Ghost of J G Elser
by Falke

Comment by Falke:
Thank You for voting and commenting on this pic.
More info on Johann Georg Elser, the man who attempted to assasinate Hitler, can be found here: //de.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=chr-devicevm&va=georg+elser+wilhelmstrasse

Some pics above will show the sculpture that was used in the pic. The structure is illuminated from the inside via neon tubes.

The technique was simply: Camera was set to 5 secs, f 7.1 at ISO 200. During exposure the camera was moved over the 5 seconds from the right to the lower left in a wobbling fashion, sort of in a sinus wave. In the last fraction of the time before the shutter closed, the camera was held still to achieve a longer imprint of the sculpture.

I liked how the motion created a 3D effect of the face towards the left.
Minimal post processing followed in digital darkroom. I think it was mostly around increasing the saturation.

I took this pic while I was in Berlin on my Europe vacation.

Ghost of J G Elser
by Falke

Comment by JuliBoc:
Beautiful and very unusual. 10 from me. Please share some details on what this is, and what you did to create this wonderful effect.

Ghost of J G Elser
by Falke

Comment by PennyStreet:
this makes me smile.... well done.

Ghost of J G Elser
by Falke

Comment by illini75:
This is really cool

Ghost of J G Elser
by Falke

Comment by Skip:
awesome image, one of my top picks. hope you are sharing some details about how this image came to be.

Ghost of J G Elser
by Falke

Comment by caba:
Top 3

Ghost of J G Elser
by Falke

Comment by Tiny:
Top tenner in my view.

Tower of Light
by Falke

Comment by Falke:
Thank you Ryan, KEN and knikki for your kind komments

Tower of Light
by Falke

Comment by knikki:
I absolutely loved this - it was in my top 3 - well done on the photo, I guess I'm a bit surprised by the score. I thought it was brilliant!

Tower of Light
by Falke

Comment by KEN009:
Awesome picture. Love it. Nice job.