Mom's Thing

My mother had a favorite thing that seemed to silently follow her around. Her crystal strawberry always managed to pop up near to her favorite new chair. We never discussed it... I've no idea where it came from, or when. I know where it is now though... It's glimmering at me right over there atop my bookcase. It seems to pop up nearby my favorite places. And it sparkles at me the way she once did. Mom's sparkles still feel priceless.

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Nice capture, I love the post processing, mind sharing?

TByrne wrote in post #2583468
My mother had a favorite thing that seemed to silently follow her around. Her crystal strawberry always managed to pop up near to her favorite new chair. We never discussed it... I've no idea where it came from, or when. I know where it is now though... It's glimmering at me right over there atop my bookcase. It seems to pop up nearby my favorite places. And it sparkles at me the way she once did. Mom's sparkles still feel priceless.

Awwww!

What a great way to cherise and treasure such a wonderful memory.

Very interesting p/p, by the way.

love the shot, I too am a fan of the PPing!

-Pleiades- wrote in post #2584893
love the shot, I too am a fan of the PPing!

ilovemycamera wrote in post #2584226
Awwww!

What a great way to cherise and treasure such a wonderful memory.

Very interesting p/p, by the way.

Discordia wrote in post #2584200
Nice capture, I love the post processing, mind sharing?

Appreciate the response actually, as I look at it now, maybe I went too hot with this image? I wanted to really spotlight the thing - to make it loom larger than it is in reality... as it does in my small narrative. Yet, perhaps if it were sitting on a darker, low key background, the warmth, rather than an explosion of emotion, would dominate? Wuddaya think?

Incidentally, this original capture was a three-light shot in an improvised light box on my desk top.

As for the pp... it is a combination of some Lucis "plaid" filter work sandwiched in among maybe three blending modes - particularly "saturation". Of course I masked away the filter/modes upon the gold and dark areas of the strawberry. Time involved from opening to posting on my blog? I'd say 20 minutes, maybe less. I knew where it was going, so there was no time spent in experimentation.

I think this is fabulous exactly as it is and I love the sentiment behind it!
Ian

I love everything about this image and wouldn't change a thing. The PP rocks

Beautiful subject, and very interesting too. I can see why your mum loved it. What a lovely heartwarming story too

You have done great things with pp on this one, and it seems you are REALLY GOOD in photoshop... i'm jealous!

Oh what a strong radiation! What a vibrant color scheme. The strawberry holds day and night, Jin and Yang in it, as well as there are stars in the universe of black and white. From that very symbolism comes a powerful message, supported by the "big bang" and "star burst" feeling the radiation in the background produces. It must be the beginning of everything, as there is absolute darkness on the border of the scene. Something that looks like a mighty hand or claw holds the strawberry of life and death - a symbol for the creative powers? I like it very much.

cheers
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habakuk wrote in post #2587691
Oh what a strong radiation! What a vibrant color scheme. The strawberry holds day and night, Jin and Yang in it, as well as there are stars in the universe of black and white. From that very symbolism comes a powerful message, supported by the "big bang" and "star burst" feeling the radiation in the background produces. It must be the beginning of everything, as there is absolute darkness on the border of the scene. Something that looks like a mighty hand or claw holds the strawberry of life and death - a symbol for the creative powers? I like it very much.

cheers
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That's deep...

I guess this proves that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder!