Hehe! Well done, Simon :-)
Just a critic: you've a little problem with the white balance of your camera. The result is a magenta dominant in the ground's color. If your camera accepts it, you've to choose a manual adjustment before taking the photo. If not, you've to correct it with Photoshop after taking the photo.
Thanks all for your interest and comments :-) It's near Golitha Falls, in Cornwall (UK),mckinleysh. Thanks for the critic, Pierre - I think the camera "corrects" what it sees as an excess of green in shots like this. I re-balanced it a little at the image-processing stage, but obviously not enough. And Pim - I'm flattered you think I'm Samatar.... ;-)
its an intersting photo.... you should talk to Monkeypuzzle about it.. he is obsessed with things like this.... i like the title too... I made a book for my Fine Art degree.. 'titled self portrait of the artist as an A-Z'... i think we might have read the same book... '.... as a young man' :D
Hahahaha I did the double take when I saw that face. That is too cool Simon! Great job blending your face? into the tree. You shouldn't have done this, you are giving me twisted and unusual thoughts hehe;-)
lol - glad it got you, Darryl. I won't ask about your "twisted and unusual thoughts", but I'm starting to worry about you.... And Graeme - you're right that "...as a young man" was the idea behind the title, although I haven't actually read it...
a nice self portrait idea Si^^ and these tree are really weird^^ lol. but it's a good weird^^.
but yeah the colors are a bit strange, but it's not so disturbing^^
moment of silence please for those who never get the chance
they show up to the party but they're never asked to dance
the losers the liars the bastards the thieves
the cynicists, the pessimists and those that don't believe in nothing
-streetlight manifesto
I just waked up when I wrote that message.. maybe it's that.. sorry for that :)
but next to that, like i already said, it's a beautifull shot , SI ! :D
Thanks all. It probably was a better shot without the face, David, but it seems to have got a lot of attention this way. Which isn't entirely the point but hey....
Just when I think that I shall never see....there's Simon still surprising me! ;0 I can't believe I missed this one! Hi there! ;) I feel like I'm in Oz. I've got to find that wizard and get you out of that tree!
I hold it true that thoughts are things; They're endowed with bodies, breath and wings:
And that we send them forth to fill the world with good results, or ill.
That which we call our secret thought speeds forth to earth's remotest spot, leaving it's blessings or it's woes like tracks behind it as it goes.
We build our future, thought by thought for good or for ill, yet know it not.
Yet so the universe was wrought .
Thought is another name for fate.
Choose then thy destiny and wait, for Love brings Love and Hate brings Hate. - Henry Van Dyke.
hey i love it i love the face! hey i am a new member here and i am only 16 yes ONLY 16 and i love to take photos please put comments on mine! my maber name is SLace tahnks