A Restless Mind
by nborton

Comment by Neuferland:
How did you do this? As far as I know you couldn\'t do a double exposure on digital but I can\'t wait to find out how you did this!

On the shot, if the bed sheets were more tussled, the woman looked more restless I would have given this a 10

A Restless Mind
by nborton

Comment by ChrisW123:
Very cool! Both exposures of the her sitting up and the guy with a knife are perfect! I would have tried to tweak it a little more somehow to make the lighting different, maybe darker, or the contrast more extreme, etc., not sure. Good job!! 8.

A Restless Mind
by nborton

Comment by TooCool:
I love the idea and the story here....I want a better camera!!! :-P From a picture point of view though, it's a little confusing from the sleeping girls chin to about her hand. It's hard to focus on anything in that area....I do want to know though...did you do this with two exposures in camera or one long one??? Some of the shadows aren't 'right' around the thing hanging by the window (image top left)

A Restless Mind
by nborton

Comment by backslash:
Great photo. I hope I never have a night like that.

A Restless Mind
by nborton

Comment by dr rick:
Great idea. The relative exposure times of the two shots is just right. The motion blur on the model with the knife is perfect. My only complaint is that the two photos interfere with each other too much. It would be better if the sitting-up face was back a bit so it didn't get bisected by the window frame. But even more, the image would portray "dream" better if the laying-down model wasn't "ghosted" by shooting the attack photo against a black background. I realize that doing that in-camera is a tall challenge!

A Restless Mind
by nborton

Comment by dsidwell:
Nice work here. The visual clarity for this technique is impressive!

A Restless Mind
by nborton

Comment by Firstrich1:
well done. spooky. I know how hard it is to do timed exposer. 9

A Restless Mind
by nborton

Comment by Natator:
Very clever indeed! I wonder how many shots it took to get the timing just right. I absolutely love it.

I'd be interested in knowing how long the exposure was and an estimate of when she sat up, knife weilding maniac entered the shot etc.

Very cool photo and fits the challenge to perfection!

A Restless Mind
by nborton

Comment by StevePax:
Nicely done. I looked twice before I saw the knife guy in the back! Very scarey. 8.

A Restless Mind
by nborton

Comment by dwaters:
Cool idea but the even lighing makes it look like she sleeps with the light on. Maybe some bright light through a slightly ajar door would add to the realism.