midnight hitchhiker
by mrchhas

Comment by Sebi:
a very cool photo, I was tempted to try something like this when I first saw the challenge and i'm glad someone did. These roadside ghost stories are always freaky. It's a weird balance between a realistic snapshot of a ghostly event and a pleasantly beautiful expert edited photo (the clouds and moon contrasting the overall blurriness of the image)
I would have gone one way or the other but the nice moon and clouds may land you some higher votes with people not into the blurry ghost creepy image stuff. While the photo is technically not excellent, it gives the impression that the passenger scrambled for their camera and grabbed this shot at the last minute......THEN THEY WERE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD FROM AGAIN DUN DUN DUN.

Day 5 - The Lazy Fly
by mrchhas

Comment by markwiley:
Interesting shot. Flies are fascinating creatures.

If you are looking for ideas to improve your fly shot you might check out NiallOTuama's relatively successful fly shots in the recent Grunge and Free Study challenges:



He got in closer (I think he used extension tubes) and had a more dramatic background and lighting. But that might require a setting in which the boss is not lurking about.

Day 5 - The Lazy Fly
by mrchhas

Comment by mrchhas:

Originally posted by jagar: Laying eggs in that carpet, did you squish it afterwards ;-) well executed.

strangely enough my boss squished it (i'm not a big fan of squishing things that don't attack me) and the fly flattened out like a pancake, after about 10 seconds it puffed back up like Roger the Rabbit... must be the change in seasons. :D

ps it's actually a stone floor!

Day 5 - The Lazy Fly
by mrchhas

Comment by jagar:
Laying eggs in that carpet, did you squish it afterwards ;-) well executed.

Objectively Indecisive
by mrchhas

Comment by tome:
Let me break the comment section here :) I see we were both hoping for the same thing :). I gave this an 8, I loved the intersection of the minimalistic with the ghostly statue. Great work!

Day 5 - The Lazy Fly
by mrchhas

Comment by Cuttooth:
i like it. has a certain grittiness to it that goes perfectly with the subject.

Day 4 - The San Marzano
by mrchhas

Comment by spiritualspatula:
The vignette and vintage processing compliment the blur nicely. The frustrations of no cropping will make you better though, I swear! I've been shooting nearly straight from camera recently and the same is definitely true with any lit shots and my output has improved IMO. Again, a discussion of shutter speed/supplementary light, so don't forget that you can do some things with your pop up flash as well. Try carrying a small piece of white paper and using it as a reflector directly in front of your pop up so you can angle off of walls/ceilings. It looks silly but works decently, but you will have to set your flash power manually. Test pop at 1/1 and then adjust accordingly.

Day 5 - The Lazy Fly
by mrchhas

Comment by spiritualspatula:
This has a cool lo-fi feel to it that I really like. Normally I'd comment on wanting more DoF and all that, but I like this as is. It's always a struggle to get DoF in low light environments, it's one of the reasons I really started getting into lighting initially.
I also like the drab colors. Perhaps a bit closer to 1:1 if possible, but then you'd also have more blur.

Day 4 - The San Marzano
by mrchhas

Comment by hajeka:
Nice one! It has some old look. And yes, plates are terrible :)

Day 4 - The San Marzano
by mrchhas

Comment by jagar:
LOL, very appetizing, vignette works well.