Break the chains that tie me here
Solace in my lucid self,
I dance with joy so sincere,
Heavens sigh as if to cheer. ~Roberta Murray
For this week's Photo Art Friday, the theme is "vintage". I used a photo I took of my daughter in her pointe shoes and tried to make it look very old. I started with Bonnie's "Scratched Lens" texture (Color Burn/67%), which is so pretty and a new favorite of mine. I also selectively added a crackle texture with a reverse layer mask. Radlab was very helpful for this one - it has several filters that make your image look wonderfully aged (especially Grandma's Tap Shoes and Maple).
Dance has such a special place in my heart - it has been my daughter's passion since she was a little girl. I have so many memories of recitals, competitions, and endless hours spent at her dance studio...it was our second home for ten years. Her dance classmates were like sisters, and her teachers were like a second family. She still performs with a college dance group...I'm glad she continues to make this thing she loves a part of her life!
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Love what you did with the image. You always amaze me! That is so wonderful that you daughter was able to pursue something that she loves so much and that you were super supportive of her. That is huge!
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful job that you did with this photo. There is something so wonderful also about looking at your daughters feet in these pointe shoes, i love this photo. Also think it is so wonderful that she is continuing with these at college. Have a wonderful day Sherri
ReplyDeleteJust one word....Degas.
ReplyDeleteExactly Degas absolutely wonderful Sherri it would make a lovely canvas.....
ReplyDeleteSherri, I love what you did with this image. You've created such an interesting piece of photo art!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, beautiful edit! Exquisite...
ReplyDeleteso lovely! :)
ReplyDeleteCan you hear me singing from there, because that's what this image makes me want to do, well that AND dance. I just love this Sherri, the before is just as wonderful as your edited one...I love the light in this and the composition...just everything really. And p.s.- I took dance for about 7 years myself.
ReplyDeleteOh this looks like a painting I'd see in the museum. I'd put that baby on canvas!
ReplyDeleteit looks stunning Sherri. Should be framed and put up on a wall!!!!
ReplyDeleteI think you were quite successful in your attempt to make this image look vintage. It's beautiful....looks much like a painting!
ReplyDeleteEnchanting! Takes such skill to have the vision to create this.
ReplyDeleteStunning!! It would make a lovely gift framed for your daughter.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! It definitely deserves to be framed.
ReplyDeleteWonderful. Like the way you've edited it.
ReplyDeleteHave anice day.
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This is stunning, it looks like a Degas work of art. Amazing
ReplyDeleteMollyxxx
Wonderful photo and a perfect edit!
ReplyDeleteThis is just wonderful, the photo and your edit. Yes Degas came into my mind too.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful work of art. I hope you are framing this for your daughter.
ReplyDeleteSherri, this is an amazing work you have created. just to look at it tells a story that has me leaning in closer.
ReplyDeleteI was NOT a dancer, yet I love the discipline of dance. I have several friends who were and still are dancers, though at our age it BEcomes them differently, and I see that the discipline of dance buoyed them throughout their lives.
I am recalling, too, friends who had second families and extended families through a shared commitment to dance or a sport. I grew up as kind of a loner and often longed to have such a "family" as that. it was one of the greatest JOYS of my childhood and adolescence to sometimes BE included.
thank you for letting me revisit those thoughtsandfeelings this morning. I DO so love your photo art...
Stunning piece. It's beautiful and I agree it could be a piece in an art gallery.
ReplyDeleteSherri, I so love this image and really enjoyed reading about your memories of your daughter in dance class. I agree with Stephanie, you should frame this for your daughter. It's very special.
ReplyDeleteI took ballet and tap when I was in junior high but only pursued it for 2 years and then lost interest for some reason I can't recall anymore. I still practice what I remember in my living room occasionally - when no one is watching!! (LOL)
I hope you have a wonderful weekend! (I'm really enjoying everything you share on Instagram!)
Love it, love it, love it! Everything about it is gorgeous. The subject evokes emotion, the framing is superb and the treatment just rounds it off. Very well done.
ReplyDeletemy daughter loves to dance as well!
ReplyDeleteyour picture is stunning!
Simply put. This is stunning!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done, Sherri.
ReplyDeleteNot only vintage, but classically timeless. Beautiful image that would grace any wall perfectly. I enjoyed reading about your memories of your daughter and dance; bringing back my own memories...
ReplyDeleteJust stunning Sherri!
ReplyDeletethis is extraordinary..of course looks like a painting...thanks for telling us how you did it ;)
ReplyDeleteStunning! I love the shot and the processing...fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCapture life,
Kathy
I am in love- absolutely in love. Wonderful Sherri.
ReplyDeleteSimply lovely!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely beautiful - both with and without the textured effect. Love the simplicity of the toe shoes. They speak to little girl dreams!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm wordless . . . having goosepumps as I admire your picture ... It is like a painting, very, very beautiful - having an aura of history on it. I'd love to make an enlargement of it on a canvas (via pixum.com) and have it in my office!!!
ReplyDeletebeautifully done -- such colors and texture sets this image to the top of my LOVES!
ReplyDeleteHugs
Sherri, this is absolutely gorgeous. It looks like an old world painting. I am with Nina, an enlargement on canvas would be so beautiful....maybe a gift to your daughter.....
ReplyDeleteWow! This is truly a work of art!
ReplyDeleteOoh! I love how this turned out.
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