This is the 4th image in my series "Days of Awe", featuring this little girl. This image is the direct sequel to "The Secret Cove". This was the world that our little girl found on the other side of that seemingly innocent cove. Series "Days of Awe" until now: EDIT added Feb 24th, 3:14 AM: My aim was to create a fantasy work, not a realistic image. I know purpleish sky wouldn't realistically match a blue-green water. Several other elements are exagerated. I wanted color in this image, it's a fantasy world seen through the eyes of a little girl. This also explains the camera position. It's precisely behind the girl's eyes because I wanted the viewer to see the world through her eyes, with fantasy eyes. The symmetry of the image, and the girl's central placement, is intentional (not my usual, but in this case, it had to be). I didn't want anything dynamic, this image is a contemplation of something very beautiful (or I wanted it to be), she's in awe (the series name), so I wanted a "static" image, so to speak. The girl is at the center of this world, it could be her future world. Because the girl is at the image center, conceptually she could lose her status of focal point. However, she's visually predominant, you can't help noticing her right away. Because she's at the center, and not in a more traditional focal position, the eyes of the viewer should wander (and, hopefully, wonder) from place to place in the image, contemplating, like she is. -------- Let me tell you a little secret: Maybe some of you saw and remember the image I posted a few days ago, "I can see the sun". Well, originally, this image was going to be another one in this series too. In terms of story flow, this would be the image between "the secret cove" and "the other side". My original "vision" for "I can see the sun" had the little girl floating in an improvised boat in the river inside the cave, finding the statue. While I was making the image, I felt there would be too strong conflicting focal points, the girl and the statue, with the risk that the girl would become a secondary character, given the visual strength of the statue. I didn't want that, so I removed the girl. But, you can be sure that our little girl found this statue, on her way to "the other side"... Thanks for watching!