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Stalker
Stalker
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Challenge: The Oscars (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D2H
Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Date: Feb 26, 2012
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1000
Date Uploaded: Feb 26, 2012

 Stalker (1979) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky based on the also very wonderful novel by the Strugatsky brothers, 'Roadside Picnic'

Maybe not my favourite film but it's certainly in my top ten or even five.

Tarkovsky was also a great photographer as well. This collection of his Polaroids is beautifully evocative and is one of my favourite photography books.

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 03/05/2012 07:48:33 AM
Loved this one.
Russian SF of a certain period is really interesting, even if I admit that I found out about the movie because of the videogame, which is loosely based on the 'zone' idea but much less fascinating.
Good job, a very evocative image.
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 03/05/2012 12:09:05 AM
Tarkovsky is one of my 3 favorite directors - I had a shot for Stalker also (I prefer yours) but thought that nobody will know the movie!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/03/2012 12:50:25 PM
Barren, hopeless, fear.
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 03/03/2012 12:09:14 PM
Lovely how this fades away.
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 03/02/2012 03:31:30 PM
Feels too white to be able to focus clearly, i keep looking down at the bottom 1/3 of the image only.
Not sure who's stalking what, think a better reference to a movie would be Fargo - i can picture this scene in Alaska quite easily...
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 02/27/2012 09:05:16 PM
I like the off balance building and skyline. Works well your movie title.
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 02/27/2012 02:42:00 PM
There are many different movies titled "Stalker". So I am not sure which one you are talking about here. However, I must say, it does have a "stalkerish" feeling here. I think that if it wasn't so overexposed, perhaps if you went the other route and underexposed it, it would portray the concept better? I am not sure. But, it does have an eerie feeling to it.
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 02/27/2012 12:41:36 PM
Marvelous image. Not as foreboding as I imagine a stalker might be
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