
Antonio

We start with a beautiful photo and end with special note... A wonderful 2in1 ;-)
It has a wonderful mood, no doubt about it and it looks a lot more like a charcoal sketch than a photo, which mean that you pp work was very good.
A perfect exemple how simple makes beautiful!
Well done Ayda.
Ana

ayda, i am very pleased with this portrait. harsh, yet soft all at the same time...most of your work is like this - i am becoming a huge fan of yours...not only are the photos very nice, i also relate to your soul...i love the feeling you create in your notes...

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  • Quark Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 1339 W: 10 N: 29] (66)
  • [2005-04-09 11:30]

Between the darker lines of this "drawing" I see a wonderful portrait of a beautiful model...... Nice work from you, the pose and compo !

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  • edie Gold Star Critiquer [C: 659 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-04-09 11:46]

Beautiful selfportrait, you have delicious dreamig look.
Brava.
Edie

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  • DAM Gold Star Critiquer [C: 513 W: 67 N: 268] (1110)
  • [2005-04-09 14:41]

Simplicity is your thing, and it goes so well with your portrait. Great effect.

Have a nice weekend.

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  • Maru Gold Star Critiquer [C: 471 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-04-09 14:48]

Hi Ayda,
beautiful portrait and a nice pp work with strong contrast.. I love it!!
It's very artistic and the tool you selected really enhace its beauty.
The note is precious, too!
Well done!1
Marisa

Très beau portrait Ayda. Composition artistique avec sensualité. Traitement de l'image en PP très réussi. Bravo!
Bye, Jacques

hi Ayda,
Great work! very moody, artistic and creative. I like the classic pose you have depicted here. I enjoyed the poem as well.
thanks,
regards,
Behrang

Hi Ayda,
Very nice portrait. The dark strokes you put really make it a dramatic b&w. Composition is good as ever. And, you're still looking lovely.
Take care!
Richard

Hi Ayda,
You sure have a poetic hart. Another very creative and striking composition here. Don’t you just love the human brain: creating al the wonderful idea’s. It’s just up to us to make them come true. Great work.
Regards,
Paul

Ayda,

What can I say about this photo, is one of the best portraits I’ve seen here on TL and your literal words. This is real art Ayda, very well done. This show that you’re a very powerful woman and use your expression about your feelings…I love it!!

Jos

Just beautiful... I love he contrasts in the face specialy around the eyes. This gave them so much expression... And your note is very sensible one...

amazing portrait! congrats!

Really effective result from the composition and B&W technique used Ayda.

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  • torr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 406 W: 50 N: 80] (1735)
  • [2005-04-17 4:19]

One of your better pic.
see you.
Torr

Love the mood
!

Oh Ayda,
I love this, it is a wonderful expression of your artistic ability! You are a gifted young woman and I for one am proud to be able to view your images!

I too, am a fan of high-key images and E.B.B. she was another woman with a creative soul.

There are so many of your images that I have not commented on because they simply leave me speechless...

Peace,
Cat

Beautiful, passionate! I don't know what to say other than Wow.

You have once again done a phenomenal job of showing us the world through yourself, especially your eyes. Your pose too, it says so much.

Keep up the wonderful work and photography!

-Kyle

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  • tarta Silver Star Critiquer [C: 23 W: 0 N: 0] (346)
  • [2005-07-28 6:51]

Beatiful portrait! It's so intriguing!
Compliments
Ciao,
Margherita ;)

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