Dusk in the wood elves' domain by faroutsider

Vue • Landscape • posted on Feb 13, 2011

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Another alternative take from my archives... This image is an intermediate step between "The wood elves' domain" and "The wood elf". I always liked this image, but it was too dark to show the elf in her domain, so it got put aside and forgotten. So here it is, in it's original form - another day, another sunset, another long vigil waiting to catch a glimpse of the elves... Craig

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Comments (14)

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adrie

2:06PM | Sun, 13 February 2011

Beautiful landscape scene my friend, superb work.

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lyron

2:37PM | Sun, 13 February 2011

Splendid landscape!!!

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mgtcs

2:50PM | Sun, 13 February 2011

Amazing ladscape you create here my friend, wonderful colors! Loved it!

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auntietk

4:01PM | Sun, 13 February 2011

I like this VERY much! I can see why you hung on to this version. It's got a totally different vibe, but the colors are so rich and beautiful ... it's a winner in my book!

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jmb007

5:08PM | Sun, 13 February 2011

belle image

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grafikeer

5:53PM | Sun, 13 February 2011

My kind of late evening scene...dark and mysterious!Like the silhoutted shapes against the evening sky...well done!

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psyoshida

8:23PM | Sun, 13 February 2011

I'm very glad you kept this one. I love it and the mood it projects. The faint sepia light is very appealing and the silhouetted mountains and trees are stunning.

KnightWolverine

11:00PM | Sun, 13 February 2011

It's like at any moment you expect a flash of lightning and a thunderclap...(smiles)..

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Black-Carrie

12:35PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Wonderful image, glad you shared it!

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Umbetro38

2:40PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

I'm feeling right now is not so good - by a change in my life - but I visit your Gallery and likes your pictures

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alessimarco

2:49PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

~Really marvelous and mysterious atmosphere!~

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kftate

3:42PM | Mon, 14 February 2011

Absolutely beautiful! Wonderful lighting and atmosphere. Superb work!

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rbowen

12:44AM | Fri, 18 February 2011

Very nice work!

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anahata.c

3:46AM | Fri, 20 April 2012

This is a difficult subject. (I'll comment on the Wood Elves Domain in a second, as I wanted to talk about the change.) As in photography, capturing very dark light with detail is a great challenge. Painters didn't do it often, nor photographers. But I've seen you handle dark very sensitively before, and I think you do here. It's dark, but we can see contour, shape & individual branches, leaves, etc, in your mid ground. And the reflections on the dark water give us a lot of bearing. There's a tendency in photography, for example, to highlight those reflections, but you didn't give-in to that tendency, rather allowed them to remain real (ie, subtle & mysterious). The background mountains have a nice misty look; and your sky is filled with rolling clouds & more of that peach-brown hue, which suggests not just dusk, but a pre-night pregnant state. (Dinu Buzzati spoke of the 'genius' of dusk: You express that sense in a number of your pieces including this.) Difficult 'assignment', resonantly made, with darkness hinting at the fullness within...and, as all dusk moments, hinting at the deep mystery of night. More fine work from you, Craig.