Breaking the waves, a photo from Orissa, East

Photographer's Note

Thoughts, memories, desires, hallucinations, fears, nostalgia, hopes, obessions, wishes... will vanish in the quiet lapping of the water.

In front of the sacred Ganga river, or in contemplation of the ocean, the incessant movement of the flowing water reminds us that nothing is permanent, and eventually, that troubles and sadness, like passion and happiness, will also pass, in a constant renewal of our states of mind. The only permanency, in this impermanent mental and emotional flow, is the movement, like those of the water. Things will move and change the next minute, hour, day, week, ... ect.

Our certitudes will be dissolved by the next experience. Our beliefs will melt in new concepts. Our fears will be drowned by the next wave of emotions.

At the end, remains only the quiet and reassuring rocking of the water. Like a maternal embrace of the origins. A view that leads us back to the core of our life. A promise of peace and if necessary, of redemption.

And we stay still, hypnotized, by the consciousness of a reachable Nirvana.

If only we were really trying to attain it!

Dedicated to Sayeed who failed to be a sadhu in this life but might suceed in the next ?! :)

Actually, dedicated to you ONLY if you MOVE your a... from the nuptial bedroom to take a new serie of photos, dear!

Photo taken on Puri beach at sunset. The wet sand unveils some silhouettes of indian women walking at random ...

golemola, patdeph, bukitgolfb301, ManuMay, CLODO, timecapturer has marked this note useful

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bema (26591) 2011-11-18 11:41

Bonsoir Marine,

really ana attractive capture, and a shot, taken in ery artistic style and moment.. the colors of these women ae reflected very fine in the seawater..

thanks for sharing this captivating picture!

amicalement, et au revoir Bernd

patdeph (35750) 2011-11-18 11:55

salut Marine
а mon tour d'кtre admirative,c'est simple ,beau,et colorй,presque irrйel,et associй а une note qui ne peut qu'йmouvoir,et j'espиre que,mкme si tu en es l'auteur, tu sauras en tirer une leзon ,toi aussi.
Bises
Pascale

JFS (32459) 2011-11-18 11:56

Hi Marine,
Fascinating image, very good composition with delicious colors. I like the distortions. Well done!

Cheers,
Juan

SnapRJW (31631) 2011-11-18 12:29

Hello Marine - Love this. A strong, confident image. Very well seen and captured. Best regards rosemary

BennyV (34734) 2011-11-18 13:05

Bonjour Marine,

Strong wavy colours reflections. A joyful shot, quite contrasting with the dark - but fantastic - movie refered to in the title. (I like that.) A nice dedicated to Sayeed also. Remembered here too.

Cheers & bonne weekend.

Benny

Ninello52 (7576) 2011-11-18 13:24

Hello Marine!
Fantastic achievement! Beautiful reflections on the white background exacerbated by over-exposure! Very good! The effect makes the image just like a thick paint a watercolor! Congratulations!
Best regards, Nino.

bukitgolfb301 (54014) 2011-11-18 15:31

Hi my dear Marine

Sorry for my late reply as so crazy-busy at concreat jungle weekday. But I still enjoy your garalley very much. This posting is another marvelous image indeed.
So fantastic reflection you well catch!
Reasonable framework and nice composition are very fine. Thanks for sharing with your finest work and have a good Saturday,
Best regrads.

Takero from cold and rainy Tokyo

i9l2y1m8a8t3 (4814) 2011-11-18 18:16

Greetings Marine!

Keen eye! Very observant on the scene you've captured. Love how the reflections differ in color, the degree of distortion and the positioning of the subject as well as the framing. This image is carefully composed! Flawless. I would love to have capture this kind of image too! Very nice!

Have a great day,
Matt

jjcordier (79299) 2011-11-18 21:43

Marine
Ces reflets colorйs sont trиs expressifs et s'associent de belle faзon а ta note. Je suppose que tu tenais а garder cette "vague" au premier plan mais je me demande si je ne l'aurais pas coupйe un peu pour ne pas faire apparaitre les pieds?
Amicalement
JJ

Juzo (2151) 2011-11-19 0:16

Bonjour Marine,
This is simply beautiful, like a dream, not much more I can say, very clever and visually appealling.
Cheers
Justin

ManuMay (36447) 2011-11-19 0:19

Bonjour Marine!

And sometimes reflections are real...some thoughts, memories, desires, hallucinations, fears, nostalgia, hopes, obessions, wishes...and dreams are on reflections...ususally another dimmension...always a different mirror from real life, sometimes interesting to see through reflection to define reality, to find the most pricipal lines and elements, avoiding all that is not necessary, focusing on principal...

Surely Ganga will reduce our reflection to a minimum expression...reduce our souls to a light breeze, and our volumes to fading silhouettes...

Great image and great note...Thanks...

Manu

baclama (19214) 2011-11-19 0:20

bonjour ma belle,
la couleur revient...avec des regards vers le lointain (l'avenir?) bonne nouvelle!!
un superbe cadrage et de belles couleurs tendres
pour dimanche зa me semble un peu compliquй а moins que tu ne viennes а la maison (les enfants seraient contents de manger des crepes;-)) sinon je vois pour vendredi...
bises
vero

CLODO (45116) 2011-11-19 0:57

Ah Marine

Tu reprends des couleurs et je n'ai plus besoin de chercher dans ta galerie une photo а commenter.
Image qui incite а la rкverie pour certains, la philosophie pour d'autres! Et que dire de la note qui pousse un remarquable photographe de reprendre le chemin de TE.
pour pinailler, j'aurais recadrй un peu plus pour йviter d'avoir les pieds nets.
bon week end
bises
CLODO

pauloog (11751) 2011-11-19 1:20

Hello Marine,
A photo with a lot of atmosphere and inviting the viewer to think about the story behind.
Regards,
Paul

patmor (576) 2011-11-19 1:41

Bonjour Marine,
Tellement simple, mais tellement beau.
Patrice

timecapturer (49288) 2011-11-19 2:53

Hi Marine
this is simple and yet stunning! A true photographer's and artist's observation. The amount of colour and its positioning is genius, as is the abstract feel of the whole composition. A really creative and beautifully presented image. Mesmerising!!

Enjoy your weekend - Brian.

hrschwartz (744) 2011-11-19 5:11 [Comment]

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yquem46 (38752) 2011-11-19 6:15

Coucou Marine
voilа qui est moins noir et tout aussi poйtique !
J'aurais pariй sur toi sans voir le nom йcrit en dessous
Bon WE, bises
PH

ThierryA (6704) 2011-11-19 7:10

Bonjour,
Trиs originale cette photo !
Tu as bien fait de conserver ces reflets colorйs. Un cadrage rйflйchi, bien vu.
Trиs bonne fin de journйe,
Thierry

vijay_as2 (110) 2011-11-19 19:47

Nice capture of reflection of 3 ladies. I will try to capture this kind of pics some day.

Warm regards,
Vijay

scalerman (26900) 2011-11-21 9:21

Marine: very psychedelic - a great canvas. I too don't have as much time as before - and it gets a little boring stay in the same place... Regardding your question about color - well I was purposely going for a less saturated more realistic look - perhaps I went too far (?). Would somewhere in between be better. I wish I had time (for photography) and money (for travel)... But changes occur in life... c

sayeed_rahman (6461) 2011-11-22 9:21

yeah the colours are quite sadhuesque, i quite liked the one titled `marine noire` that one is superb dear..you are back makes me happy, and even the portrait with the proportions in the frame, excellent, just the way i like it.//youve changed.

:)
sayeed
p/s = the magic of istanbul is working on me.

everlasting (19680) 2011-11-23 23:57

a careful executed creative piece of work.
lovely deep colours

Angshu (56760) 2011-11-30 7:13

Namaste Marine
'Breaking the Waves' ..a film from Lars Von Trier!
Fine reflection on the wet sand & neatly turned upside down which creates a fine impression. The line of surf breaking the shore in the lower half makes good viewing.
A fine shot with the surreal impressions as if in water colours!
Regards
Angshu