The Earth is not just the environment. The Earth is us. Everything depends on whether we have this insight or not. –Thich Nhat Hanh, Love Letter to the Earth
Day 9 of Susannah Conway’s #AugustBreak2015 photography challenge, and the phrase of the day is Earth. This was my most difficult project so far, because my subject kept melting! I shot this picture outdoors and used PicMonkey to add a starry background (via universe-beauty.com). Whew, it was a whole lotta work, but I sure learned a lot! For that reason alone, I’m happy with the results.
What?? I’m seriously impressed by the many skills required here!
*fans self, retreats to fainting couch* It was definitely a learn-as-you-go kind of project. Time wasn’t my best ally, lol.
I love this picture and the drips, particularly. What flavor is it? Nice job–yes, you are finding new ways to tell stories. I’m impressed.
I couldn’t find any blue ice cream in the grocery store, so I added lots of food coloring to vanilla to create the oceans blue. That changed the consistency, which is why the “oceans” look so smooth. The melting polar cap is unadulterated vanilla ice cream. Oh, and I also shaped lime & orange sherbet into land forms.
You would’ve laughed at me, trying to frame and snap photos as the earth slid into a sticky pool of global warming. 🙂
I love this, Melodye! You are very talented and of course, so full of heart. <3
I love our mother, Earth, and I know you do, too. <3
I found inspiration in teh Google (Ben & Jerry's ice cream, for instance, does something similar but way better in their Earth Day campaigns).
Melodye! Take a deep bow for this photo. Wow.
*curtsies* It was a lot of work, but also? Tons of fun! 🙂