Forever Young – Tuscany, Italy – Francesco Romoli
Forever Young – Tuscany, Italy – Francesco Romoli
John Prine sings a song called “Hello in there” about how oak trees and rivers grow stronger and wilder with age, but old people just grow lonesome. Although this is quite a generalization, I do believe young people generally don’t view their elders as having a life before they were grandparents. In all cases a lifetime of experiences and surprises resides behind their wrinkled skin. Francesco demonstrates this beautifully in his manipulated photo of an old woman and a younger woman’s shadow. To see more of his mastery at Adobe Photoshop visit his wonderful website here:
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Enter Francesco:
The image is definitely random. I had just got in from work and had other things in mind to do that afternoon. I was getting my bag ready to go to the gym while my girlfriend was browsing on Facebook. I just glanced over at the monitor and in the midst of all these Facebook updates from my girlfriend’s friends was a photo of an old lady in a wheelchair watching a ballet on television, looking rather sad. It was really just a glance, a split second, but the “Forever Young” image came into my head straight away. I knew that I had the right photos somewhere so I put down my gym bag and sat in front of the PC for a couple of hours, until I was satisfied with the result.
Camera details and settings
Canon Lens 18-55 IS.
The image is the result of the combination of two shots; the first taken in the Cinque Terre in the spring. The other was taken in Castellò d’Empuries (Spain) in the summer.
Wall:
18 mm, ISO 200, 1/800 second at f/6.3
Lady:
33 mm, ISO 200, 1/60 second at f/8
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Dancing heart
My favorite by far! Concept, arrangement, colors, idea behind the photo, all is perfect.
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stunning picture, the concept and the execution are top notch!
Superb! Really deep
This is beautiful and thought provoking.
Just needs a soundtrack. Maybe “Forever Young” by Rod Stewart. Yep. I think that would do it.
I like the idea but the image looks very… cut and paste.
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Love, love, love this!
This picture says so much truth about the mind and aging, and really speaks to me. I am an aging runner and marathoner and write about living a healthy lifestyle at http://www.rite2run.wordpress.com and will share your work in an upcoming post.
That is very special
Great Photo
love it!
Wonderful work. It reminds me of me, as I used to be a dancer when I was younger.
I’m not there yet but it’s getting closer. What a beautiful image. Thanks for sharing.
Her feet are not settled on the ground.
Light is shedding her from the top a bit right, hence her
left side is rather dark.
and to have a shadow made by the light even lower than her head —– com’n you do it a bit better.
Excellent and thoughtful work. Embodies what people of my age often feel.
Stunning stuff – great idea!
Yes!
Our bodies may age but our minds and spirits still feel the same as when we were younger
Aww, that is lovely! God bless the old among us.
Made me smile.
Mark
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I’m not that old yet, but when I am, I’m pretty sure that’s how young I’ll feel inside. Thanks!
LOVE this one, especially since I am getting oh-so-closer to this every day!
I love the feeling behind this photo.
Well done!!
We definitely need to do a better job of honoring our elders. Great photo!
Thanks for the like, and I just have to say I love this!
way too cool…
This is me … quite often – great work here .. sad and funny on the same time.
I couldn’t help but think about some of the tiny doodle sketches on the borders of Mad Magazine pages. This is a refinement of that idea.
Great image and wonderful artistry. If only we could all see the beauty within others and ourselves.
lovely!
Lovely, and such a profound image!
That is beautiful..Excellent job!
this is a very good and touching photomanipulation. Welldone francesco.
How beautiful and how true. Jay
Beautiful pic. Lovely thought. A good reminder for all of us. Well done, my friend!
Oh I am going to try and write a poem off this…if that’s ok.
We can’t wait to read it!
You know how young old people can be when you´ve seen your first 75 year old on an electro party dancing like mad ^^
good work, by the way
This is beautiful and so true
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