Momo
Or the strange story of the time-thieves and the child who brought the stolen time back to the people
Macro Mondays "My Favourite Novel / My Favourite Read"
Size of pocket watch: 4,7 cm (1,85 inches) in diameter, height (including crown and chain): 6,4 cm (2,5 inches)
"Momo" is a novel written by German author Michael Ende (1929-1995). The girl Momo lives outside an unnamed town. She can't read, write or count, but she can listen. And by doing so, makes many friends in that town. One day, the "Men in Grey", also known as "The Grey Gentlemen", arrive. They claim to work for the "Timesavings Bank" and urge people to open "timesavings accounts" where they can save as much time as possible. As more and more people open timesavings accounts, life becomes sad, sterile and hectic in that town, life literally becomes "grey". What the inhabitants do not know is that the Men in Grey are parasites who are stealing time. The more time the people "save", the less time they have for social activities, fun, and recreation. That time is lost, and it's being consumed by the Men in Grey: They are smoking grey cigars made of dried petals of so-called "hour-lilies" (those lilies represent time). The Grey Gentlemen cannot exist without those cigars, they can't exist without the time they are stealing from the people. Only Momo stays unaffected by the parasitic influence of the time thieves. With the help of the administrator of Time, Master Secundus Minutus Hora, and his tortoise called Cassiopeia, Momo manages to defeat the Men in Grey, and the stolen time is given back to the people.
Full summary: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momo_(novel) Please copy/paste the link including "(novel)", for some reason I can't properly copy the full link.
This time I actually used the in-camera multiple exposure settings, and processed the double exposure in ON1 RAW 2018. I used a glitter foamsheet as background for the pocket watch.
The flower is not a lily, but a humble primrose ;-)
A Happy Macro Monday Everyone ;-)
Momo
Or the strange story of the time-thieves and the child who brought the stolen time back to the people
Macro Mondays "My Favourite Novel / My Favourite Read"
Size of pocket watch: 4,7 cm (1,85 inches) in diameter, height (including crown and chain): 6,4 cm (2,5 inches)
"Momo" is a novel written by German author Michael Ende (1929-1995). The girl Momo lives outside an unnamed town. She can't read, write or count, but she can listen. And by doing so, makes many friends in that town. One day, the "Men in Grey", also known as "The Grey Gentlemen", arrive. They claim to work for the "Timesavings Bank" and urge people to open "timesavings accounts" where they can save as much time as possible. As more and more people open timesavings accounts, life becomes sad, sterile and hectic in that town, life literally becomes "grey". What the inhabitants do not know is that the Men in Grey are parasites who are stealing time. The more time the people "save", the less time they have for social activities, fun, and recreation. That time is lost, and it's being consumed by the Men in Grey: They are smoking grey cigars made of dried petals of so-called "hour-lilies" (those lilies represent time). The Grey Gentlemen cannot exist without those cigars, they can't exist without the time they are stealing from the people. Only Momo stays unaffected by the parasitic influence of the time thieves. With the help of the administrator of Time, Master Secundus Minutus Hora, and his tortoise called Cassiopeia, Momo manages to defeat the Men in Grey, and the stolen time is given back to the people.
Full summary: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momo_(novel) Please copy/paste the link including "(novel)", for some reason I can't properly copy the full link.
This time I actually used the in-camera multiple exposure settings, and processed the double exposure in ON1 RAW 2018. I used a glitter foamsheet as background for the pocket watch.
The flower is not a lily, but a humble primrose ;-)
A Happy Macro Monday Everyone ;-)