Specter
by aznym

Comment:

Originally posted by ShutterTouch: This was the fist one I looked for after the voting. It makes me ask how, what and where? As I do not know those answers; I see a space alien ship caught on an old Brownie with bad film. Such a great surge of creativity and a fine piece of art.

Will try to post a proper reply with some shots soon.
Thanks.

OK, I managed to upload it much sooner than I thought ...

I shot it from my balcony during a downpour. My wife was away and I was home alone sick and bored.

It's been raining here almost every day now and there's been floods everywhere. I have not been running the fans on full for a while. Doesn't even feel like I am in Colombo. It's a nice feeling if you don't have to travel much since you can't even access some of the roads when it starts. People have been carried out of their homes in boats.

I focussed on the water dripping from a small canopy roof over the balcony (it was put up to fix a flooding problem during the monsoons) and shot the lamp post acrross the street. I had the camera on live view so I could see what I was doing and manually focus on the water drops. They look like lines because it's a long exposure. What I really saw was falling drops.



But I wanted to make them draw in the frame.

The alien ship is ghosting from the lens because it's pointing at the light on the post (bottom right). After I setup the camera on tripod and saw the ghost (which I am familiar with and have used in previous shots), I decided that it had to play an important part.

It became my subject.

All the other elements, well if I can call that ghost an element, became support.



Message edited by author 2011-01-23 00:45:02.

Across the line
by hojop25

Comment:
I saw this sprinter at the finish line with his arms stretched. No one else in sight. You didn't need to analyze pictures to figure out who won. He's won by miles. It cannot be any easier or simpler.

I still see it that way and still enjoy it. That 10 was from me.

Inbound
by Paul

Comment:
I did think it could be you. Of course, enjoyed it.

Fisherman
by Melethia

Comment:
I saw this and thought ... that's how you use a lensbaby.
Beautiful work.

Descent
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
That piece of wall - bottom right is delicious.

"Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the Convenience."
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Makes a perfect sense, JJ. There's always a better way to look at something. Thank you.

"The Parliament of Birds"
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Congratulations, Robert. Well done.
During the challenge I visited this a few times and wondered everytime if it's sometime you come across often. I would love to see this (and shoot of course).

Wind
by Rino63

Comment:
Congratulations. Well done!

three stories
by tate

Comment:
Congratulations. Like it's been mentioned before, I also loved the clever title and of course it makes the image even better.

Specter
by aznym

Comment:

Originally posted by whiteroom: you're shit hawt man

Thank you lady.