Slow Burn

Posted by Florence (Paris, France) on 10 February 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

Here shall we live in this terrible town
Where the price for our minds
shall squeeze them tight like a fist
And the walls shall have eyes
And the doors shall have ears
But we'll dance in their dark
And they'll play with our lives

Slow Burn - David Bowie

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Comments (40)

Nicholas from Shah Alam, Malaysia

Wow, I love the post processing here.

10 Feb 2009 5:32am

Cricket from Huntsville, United States

Ahh...I am still awake and I get to comment first. Now I see what happens while I am sleeping. Everyone else is awake.

Lovely processing and a quote from one of my favorites "David Bowie."
(If I remember correctly...Twirling us round and round and upside down.
There's fear overhead. There's fear overground...slow burn. )

I love the subtle hints of pale blue throughout the image.

10 Feb 2009 5:36am

Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand

Superb image Flo!! Love the processing!

10 Feb 2009 5:37am

john4jack from Corvallis, United States

Stunning! An absolute dynamite job of processing; incredibly creative, Florence.

10 Feb 2009 5:50am

bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada

The high contrast is so excellent and intense! The silhouetted people add so much to this mood. Your words are perfect...I am a huge Bowie fan!

10 Feb 2009 5:51am

@bluechameleon: Oh I'm HUGE Bowie fan too ! thanks for the com today ! :-)

Jean-François from Les Issambres, France

SUBLIME IMAGE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! QUELLE MERVEILLE ....................... j'adore sincèrement !!!!!

10 Feb 2009 6:04am

Cricket from Huntsville, United States

Oh me...Nicholas beat me to it.

10 Feb 2009 6:12am

Kingfish from Menlo Park, United States

Love the effect! Elegant image, must be the Seine. I like the sense of movement with the person walking across the bridge, lamp posts give it a classic feel.

10 Feb 2009 6:16am

@Kingfish: You're right, it is the Seine.

Lydie et Roland from BESANCON, France

Je n'suis pas fan des effets en général, mais j'avoue que là, ça donne un aspect très sympa à cette image.
R.

10 Feb 2009 6:22am

Sof from Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Un traitement superbe.... J'aime beaucoup

10 Feb 2009 6:35am

mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland

Superbe traitement! J'adore!!!! Très beau travail, bravo!

10 Feb 2009 6:58am

Inés from Namur, Belgium

J'aime beaucoup cette brûlure qui adoucit et non ne blesse ... ça fait glisser le regard sur l'image ... douce sensation de caresse ...

10 Feb 2009 7:36am

rem_la from Villiers, France

drole de traitement, mais un resultat sympathique !

10 Feb 2009 7:43am

k@ from Paris, France

C'est plus que sublime, Florence, j'ignore comment tu as travaillé cela mais c'est le dosage éblouissant idéal, les silhouettes, the blue burnt, pour le coup, tout est savamment chorégraphié et Bowie serait flatté si on pouvait lui montrer - bravo*

10 Feb 2009 7:57am

@k@: Ouah ! Tu me gâtes ! Je cherche, j'essaie, je m'emballe... parfois je défait... mais là je crois que j'ai trouvé quelque chose... il y en aura d'autres... quant à Bowie... j'aimerais bien aussi ! ;-)

djedfre from schaumburg, United States

beautiful image and processing! love the smear of blue...

10 Feb 2009 8:43am

zahai from Berlin, Germany

Fascinating processing. Great how the general detail of the scene is lost, but some of it (like the structure of the handrail) still is there to catch the eye. Nicely done.

10 Feb 2009 9:08am

Peggy M. from Metz, France

C'est une surprenante façon de présenter l'image qui me plait justement, puisque différente de ce qu'on voit... et ce sentiment de "passage" vers un autre lieu.

10 Feb 2009 9:10am

Helma from Tehran, Iran

Amazing composition and proccesing too ! good idea and very well done .. tnx

10 Feb 2009 9:39am

Peter Miller from Lichfield, United Kingdom

An unusual post camera process, will have to look at it a few times to get the right feeling

10 Feb 2009 10:06am

Alessandro from Calci (PI), Italy

Unexpected. Yet brilliant.

10 Feb 2009 10:20am

Marie-Hélène Ammor from Casablanca/Paris, Morocco

Négatif ,positif ...bleuté ,irréel mais j'adore la composition ! Une photo à la fois épurée et plein de vie !

10 Feb 2009 11:39am

Marcah from United States

Excellent high key work. Love the composition with it's blue notes.

10 Feb 2009 11:50am

Alivia from Saint-Etienne, France

un superbe traitement qui fait ressembler l'image à une aquarelle et encre de Chine, quel beau mélange ..

10 Feb 2009 2:12pm

marianne from France

magnifique peinture-photo de tanks soviétiques dans la neige ..............
voici ce que mes yeux ont vu , et ce qu'ils ont vu est d'une beauté peu classique !!!
les petites touches de bleu, wouahhhhhhh...

10 Feb 2009 2:38pm

Hema from Bangalore, India

Very creative processing. Great shot

10 Feb 2009 2:50pm

Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France

un étrange traitement qui donne un résultat irréel ! un beau travail, j'aime particulièrement ces petites tâches d'encre bleue. tu es très créative !

10 Feb 2009 3:26pm

dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa

Your processing here is absolutely top-notch. Very impressive image.

10 Feb 2009 3:42pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

Fantastic image. Your processing blows me away.

10 Feb 2009 4:37pm

veronique from France

vous vous approchez de la peinture...

10 Feb 2009 4:44pm

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Your processing, once again is brilliant!

10 Feb 2009 6:34pm

Giovanni from Milan, Italy

Beautiful composition and excellent high key processing! Great work!

10 Feb 2009 6:57pm

Gérard Méry from Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France

Je ne sais pas faire Florence, snif, étonnant traitement ou à la prise de vue, mais çà me plait bien.

10 Feb 2009 7:03pm

@Gérard Méry: Non, pleure pas Gérard !
Merci de ta gentillesse ! :-)

Michael Paulison from United States

Love this process you did here. It feels illustrative/graphic. Really nice work on this!

10 Feb 2009 8:10pm

Francesc B. from région parisienne, France

J'aime bien la compo... mais pour moi, ce high key est vraiment trop appuyé... j'aurais aimé moins "cru"... un peu mal aux zyeux ...

10 Feb 2009 8:14pm

Bertrand Duhamel from Granby, Canada

Une image en apparence simple mais qui est le sûrement le résultat d'un traitement plutôt complexe n'est-ce pas ? J'espère que tu as bien noté la recette car le résultat est vraiment joli ! ;o))

10 Feb 2009 8:31pm