This might be a *tad* more creepier than a Ben style. As for the title, some folks might not get it. If you've seen The Village, you'll get it right away.
I actually love doing shots like this, but I never submit anything like it to DPC. So when the Be Like Ben challenge popped up, I figured what the heck. I'll probably get tagged for the selective red usage and the creepiness aspect though. And yes, the centering of the berries was intentional! It flowed well with the directionality of the Lensbaby.
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I've not see Ben much use selective desat, but I can hardly claim to have studied his entire oeuvre. As these things go, this is a thoughtful and tasteful application of it.
I am taking this very personally. The dark shape on the left is either a monk or a nun, skirting the clearing, having long forsworn that berry bad colour which you so brazenly brandish. I'm sorry - "I'm sorry" is my fabourite comment - but I am offended that you insist on bringing this up.
Oh, that's a beautiful mystery! My first thought was that the figure on the left is a monk hiding the recipe of the ambrosian liquor that he makes from the fruit of an unknown weed (a true story of the chartreuse liqueur).
Must say that I have a fondness for a picture that makes me think immediately of a story, or make one, or reminds me of a smell or a painting or an unknown longing. This is one of them, and there were a few in this challenge, as befitting its "theme".
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