Departure - created by Lelaina

Rank: 1/5

Score: 75.5% (46)

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There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.
~~Tennessee Williams~~

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Additional sources:

Cloudy sky - Thanks to mabaxter
http://mabaxter.deviantart.com/art/Sky-Clouds-Series-II-Number-6-25835716

Ground - Thanks to ElementarTeil
http://elementarteil.deviantart.com/art/S02-263912706

Path - Thanks to RWLinder
http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/o37rntE/Boardwalk

Noose - Thanks to aviva.n
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aavivaa/6119767247/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Heart hole - Thanks to Leo Reynolds
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/55547189/sizes/m/in/photostream/ (5 years and 2342 days ago)

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22 Comments

UglyBOB says:

What a comeback, author!

author says:

Thank you UglyBob

(5 years and 2341 days ago)

kyricom says:

Wow... very nice!

author says:

Thank you, Mark

(5 years and 2341 days ago)

bcabilan says:

Very imaginative piece of art author... Love it!

author says:

Thanks a lot, bcabilian

(5 years and 2341 days ago)

CMYK46 says:

Good idea & execution; great choice of sources. GL author.

author says:

Thanks a lot, Bob

(5 years and 2341 days ago)

George55 says:

Nice to see your work. Beautiful! I can see the effort and good work you put into it. Good luck.

author says:

Thank you very much, George

(5 years and 2341 days ago)

madamemonty says:

Terrific work

author says:

Thank you, Megan!

(5 years and 2341 days ago)

Drivenslush says:

fun chop, I'd consider bringing the swing/girl/wings unit more into the image (Lowering so it forms an equilateral triangle with the lower subjects) It's a great panel, but I find my eyes doing a bit of a Yo-Yo movement trying to look at the whole image at once. (Though that could be the effect you wanted)

I work with panels in display work all the time, and this looks like it could use 4 more panels to create an entire story. (Like those Chinese art screens made of 5 panels that intersect) Whoops, just thinking out loud good luck, great work

RickLaMesa says:

wow..very nice..

Remsphoto says:

Absolutely wonderful. This art of putting an emotional feeling into a conceptual theme is a real talent. Wonderful work.

friiskiwi says:

congrats, stunning work

TorDoni says:

Congrats.

madamemonty says:

Congrats Elke

spaceranger says:

Herzlichen GlÃ¼ckwunsch Elke, sehr wunderbare Arbeit!

Drivenslush says:

congrats

LEEBAOREN says:

very well done! i love it too much....thanks for making my original image looks so professional and dreamy looking...suits my taste..going to download and set as desktop wallpaper and show off to my friend about your product....

lincemiope says:

fantastico

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It's how you look at it... - created by Lelaina

Favs: 12

SBS: n/a

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Rank: 1/17

Score: 67.5% (38)

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This entry made me almost loose my mind. In case anyone wonders, how it was done, it's pretty simple: I opened the PXL logo on my computer screen and mirrored it. The harder part was to hold the camera without a tripod in the tiny little right angle, so I get the whole reflection on it, without any letters missing. I took around 1000 pictures, to get in the end 3 shots that were halfway acceptable.
I know, that this one could have been better too, but I am happy with it anyway. Mainly just because I didn't give up after the first 500 ;) (5 years and 3164 days ago)

19 Comments

how, you, look

friiskiwi says:

Great, and you answered all the questions I was going to ask.

kyricom says:

Excellent! Very impressive - your patience paid off!

Momof4boyoboys says:

Great Job author...I was trying to accomplish this same effect...unsuccessfully I might add. Well done. and well worth all the effort.

MnMCarta says:

I think this is excellent!!! not quite sure how you did it (even after reading the how-to) but I totally believe you. Just my dumb mind doesn't understand much

MnMCarta says:

I cant stop lookin at thos. u did so good! i would like to see this in bnw too! not askin to change this one though just think it would be cool too.

k5683 says:

wonderful!!

author says:

Thanks a lot for all your great comments!

@MnMCarta: a bit more detailed explanation for you
Like I said, I opened the PXL logo, made the white background black (so the background didn't show in my eye, the white background would have been visible) and mirrored it. I made it full screen then, so the whole logo was on the screen. Then I sat (very uncomfortable, if I may add that) about 10 cm away from my screen, so I got the reflection as big as possible. I had the lense directly next to my eye pressed against my temple (I hope that's the right word for it) to make it a bit more stable and to get as close to my eye as possible. The problem then was to hold the camera in an angle where the whole logo reflects. A bit too far with the lense towards my eye ended in a "XL" reflection or a "PX", because the lense covered the part of that reflection. So it was pretty complicated (at least for me) to get the whole logo on my pupil, with the pupil is in focus. (If I would have wanted a shot with just my eyelashes in focus, I would have had a huge collection )

MaiconLima says:

Great job. I would see SBS ,

creativefreedom says:

great job!

Mikaelbg says:

High vote for all the hard work, which made an excellent picture!

erathion says:

This is fantastic image author...Thanks a lot for your explanation how u did it...From me extra points for the hard work and persistence...well done

k5683 says:

the photo is great, the execution is great and the message it sends is also great!

friiskiwi says:

Congrats on first place, well deserved

madamemonty says:

Congrats Elke this is awesome

Karol says:

Congrats Elke!!

nishagandhi says:

wow this is awesome!!! congrats Elke

solkee says:

Congrats Elke

Chuck says:

Congrats on first place

greymval says:

OK, you've just become my new pxl hero!

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Love's gift cannot be given... - created by Lelaina

Favs: 8

SBS: 6

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Rank: 1/11

Score: 59.7% (35)

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â€œLove's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.â€
Rabindranath Tagore

It looks like all the figures in this image are waiting for someone to accept their love. Waiting for that special person, that want their heart. The waiting might make them sad, it might make them think, no one will ever come to accept the most precious thing they have.
But have a closer look...
Even if you lock your heart for years, because you think that special person will never come... One day this person might stand right in front of you, holding that special key, you thought you'd never see...

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More sources:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blmurch/315873167/
Heart Figure - Thanks blmurch

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/55547189/
Heart Hole - Thanks Leo Reynolds

Full credits for source 4, 8, 9 and 10: Leonieke Aalders (Her name is too long for the anchor text box) (5 years and 3230 days ago)

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22 Comments

given, cannot, gift, Love

The guards of time - created by Lelaina

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SBS: 6

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Rank: 1/16

Score: 64.2% (35)

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Extra source:

Wood texture2 - Thanks to CGTextures
http://www.cgtextures.com/texview.php?id=4834 (5 years and 3495 days ago)

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26 Comments

The, guards, time

Out of nowhere hope is born - created by Lelaina

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SBS: 9

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Rank: 1/28

Score: 61.2% (35)

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A little collage of my main emotions right now :)
These are: solitude, grief, love and hope.
I wanted to arrange them in a way so you can see, that they all belong together.
That's why greif, love and solitude are arranged in a kind of triangle.
I used always the same background, cause it shall reperesent me in this case. I'm always the same, I just have different emotions.
And in case you don't recognize the emotions:
On the left side is solitude, what should express the feeling of being alone. That's why the boy is walking away from the girl.
On the right side is grief. I intentionally placed only the girl there and nothing else, cause when you feel grief, you are always alone, notwithstanding how many people may be around you.
And in the middle is the love. I don't think, that I need to explain this one ;)
These three build the traingle. I placed the love intentionally above the two others, cause most of the times the love is just stronger and gives you strength.
The ivy comes from above (the direction of the love), what shall say, that love makes things alive.
But if the love is too weak, there is always hope. Even when you don't believe, that there could be hope.
It's always there, you just have to open your mind for it...
The text, that is engraved in the wall, shall represent the gathering of this emotions.
Yes, I guess, that's it.
Thanks for reading that long description and I hope, that you understood at least a little, what I was trying to say ;)

Oh and I know, that the frame looks bend. But the original frame is bend actually and I didn't wanted to change that, cause in my opinion it adds a special feeling to it :)

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Other sources used:

Girl1 - Thanks to Gabriela Camerotti
http://www.flickr.com/photos/face_it/1152018541/in/set-72157594190140111/

Tree - Thanks to Marina Cast.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marinacast/2019000223/

Woman - Thanks to Gabriela Camerotti
http://www.flickr.com/photos/face_it/900673849/

Girl2 - Thanks to nyki_m
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyki_m/2696575988/

Tree - Thanks to PXLeyes and mqtrf
http://www.pxleyes.com/images/contests/tree%20stumps/fullsize/sourceimage.jpg

CC-License for hope
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

CC-License for the hand
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

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Out, nowhere, hope, born

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