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The Balcony (Tribute to P. Ramette)
For this photo, I decided to reproduce a surrealistic shot originally created by the french photographer Philippe Ramette. It is called "The Balcony", and won several prices.

This was quite EPIC to shoot.
- First I had to buy the wood and build the structure.
- Then, I traveled a first time to a lake a few kilometers away from my house, and measured the depth of the water at various place, in order to build the feet of the structure with appropriate lengths.
- After that, I cut the feet at home, and transported everything back to the lake. Believe me, this thing is heavy! My wife and I had a hard time installing it.
- Shoot!

Was a very fun day :-)
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audun nygaard 6 months ago
very creative, beautiful scene
abdulkadir abaz 6 months ago
great photo, a very successful frame.
Nermeen Allam 8 months ago
Oh my God , crazy idea. Keep up the good work :)
Osher Partovi 10 months ago
Much respect!!

first for the prepration of this photo and all that it take,

and of course, the result and the idea is simplly beutufull!!

love this one in every aspect...

regards,

osher.
Oleg Fonaryov 10 months ago
At the first secends I was sure that it is shot of Philippe Ramette! Well done. I amagine how much efforts it took. Great result. Also, I want to say that you are lucky men because your wife help you. Please forward my respect to her.
Nico D. Castaldo 1 year ago
Fantastic shot. Bravo.
asghar besharati 1 year ago
beautiful
Greg Campana 2 years ago
Too much work but indeed, it paid off. Well done, very nice.
ghazale ghazanfari 2 years ago
bravo
Cheron 2 years ago
+++
Antonio Grambone 2 years ago
Hi Christophe,
congratulations for the preparation and thanks for the explanation of this photo.
Great, great work.

Greetings, Antonio G.
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks Antonio!
Marcus Björkman 2 years ago
Incredibly creative and beautiful!
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks a lot :)
Great concept and execution
Christophe Kiciak  Thank you :)
Wayne Pearson 2 years ago
Your hard and imaginative work paid off, congratulations.
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks !
This is awesome! Fantastic work!!
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks a lot :)
breadtalker 2 years ago
amazing idea, wonderful, absolutely great stunning photo
Christophe Kiciak  Thank you!
Brent Smith 2 years ago
So glad to see this wonderful image here Christophe!
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks Brent :)
Sorin Calinescu 2 years ago
Unbelievable! This is very good!
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks :)
Fabien BRAVIN 2 years ago
Excellent. J'aime les gens qui vont au bout de leurs idées
Travail impressionnant et le récit m'a bien fait rire. Bravo Christophe
Christophe Kiciak  Merci ! Le plus drôle était probablement la tête des promeneurs qui passaient par là :)
Faddoush 2 years ago
Very nice, reminds me of a scene from the movie "The Hitchhikers guide tot he Galaxy".

Christophe Kiciak  Thank you :)
drGosha 2 years ago
its cool idea!
Omar Biagi 2 years ago
i don't know the original shot by Ramette, I'm going to take a look a it, but this is a great shot made more precious by your hard work!
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks for your comment!
Hubert Kosmowski 2 years ago
nice one :)
Christophe Kiciak  Thank you !
NiMA 2 years ago
your effort nicely paid. very well done
Focal Plane 2 years ago
Anyone who will go through that amount of physical effort and expense to create a shot so remarkable (love homage pics, btw, you lose no points for this) instead of using PhotoShop at home, deserves respect. For quality, effort and result, you certainly have mine.
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks for your kind words, much appreciated!
WK Chew 2 years ago
Your effort really worths it. Good job! Awesome
Christophe Kiciak  Thank you :)
Jacek Stefan 2 years ago
Great idea! /J.
Christophe Kiciak  Thank you! Although the original idea is not mine, unfortunately ;)
boro 2 years ago
great work!
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks :)
Respect for your efforts. truly an amazing image!
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks :)
mato 2 years ago
I saw this on dpc (congrats on the 1st place), great effort resulting in a great photo
Christophe Kiciak  Thank you :-)
Monique 2 years ago
wooow
i just have to have this one in my fav!
truly admire.
Christophe Kiciak  Thank you :)
michel 2 years ago
Enorme, surtout après avoir lu les explications, cat j'étais loin de penser que les préparatifs pour réaliser cette photo avaient été si importants. Bravo pour tout ce travail et pour un résultat tout à fait excellent !!!
Christophe Kiciak  Merci ! Je ne vous cache pas que l'issue était incertaine en cours de bricolage... ;-)
Rockas Kane 2 years ago
Sometimes, hard work have a great reward! Congratulations... great ideia! :-)
Christophe Kiciak  Thank you!
mehmet metin 2 years ago
Wonderful... :)
Ben Goossens 2 years ago
Clever idea:-)
Welcome to my "creative favs"*
Christophe Kiciak  The idea is very clever, too bad it isn't mine ;-) Thanks for your comment :)
_ Reboot © __ 2 years ago
Great Tribute,

Next time, would it be a next time?, you will have to figure out how to "stick" your jacket to your body ;+)
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks!
In fact I had some pins ready to stick the jacket to my back, but I saw it is also hanging on the original one, so I just decided to do the same. I can pretend it is some wind ;)
Reggy 2 years ago
So you earned it to be published on 1x :-)))
I always admire the photographer who made so much effort to take a picture. My compliments !!
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks :)
Wiktor Klette 2 years ago
Great effort with a great result! Me like!
Christophe Kiciak  Thank you!
Trui Alink 2 years ago
love it! good job,very creative!
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks :)
junaidi sudirman 2 years ago
wao amazing....
creatif....
nice concept...
:)
Christophe Kiciak  Thank you!
Great work. Love the creativity!
KPK 2 years ago
Great photo.
Most amazing and interesting "making of"!
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks :)
Stalker 2 years ago
wow
what a outstanding story behind the photo
i really enjoyed reading it :)
great dedication ====> excellent shot
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks :)
jalili 2 years ago
Interesting good job ................
Christophe Kiciak  Thank you!
Lev Tsimring 2 years ago
nice to see it here, AGAIN :). Congrats!
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks a lot Lev :)
Eric Javier 2 years ago
Too Much work my Friend ;-),, but the result is Priceless ;-)
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks a lot :)
Rob Pantalone 2 years ago
The photo is excellent, the process is refreshing.
I love that work from Ramette! Your photo is stunning, but after reading the process I valued that even more! Nice building skills, looks solid. ;)
Christophe Kiciak  Thank you!
Gime 2 years ago
Congrats!
Christophe Kiciak  Thank you!
Ursula I Abresch 2 years ago
Congratulations! Nicely done.
Christophe Kiciak  Thanks a lot.
Bjorn Leirvik 2 years ago
Fantastic idea! Love it !
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Date
20100613
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