The chase

Perfect!

the sixth one is just by the door...

Also my fave! I want all your outfit, so cute <3

wonder what he was thinking, lol

Paula Radcliff running style!!

I fave this photo for this detail that's amazing !!!

I love the same detail too!

A little January sunshine from a composite made last year, taken in Milan.

Six clones, the most I have ever used ;) View larger on black to see them all.

Saw the final of the TV competition 'Picture This', and discovered that you don't even have to be able to take a good picture to win a national photography competition! To become successful, take shitter pictures!
Read more about that and the other 999 reasons I hated the programme here on my blog. I welcome your responses if you saw the programme.

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Miss Aniela says:

detail of my fave part:

Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

mag.m says:

Very 'busy', cinematic shot :)
Btw. love your skirt!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

millylillyrose says:

gorgeous comp, i couldnt bare to watch that programme....after half an hour here and there, i wanted to scream.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

serni says:

sweet :-))

and great work, as usual :-)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Shapour_3 says:

lovely image.
very well done.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

∆ toma01 says:

Wow, awesome capture my friend!!
fave
Have a nice week my friend! - Please check out here (hdr)! ;-)

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

drburtoni says:

this is superb. the action, the color, the composition.

really beautiful
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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Pixel Punk says:

Milan and a beautiful woman!

What more could you ask for?

Ok, Milan and six beautiful women!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Anhelli says:

fantastic work!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Nicolas Valentin says:

so good !!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

ennebi69 photography says:

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

iceman9294 says:

Ok, you ran cross-country in school right? Your running form suggests long distance... and yes, a superb composition!

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

.hugo says:

really creative!

...am i blind? i only see five miss anielas not six.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

^ Gastons says:

ohh great picture, absolutely brilliant
really love the details
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

dainelei says:

you are totaly cool Aniela
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Bryce Fields says:

An army of Anielas. How intriguing.

I for one welcome our new polkadot-skirted overlords.

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

DaugaardDK says:

Very nice, 6 clones is hard to set together
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Stefano Sgambati says:

Ha! :D

Amazing Aniela! I love it so much, I think it was so fun to do :)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

brian.. says:

stunning and very sexy. amazing work as usual Aniela.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Emma Moore Photography says:

Ahhh i spot the 6th one!!! Right over by the door! Great portrait - who's ML? And how did they help you? Did they take the photo while u ran? Im guessing so, as it wud b too dodgy to leave a camera on a tri-pod on its own while u ran all the way ova there!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

luigifrappi says:

OK!!!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

.Rod says:

brilliant and intense movement !!!!
the view and the framing sublimate the scene ..
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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

SuperPhil says:

I love your multiplicity shots. Amazing.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

.:[yorch]:. says:

Fantactic!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

just♥julie says:

very lovely Miss A! ;) you are becoming the queen of the clone shots ;)

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

M4tjazT says:

Very cool, nice job with shadows
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Krista Smith says:

This is amazing! I love that one of you is running out of the photo =]
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

I, Puzzled says:

I love the detail.

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

flkrflk says:

What a great fun image....the contrast of your playful run-about with the formal grand stationary architecture just wonderful. Corinthian Capitals vs. flying polka dots (amazing flappy skirt, btw) Love how you are approaching the door vs. running out of the picture. I absolutely love your detail of your fave part, too.
Left only one note, because I was about to leave too many ! One for your great sunglasses, hair, toes, peek-under-your-skirt, sandals, on and on.....
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

ACreepingMalaise says:

I like the concept.Would like it better if the multiple versions of you were dressed differently.

maybe the one in the near ground in the skirt, being chased by a version of you dressed for business, and being viewed by two versions of you dressed in cheesy american tourist clothes... shorts tennis shoes with a PS camera around the neck.

or maybe taking a photo of the chase....

Just my opinion.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

smif says:

Holy crap, one of your best, Aniela. No doubt about that!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Leonardo Sanches says:

PERFECT!
I like the way your skirt moves in the first plan...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

harribobs says:

Excellent shot!

i still can't find the sixth clone though :o)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

The Photo Ferret says:

there are six parts that are my favorite parts of the picture...

nice work..fun picture
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Chee Seong says:

Wow....super fun and awesome work!

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

educated rabbit says:

Wow, that`s nice! I like the bright colors and the vitality!
Also do I admire your courage to make such a shot on a public place. I might have felt kind of stupid to run around until I have all the pics ready. Although you didn`t do something strange, I can imagine that it is sometimes difficult do ignore people watching you while making a photo..? But it`s worth it!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Nikktond says:

Splendid shot
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

francesco12corde says:

it is not january sun!!!
but you make shine a grey town as milano!!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Little_Green_Frog says:

Have to disagree with you there Miss A, I'm afraid.
Although the images Lucinda produced were wonderfully crafted (and she will go on to make some decent commecial contacts through the show) I have to agree with the judges on their lack of depth. Liz, all be it a beginner in photography developed a style and theme for her final series (not too dissimilar to the work of Nan Goldin)
I wasn't a particular fan of the programme, it was more like the Martin Parr show. That and I thought they got rid of all the best photographers early doors. I did however like the final series of work from the winner and how she seemed to develop it with the images of the shoes.

There have been plenty of photographers through the years who have taken poor images; half of Cartier-Bresson's work is not sharp, but he is still deemed a master.

Edit: Just had a read at your blog, I agree with mostly everything else you have said though.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

tommy.toast says:

My girlfriend and I were discussing your photos when we watched 'Picture This' - it's a shame you didn't get to enter.

TV is definitely a pants medium, but I did secretly quite enjoy watching the program. I agree that the judges comments seemed very hypocritical. Lucinda's photos were beautiful, and I think she should have won.

If only they'd scouted Flickr to pick the contestants though, they'd have had an altogether better program. I don't think, apart from maybe Lucinda's, I saw a single photo that was half as good as any on your stream!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Miss_M says:

One of your best pictures lately, at least for me!

Maybe it has something to do with you running around in summer clothes... it immediately brings me into a better mood seeing a short sleeved shirt, a short skirt and a sunlit piazza! Had to search quite long for the sixth Aniela but I found her in the end ;-)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

~v.h~ [deleted] says:

love how dynamic this image is! i love how you balanced the composition with the smart placement of the clones - the inclusion and crop of the one nearest to the cam is brilliant.
with that many clones it is so possible to lose everything in the picture but you have done so very well by still showing the viewer the interesting details like your clothes, your skin, your face, and your fabulous stride. Really well done.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Roc 78 says:

wow, yeah !!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

(francis) says:

the closest one is my favorite
just something about the position your in and the timing it has i like it
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Stefano_p says:

The more Miss Anielas in the world, the better!
Crazy idea! But great as usual...
I work in Milan by the way, next time you come here do let me know and I'll be happy to be the photographer!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Ernie E says:

Your shots were the first I had seen of the cloning concept and I've never seen any better than yours. And this is another example of how high you've set the bar on excellence.

Well done!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Rob :) says:

Oh no, is this 'retouched' Surely you should get 5 lookalikes in wigs running around.

That at least would be 'purer'

If photoshopping is frowned upon, then I for one am bollocksed.

This is lovely btw.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Bee Brady ♥ says:

great shot. A bit of sunshine is just what I needed today :) this is full of fun and brightness :) I missed the last programme last night and really wanted to see it, just off to read your blog X
I too, love your skirt. It is so 'milan' ! ; )
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Miss Aniela says:

Thanks @ everyone and for those people struggling with 'Where's Wally', I have added a note so you can see where the sixth clone is!

@ iceman - haha well i did like running, but i'm crap at it now, i get a stitch in thirty seconds...

@ Emma - yes, that is my boyfriend, who took the pics whilst i ran about... lol.

@ flkflkr - thank u as always!!

@ ACreepingMalaise - i have been asked that quite a few times in the past, and i have always responded to people saying i might try it. I know some people, like you, would enjoy seeing them dressed differently.
But i have found that i have never had the desire to do it. Lately I have started to understood just exactly why. It's because my instinctual desire, when taking/making a pic, leans toward aesthetic symmetry, to bring the image together into one enjoyable piece, one single impact. I dislike having bits and pieces of different stuff going on in one pic. I like images to be focused on one subject, one main subject, with a regular pattern. That's how I like my literature too... I brainstormed the books that I have genuinely enjoyed reading in my life, and found that they were mostly novels centred around one character, one main issue/theme - Lolita, Robinson Crusoe, Madame Bovary, Jane Eyre, Jude the Obscure...
That might not make sense if you think of my clone shots ;)
But what I mean is that I always like my clones to be drawn into one single visual symphony.

@ educated rabbit - oh yeah i agree. Luckily my boyfriend was helping me, and the area wasn't busy at all. And we got the shots done quickly ;)

@ Lucida - i'm all for concept in photography. But I saw concept in Lucinda's stuff. Even if not as much as in Liz's.
Liz's pics, to me, were not just technically imperfect. They were absolute rubbish. The judges nitpicked their way through the pics in the first episode. In this last episode, they couldn't even see the most basic photography flaws in this girl's work because they were blinded by the motives to let her win.
i would normally insist that all this is, of course 'in my opinion', but I really, really refuse to believe that no-one else can see how spectacularly shit her shots were.

@ tommy - I enjoyed it too. Forced my boyfriend to watch all three with me. Lol.
Thanks for the compliment x

@ Miss M - hehe sunlit piazza :) yeah i need some sunshine!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

frogeater says:

Who's that girl?
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

ALEX ALVAREZ says:

Perfect¡¡¡
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Salvatore Lapignola says:

wonderful aniela...troppo brava
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Bern@t says:

wow... a fresh capture...
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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

danuqui says:

Beautiful shot!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

cowboyuk80 says:

Again, wonderful composition, love the movement on the skirt.

P.S. I agree about Picture This, it was a bit of a let down!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Wa+++ says:

WOW! So beautiful!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Colonel Killgore says:

I love the fresh feel of the whole thing - but your fave part is simply wonderful! I love the colours, details and the DOF. Stunning.

Thank you, Ma'am.

PS. I was also disappointed with PictureThis.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

*SophieCharlotte says:

gorgeous! makes me miss the summer so badly...
i love your outfit. and i love how dynamic the whole picture is. and the colours. and the light. and the lovely summerly feeling!
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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

tony/m says:

funny what you say about the programme last night... i actually thought of your photography at the time, especially when comparing to the girl who took images of the library etc. Her images were nowhere near as strong as these, and failed to communicate an ounce of emotion. As for the other girl with her 'journey' as a drunk... what was that about? they looked like they'd been taken by a toddler running wild with a camera phone.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

pkittycat says:

first class picture love all the clones and the playful mood!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

* Pia * says:

This is fantastic! One of the best clone shots I've seen!

I watched that program as well, and I could not believe what I was seeing... the winner's photos were sh*t throughout the series... I didn't like Lucinda's 'little giggly'- girl act either but her photos were much better than the winner's... Also, Liz had no variety in her self-portrait photos; it was always about her days as an alcoholic.

Btw- I love your skirt :-)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

MMaeb says:

I love the movement of the you in the foreground. ;)

P.S. Lol @ Jude the Obscure. I have a love/hate relationship with Hardy (unbeknownst to him). At one point while reading that novel, I was so fed up that I threw it across the room (it was a paperback). At least that's how I remember it--I might have just put it down and walked away for a bit. ;)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Miss Aniela says:

'they looked like they'd been taken by a toddler running wild with a camera phone"
LOL @ plu-tony-m!!!! yeahhh hahaha!

@ Colonel - thank you!
@ Sophie - thanks! glad to brighten up ur day ;)
@ Pia - thank you so much!

Cheers @ all the comments, dare i be cheesy - you are all brightening up my day too :) hahaha.
hehehe
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Jorge L. Gazzano says:

Maravilhoso efeito, luzes e edição..
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Miss Aniela says:

@ MMaeb - well, i've read a grand total of one Hardy novel. What I enjoyed about Jude was that I never got stuck with the author's language unlike with Austen, James, Woolf... *long list..*
I was so happy to get what he was talking about i was indifferent about the subject matter, lol!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

* Pia * says:

Just read you blog and have to say that those were my exact thoughts when I was watching the programme!! The programme was titled 'Britain's Best Digital Photographer' but I have not seen any advertisements about it, so how can the look for Britain's best if they don't advertise this competitions publically? And the point you make about Photoshop is so true, and I agree with you completely!

Oh, and while watching this program, we thought that the cameraman always found the best shot :-D
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Miss Aniela says:

@ Pia -
yeah that's true! i remember thinking that when the camera zoomed in on some raindrops in Hackney!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Alizadeh100 says:

six.
it is really perfect.that part that you select is beautiful too.

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r c hill photography says:

It was one of your clone pictures that first brought me to your stream. Love them all, this is no exception.

re: "To become successful, take shitter pictures!". I only put myself in the average category but I couldn't agree more.
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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Ramiro Sánchez-Crespo says:

Once again, you totally made it.
With your permission, I've devoted a special section of my blog to you:
www.thecoolestlooks.com/search/label/Miss%20A niela
Hope you like it...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

☼ Helder says:

love it, great work
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

EDU►necochea o nada...! says:

Excelente!!
Tus fotos son fuente de inspiración y admiración

EDU (Argentina)

Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

visualisarium says:

thanks for bringing some sunshine in.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Pete Sturman says:

Hold on you mean there was a competiton on TV where a decision was made on the actual night and not stretched out over a laborious 13 week run. :) I didn't see the Channel 4 one but I saw something similar on the BBC around spring time last year. Good work
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

jmpboia says:

bela

Seen in a darckr gallery of your pictures (mine, ?).
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

- falcon030 - says:

Incredible work ! Very fresh and sexy !
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

achuka says:

fabulous summery clone shot
can't better flkrflk's comment

or note ;)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

caroline ✿ says:

i love the candidness of this picture!! I've been wanting to do outdoor Self portraiture too, but all those "weird" looks you get from people scare the hell out of me. i love the Victorian architecture in the background too.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

NikonD80 Blue Moon says:

love the series
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Benny Vision says:

really cool!
and there some really bad photography shows on tv here, Vh1s "the shot" wheww...... i'd sooner not win any contests and just do good, satisfying photography, Great job on this one Anielas!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

~tricky business~ says:

great job miss a! love it :)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

drewbic says:

i'm wondering what looks this may have garnered from passersby...
you are definitely and completely loony, in a good way.
oh, and i love the juxtaposition of the polka dots and the cobblestones.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

CloneWiz ☺ says:

Excellent... a lot going on in this pic! :)
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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Luxie<3 says:

fantastic!
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'o_OnDePiPoL says:

uf que buena esta foto! me sorprendes cada dia!
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pmntl says:

well this is something different and nice! i like the movement in he skirt. this didn't seem like your work when i saw it as a thumbnail but i think its great as usual:)
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flkrflk says:

I have heard so much about Art and being Facile. Arguments regarding Photography and how it is changing and what it was and is.
Some will say a technical perfection in work, no matter what the medium, is not Art...more Craft. There are proponents of the intuitive, spontaneous response....that putting a foreign medium in an artist's hands and seeing how they move through it and what they produce will show more of the Art of the work. Being more "in touch" with the Artist's true nature. I really don't know any good Artist who would turn their back on any medium to experiment with.
If Urine and Formalehyde can be Mediums, certainly PhotoShop can be one. Maybe Digital Photography/PhotoShop/PostWork just needs a new Name. Separate from the history of Photography. Or as a new step in the evolution of Photography. Then it could be seen for the wondrous tool it is for making images. It seems so very ironic to me that anyone in The Arts would shun anything that can help an Artist say what they have to say.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

.stemel. says:

Wow Miss A. in Piazza San Fedele right next to the Scala... très chic!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

richietown says:

love the originality of this one. really well done. the clone in the foreground really makes the shot.

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sorrenta says:

really well done !
wonderful Natalie :)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Dani℮l says:

Perfect image, well done. it's beautiful!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Daneli says:

I want that skirt!!!!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

How Dare You says:

Loved the photo, just wanted to say that you and Haggis Chick gave me the inspiration to learn the multiplicity skill. Thanks!!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Ana Santos says:

I love your shirt. You have a wonderful sense of fashion.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

♥ Chocarliu says:

this is a fav, loved the brightness and the model, it's absolubtly beautiful
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

ajh400 says:

Ah, some sunshine! I remember that . . .! A bit of a crazy picture, but I reckon I'll go a bit crazy too when warm sunny weather returns to the grey, wet and windy North of England. Really looking forward to summer this year, not like me . . .
As for Picture This, I thought it was a half thought out series, good concept, poorly done. Lets have more TV docs about photographers, or comps for 'new' photogs, but we didn't really get either here.
I thought two good photographers were dropped in the first programme, sadly. In prog 2 we saw Ed(the Richard Madeley of photography) assume he was going to the final (ha ha), while the other bloke should get a commission from Post It notes at least.
Of the last two girls, I thought Lucinda would win given she was young, cute and keen. She will still go on to do well doing 'that' style of fashion and advertising photos, and she is young, cute and keen.
Lizz produced a harder hitting series of photos, but edited them poorly. But gallery owners love her style of technically poor-ish images that reveal 'the self', so she got the vote despite Alex Proud reckoning he could make more money out of Lucinda's type of pics . .
Apologies for the ramble.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

aragost says:

Wow! Such a summer mood in this shot... I can almost feel the sultry weather! ;)
Maybe next time you stop here I'll catch you while cloning :P

About that tv show... don't get so upset. It's tv, hardly worth your (or anyone's) idle time. Just a shame that it was sponsored by this great site.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Yooyoo61 says:

Molto bella!
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