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This is an image of the half elven twins – Elrond and Elros. Both had to decide whether to live as elves or as humans. Elrond chose to be an elf. However Elros chose to be a man, and became a mighty Lord of the Edain. Although his lifespan was much greater than modern men, he was mortal and unlike an elf he would truly die. I wanted to make an image that showed them after their choice - that showed the physical changes and differences between them, and also the sadness of their increasing separation which would of course become total when Elros died.

I started work on this over three months ago, when I saw the two wonderful sets of Lindowyn’s stock using the same model. However I just couldn’t find a background to make the image work. I finally decided to make my own very complex build in order to express the themes.

I built the arches from a base photo by the incomparable Elandria. I altered the shape to a more gothic arch, and created a bricked off alcove behind Elros. By contrast I’ve totally opened up the arch behind Elrond. I’ve added a shot of a mountain to represent distance both in place and in time – the folds in the mountain make a path winding up behind his shoulder. The foreground is a mix of a photo of my own back yard, with the small half hidden statue, and a multiple cut-paste effort to quadruple the size of the grassy clearing in the base I used for Elrond. I wasn’t that keen on the artificial ear the model was wearing so for Elrond I made my own ear, and also removed his ear lobe.

Details & Base images [link]

CREDITS
The arches [link]
Elrond [link] ; Elros [link]
Model for both twins

My own photography
Garden - [link]
Mt Egmont/Taranaki - [link]

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The following clubs have permission to show this work in their galleries.
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Description
This is an image of the half elven twins – Elrond and Elros. Both had to decide whether to live as elves or as humans. Elrond chose to be an elf. However Elros chose to be a man, and became a mighty Lord of the Edain. Although his lifespan was much greater than modern men, he was mortal and unlike an elf he would truly die. I wanted to make an image that showed them after their choice - that showed the physical changes and differences between them, and also the sadness of their increasing separation which would of course become total when Elros died.

I started work on this over three months ago, when I saw the two wonderful sets of Lindowyn’s stock using the same model. However I just couldn’t find a background to make the image work. I finally decided to make my own very complex build in order to express the themes.

I built the arches from a base photo by the incomparable Elandria. I altered the shape to a more gothic arch, and created a bricked off alcove behind Elros. By contrast I’ve totally opened up the arch behind Elrond. I’ve added a shot of a mountain to represent distance both in place and in time – the folds in the mountain make a path winding up behind his shoulder. The foreground is a mix of a photo of my own back yard, with the small half hidden statue, and a multiple cut-paste effort to quadruple the size of the grassy clearing in the base I used for Elrond. I wasn’t that keen on the artificial ear the model was wearing so for Elrond I made my own ear, and also removed his ear lobe.

Details & Base images [link]

CREDITS
The arches [link]
Elrond [link] ; Elros [link]
Model for both twins

My own photography
Garden - [link]
Mt Egmont/Taranaki - [link]

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The following clubs have permission to show this work in their galleries.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .