I woke up this morning, the day I took this photo, grey clouds lurked in the sky, and the forecast was gloomy, another possible storm with powerful winds was forecast, 'fantastic' I thought, it's going to be my lucky day.
So off to the beach I went for an adventure, an adventure to try to capture the perfect photo for this challenge. There was one problem though, when I arrived at the beach I couldn't even hardly open the car door. By then the storm had fully set in, and the strong force of the winds had made it unbearable to be outside for even 10 secs, I rushed inside again, and sat for a while. The winds still had not abated after 10 mins, so I decided to drive a kilometre or 2 up the road. I parked along the beach side once again, got out of the car, but could only stand being outside for about 30 secs. The sand along the shore was pulsating through my face, and it was painful, also the Antartic like winds were freezing my aching body, and not to say the least what damage my camera was going through with the lens being blasted with all sorts of matter on it. So I just decided to wait it out and headed back to the warmth and comfort of my car.
In the meantime whilst I was enjoying the sway and motion of my car being rocked to and thro' by the wind, a lady and her little girl had rocked up beside me in the parking lot and were brave enough to venture outside. This little girl was such a delight to watch, she had a lot of courage and just kept jumping up and down from the fence and was having the time of her life enjoying the breeze blowing her back and forth, so I pulled my camera out and started snapping away.
I was quite exited about the images I took, but this one, in particular b.c of the position of her body, like James commented on, it looks like she is about to jump, or almost like she's entering a new dimension. I wanted to use Ray's short story, "The Time of Going Away" but Yo-spiff and Wendy told me that it didn't quite fit. So I really didn't want to ditch this photo, I had to try to incorporate this photo somehow into one of "Bradbury's" novels or short stories.
I actually thought it would be a shoehorn, so I'm delighted to see after all it's doing well ATM with 40 votes 6.67.
[Jun. 21st, 2012 08:11:31 PM]
Well kind of on edge ATM with 4 hrs to go before rollover score is looking amazingly like ribbon territory, but this has happened before. When I went to bed it was on 6.79, and I thought that was good. Looks like all the good voters are coming out just before rollover-Thanks Guys!!
I want to send out a big THANKYOU to all those kind voters who got me this far, sweet as!!
[Jun. 21st, 2012 10:48:18 PM]
[Jun. 21st, 2012 10:51:48 PM]
WELL WELL WELL my first ribbon with an image true to my style - can't believe it, - THANKS SO MUCH IT'S SO NICE TO SEE MY PIC ON THE FRONT PAGE. I guess the moral of the story would be even if the weather looks disastrous there's always something wonderful to photograph. This is proof of that!!
THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT COMMENTS, and votes!! And to think I nearly didn't enter this.
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That's quite a story, you're a brave lady! I would probably have gone home with all that sandblasting. Congrats on your very well deserved ribbon Anita.
I LOGGED IN TODAY AND SCREEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAMED!!!!!! I SCREAMED when I saw your name on the front page!!!!! AGGGAHGHHHG!!!! I'm so happy for you!! :D And what a gorgeous shot. You couldn't have timed that better. Wowee wow! I feel lIke I just won a ribbon, ha! :P
I've been at the Telluride Bluegrass festival with a dead phone and no electricity, I found an outlet this morning to charge my phone and I find this awesome surprise. Congrats Anita, I am so thrilled for you.
On to the image, it's beautiful and deserves all the praise it has received. Excellent job!
First ribbon and some bling! Huge congrats Anita, this is a very thought provoking image. Like the child is being drawn towards an unknown dark force. well done.
Congratulations,it was a long time coming but what a wonderful image to get your first ribbon with.
May there be many more coming your way in the future.
This is your first ribbon?! I don't believe it! Fantastic image, one of many delightful Neat gems. Congrats!!!
PH gallery too, I love when it happens...
Congratulations on a beautiful image and long overdue ribbon. Great job. It is especially nice to see you ribbon on an image that is true to your wonderful style.
Congrats Anita. Very glad for you and especially for as your first ribbon. Image really one that speaks a thousand words and you did not capture only a little being/moment in time but a spirit in eternity.
Great work
WHAT YOUR FIRST RIBBON I CANNOT BELIEVE OIT I ONLY EVER WAS LUCKY TO GET A SECOND RE A RED LIKE YOU AND IT IS MY ONLY RIBBON... YOU WILL GET STACKS MORE MY DEAR WELL DONE LOVE IT AND THE STORY XOX FROM SHEZ
Love the way he's leaning into the wind, embracing it as it were. I also like the tones of the background and the crispness of the silhouette. Voted earlier 8
Beautiful - really beautiful - there's so much life to it, and yet it's so simplistic. Which is just like a child, no?
Absolutely loved it. Thank you for sharing.
This one makes me gasp. I love the eerie appearance, and the precarious posture of the child. Not being able to see what is beyond the "fog" makes this a work of art, in my opinion.
My first thought was, no, don't jump. But now it looks more like the child is enjoying a nice breeze. Playing in the eddies, she feels the air flow through her hair, feeling free.
Tomorrow's child
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