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Published: 2005-06-04 13:21:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 1691; Favourites: 71; Downloads: 325
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There's always something that you just cannot have. You reach out and try to grasp on to it, but it is always just that step further - always out of reach.I think this photo resembles just that. The desire to improve, gain, build, achieve and better yourself...
Always something else to hope for...
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very cool! ... awesome concept for sure man!
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Great concept and photo. The black and white accentuates it so much.
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think I'll fave it...really great....
Tipical picture I'd love to have taken
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ooh woah
stunning work
the meaning behind.. i just love it
i love the whole thing
really really well done
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Such an original piece! I love the composition.. especially the blurness and sharpness part. The picture is sooo beautiful.
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This is so great! Such an original composition!!
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Thanks! That was the intention
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i really really like this pic. for some reason it reminds me of the movie "mary poppins" i dunno why. great shot!
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is this a manip?
it doesn't look real - like one photo.
the hands look totally alien to the rest of it.
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Nope. It isn't a manip. Those hands are completely real
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can you explain the photo a bit?
is the leaping guy wearing a tophat on a movie screen
or something?
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Sure
Okay first of all I live down at the beach and this was shot there. Above the beach is a walkway which is elevated from sea level to stop the streets behind the beach getting flooded. Anyway, at one segment on the walkway the path splits in two, one continues to go straight while the other part sinks down, following the curve of the road. I used 9 people to stick their hands up in the air while ducking their heads so that just their hands will be silhouetted against the sky - I guess you could say those hands symbolise desire.
The guy jumping is a good friend of mine who already had a suit and cane, I just had to get the tophat for him to wear. He was standing on the other side of the walkway - the one elevated - and did many jumps and poses up there. I took 77 photos of the whole thing and I think this one turned out the best. Everything set up was intentional, even the timing. It was shot at sunset just so I could get more of a silhouette to the whole picture.
Hope that explains it.
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that is fucking great!!!!!
i really encourage you to put this explanation in the description.
i love that you went to all this trouble to do this without
any manip but by rallying your friends. and they all
believed in you enough to do it. and you have
everything down to the last detail with the
clothes, hat and time of day.
i fucking love it.
gotta give you a big fat FAVE for that!!
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Haha, thanks very much
This photo was the final product of a few months of research and practice in visual art studies. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out and all my friends were keen to help me with it
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awesome photo! love the concept of it. keep up the amazing work!
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What a great photo, really artistic and i like the idea behind it too
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wonderful image , and the idea that comes with it is great too
great idea
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Wow, very awesome conceptual picture. You obviously took a lot of time to create it. Excellent work of art!
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Thanks! This was for my first art practical work so I've been building up to this for a few months.
Glad you like it
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I liked it so much I suggested it for a DD.
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nice .. excellent concept and execution ... , its really the kind of work that makes you think and go beyond the image.
Well done sir .. !
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Thanks very much. I'm glad it had that affect on you
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aah will! here u go again! wat an excellent concept and very efficiently carried out + i cant believe u had ten ppl helping you! hehehe i counted the hands 
good going!!
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A truly wonderful and original piece, I love it!
Beautifully done my friend!
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VERY neat. when i first saw it i thought that it had to be a photomanipulation, but reading the detail-- WOW. very interesting concept, and very good job with the compilation of the different elements of shot-- there was obviously a lot of thought put into making it. it has a very surreal feeling, and i think that the message you were trying to make was quite effectively relayed. magnificent job.
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Thanks very much - you're too kind
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wow, theres something so magical about this. great use of movement and silhouettes
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i don't know why but this is really funny to me
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WOW! Fantastic capture. This is a truly briliant shot that absolutely crackles --- I am in awe. WIth the slight blur of the silhouette reminding me of Cartier-Bresson this shot absolutely rocks. I perhaps would have cropped some off of Zone-0 on the bottom but otherwise this is fantastic work. I will fave it so that I may easily come back to it and enjoy it! Keep it up.
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Love your comment. I checked out some of Cartier-Bresson's work - it's incredible stuff.
Thanks for the watch & fav too - hope my photos keep up to your expectations
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I'm sure they will. The two Cartier-Bresson that I had in mind were [link] and [link]
Lee
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WOAH! thats awesome! What a fantastic idea!! I absolutely love the colors, everything!!
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Thanks heaps - and for your continuing support.
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Wonderful 
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Thanks heaps Lewis, glad you like it
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great capture... you seem to be fancying silhouettes right now..
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Heheh yeah... It's the only thing I can really do with portraiture.
Might try some more traditional stuff later this week.
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