INUKSHUK - Likeness of a Person
Uploaded: April 17, 2005
Camera: Canon 20D EOS
Aperture: 22
Shutter speed: 125
Focal length: 18
Flash: Off
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Inukshuk (singular), meaning "likeness of a person" in Inuktitut (the Inuit language) is a stone figure made by the Inuit. The plural is inuksuit. The Inuit make inuksuit in different forms and for different purposes: to show directions to travelers, to warn of impending danger, to mark a place of respect, or to act as helpers in the hunting of caribou. Similar stone figures ...
Brian D. Watters April 17, 2005
... were made all over the world in ancient times, but the Arctic is one of the few places where they still stand. An inukshuk can be small or large, a single rock, several rocks balanced on each other, round boulders or flat. Inuit tradition forbids the destruction of inuksuit.
In this case, a DA, replacing my Daughter whose shadow can still be seen in the water. #237785
Karen E. Michaels April 18, 2005
Great photo and explanation. I built one in that region in praise of all the people who got me that far in life. #1264539Pam M April 24, 2005
Brian,It finally dawned on me what doesn't feel quite right... it's the lighting on the inukshuk. The light is more harsh making the inukshuk's lines too defined. Also, the light is coming from a different direction than the shadow in the water would indicate.
You might be able to better fool the brain if you soften the inuksuk with a very slight blur, or maybe a softlight overlay (or some other newer trick ;) , and then you'd also need to make the inukshuk's right arm similar to its left. And I'm sure someone even knows how to add a soft backlit edging to your inukshuk.
I'd leave out the star reflection on the water ... it's just disctracting to me. Also, was it really there before? It seems to be much too large and too brilliant and sharp when compared to the rest of the pic. And to me it feels like it should be in the right corner.
Another distraction is that the lake bottom is stirred up from your daughter going in and out. Brains are perfectly willing allow the water to be murky around a person that moves vs a statue that's not suppose to move.
If you want to overcome that ... I really don't think your daughter is going to be willing to go back and stand perfectly still while the lake bottom settles just to redo this. So I have two ides. One would be that you might get by with cloning the cloudy water in this pic. Second is that next time, set up a tripod and take one pic before your daughter goes in and another after she's there. Then you can blend the two pics.
Other than that ;) this is a great idea.
keep having fun
pam #1286398
Brian D. Watters April 24, 2005
Hello Pam,Brian D. Watters April 24, 2005
No About the murkiness of the water, and this is open for interpretation, but keep in mind the title of the image and that this is a Digital Darkroom (Manipulated) image. “Likeness of a Person”, the meaning of the Inuit word Inukshuk, is what gave me the idea of replacing the person in the original water scene, with an object that through native or Inuit legend means just that. If you want to look at this as an object anchored to the bottom of a lake, then the disturbed mud as well as the shadow of the person coming from it are way out in terms of reality. But when taking this into context of the stones representing a person, as I have, the shadow, and suggestion of animation through the disturbed muddy water, are just eye candies, meant to catch the viewers’ eye, and suggest the impossible.Ivan Clife April 24, 2005
gorgeous image, please take a look at my gallery and feel free to let your coment and opinion to help me to improve my pictures [[]] #1287752Pam M April 24, 2005
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deeper understanding of
the Source of Light
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Have fun,
Pam #1287975
Brian D. Watters April 24, 2005
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