#51: Past, present and future

divamum

Thoughts? Thanks in advance!!! (And yep - been a while! RL has kept me busy of late, but this idea dropped into my head during a long commute yesterday and I wanted to give it a try )

divamum

Annnddd.... a slightly more "Flemish School" treatment.

anonymouscuban

In my opinion, and I'm not sure how much that's worth, this is only 2nd entry I've seen so far that speaks the theme even without the title. I think it's a great idea and pretty well executed. Not sure which treatment I like better. Maybe the second. Is that your daughter? I think someone wrote something on her hand, you might want to heal that out. And then maybe make sure it was a boy's phone number

lizzard_nyc

Divamum,
Welcome back to the challenges and what a way to come back!

I agree with Cuban--except I have a favorite--the slightly more Flemish version.

Too cool.

divamum

And then maybe make sure it was a boy's phone number

BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Hey, she's only 12 and still can't decide yet if boys are the enemy or really really cool

I'd totally forgotten about the writing on her hand - I'd meant to clone that out!!

Glad you like - thanks for the feedback!

KevXman

Hi diva, good to see you back, even if momentarily. While looking at the first one I was thinking that it needed a painterly effect. Scrolled down and voila. Definitely go with 2. Nice work as usual. thumb

divamum

lizzard_nyc wrote: »

Divamum,
Welcome back to the challenges and what a way to come back!

I agree with Cuban--except I have a favorite--the slightly more Flemish version.

Too cool.

Thanks Liz! The only thing I don't like is that she wouldn't leave it on the apps screen - I wanted to capture the iPod icons as well, but she kept getting into what she was looking at and would start listening to music or whatever and I'd lose the screen. I could mess about with pasting it in but am not sure I have the strength to fiddle with it. As long as it works without, I think I'll leave well enough alone!

Good to be back - I've been following along, and just so distracted by other stuff I didn't even get a chance to think about possible entries, alas!

anonymouscuban

If she's 12 and doesn't like boys yet, you're lucky.

divamum

KevXman wrote: »

Hi diva, good to see you back, even if momentarily. While looking at the first one I was thinking that it needed a painterly effect. Scrolled down and voila. Definitely go with 2. Nice work as usual. thumb

Ha! No replies for a couple of hours and then several all at once - too funny. Gotta love the internet

The first one had watercolours and diffuse glow and a bunch thrown at it, but then I was just playing around in LR and this one looked even better! I definitely wanted a Vermeer/Rembrandt/Flemish-school kind of look.

Thanks - and good to "see" you too!!

divamum

anonymouscuban wrote: »

If she's 12 and doesn't like boys yet, you're lucky.

I don't think we have much longer..... :yikes - she's steaming into adolescence faster than we can keep up! :giggle

KevXman

I was so impressed with your image that I couldn't let it go right away. Did some research to come up with a title. Here are a few that came to mind quickly.

Between Two Worlds
The Listener
La Jeune Fille Avec l'iPod
Musicbox

Maybe something better will come to me before the challenge closes.

divamum

Kevin - you're brilliant! I just posted it as "Past, present, future" ,but I might ahave change it: "La jeune fille avec ipod" is brilliant!! I suppose "Girl with a pearl listening device" might work, too :giggle

anonymouscuban

I like "Musicbox".

The Curious Camel

I was wondering what happened to you. glad to see you again I really love your work.

I think the most important thing is what cuban stated that your images is right on theme
even without words. I like them both but the 2 is extra nice.

peace, gail

DsrtVW

I think the 2nd treatment gives it more of a yesterday feeling

kidzmom

These are beautiful! I LOVE the processing on #2. Very cool costume! Bravo!

pyry

Hey Diva

Very nice work! I can't really choose between the two looks. Only thing I might consider changing is the lack of any background.

travelways

Very nice portrait and composition I like both - great work!

I didn't notice the background until pyry pointed to - I think he's right.

divamum

Thanks everybody! I would have loved a lovely whitewashed, French farmhouse kind of background lurking in fall-off light behind but, sadly, I only have a messy suburban house to offer I considered doing some kind of texture, but in the end decided I'd leave it as is - there are Old Masters with a dark background, so I'll use that as my precedent

Thanks again for the kind words!

Karrie McD

Wow! Love this. One to frame :-)

rteest42

This is outstanding. I like the second better, and I think the phone number on her hand is priceless.... La Jeune Fille....

divamum

Thanks Karrie and Trish! I wanted a portrait of her in that costume (which actually was MINE at age 13, although I had to remake the bodice since the original - made from felt by my mom - had disintigrated) and am pleased with this.

(oh, and Kevin, I left the title as is - I LOVE "La jeune fille..." but couldn't decide whether it should follow the form one sees in existing Old Masters ie "La jeune fille au l'iPod" or the more modern and comprehensible "... avec iPod" and I'm just enough of a Francophone that it bugged me, so I decided to avoid the issue altogether . I do love that title, though, and in my mind that's what it will always be, in either grammatical form )

MrsCue

I'm actually jealous that it's mot mine