MMaeb's photostream

The travelling rabbit mask gave me an excuse to summon the spirit of the hickster, who now guards over Ginger from the great beyond.

For the title, I am, of course, indebted to New Order.

Theme: "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." ~ Isak Dinesen

Top image: me
Bottom image: rowandevoe

Obviously, we focused on the "sea" aspect of the quote. Merle's image is the star here, and mine a supporting player. I flipped and rotated her image, and altered my image to be more compatible in terms of colour. I like how they fit together to create the illusion that Merle is a beautiful sea creature just below the surface.

Left image: Geekgirly
Right: me

I've wanted to use the image on the right for a few years now, but I've never quite known what to do with it. The original is a zoomed out reflection of myself in a ferry window, with a mountain range in the background (you can see part of the mountain range in the top right corner--what looks like a hat is actually the sky). I thought the image could work for the "Dreams" project, but when I paired it with Sarah's, the literalness of both images didn't quite work--especially because Sarah's image was far more dynamic tonally. So I decided to take mine into more of a fantasy realm, befitting of the theme. (I'll post a separate entry of the before and after, in case anyone is interested.)

Left: me
Right: an SP from the fabulous sadandbeautiful (Sarah)

On its own, my hummingbird photo isn't necessarily the most apt for the theme of "aloneness," but I loved the visual illusion created when I paired it with Sarah's image. In fact, I think I went "Ooh!" when I first tried these together. All I had to do then was convert my image to black and white, and try to match Sarah's levels and underlying colour tone. I think the blending of the two images makes it look as though Sarah is being cradled... in a well-furnished treehouse or maybe a small spacecraft with a sunroof.