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Challenge: Ghosts (Expert Editing)
Camera: Nikon D40X
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Home, in the basement
Date: May 10, 2012
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: May 10, 2012
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[May. 11th, 2012 12:29:02 PM]
Getting some positive comments so far (well, i'm happy with the two comments i've received in the first 12 hours, i hope there are more to come).
I know this isn't technically perfect, but I wanted to try to make something feel 'real', not just some hollywood-esque image setup in a studio. There's nothing wrong with that, it's just not what i wanted.
And i know there are errors within the shot from the layers overlapping, but you try to keep a 6-month old baby perfectly still while he's feeding and you're bouncing a flash off a reflector 4' behind his head. This was the best layer job i could get and i wasn't going to push my luck with him as a subject any further. Those who have kids should understand that.
So yeah, I really don't care how this scores (i'd love to see it do well, but if it tanks i'll know that there are technical problems that detracted a lot of points), i'm quite pleased with the outcome.
Anybody who feels this is 'snapshot'y, i was trying to make this look that way - like an everyday scene with this ghostly person over the baby, that no matter how mundane, how ho-hum, that they'll be watched over and cared for. |
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05/13/2012 11:14:59 AM |
| Time magazine spin off photo? |
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05/12/2012 05:18:06 PM |
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05/11/2012 12:07:55 PM |
A very emotional and intense image, photographically it isn't fantastic but somehow that works here, it's just an everyday scene, no weird studio or anything, it makes it a little too real man.
You better knock on wood after this challenge, I hope this photo never happens to anyone haha. |
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05/11/2012 09:54:24 AM |
| Nice concept, well executed. |
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