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Challenge: Abandoned Buildings IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Fujifilm X-E2
Lens: Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Date: May 14, 2015
Aperture: 6.4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 30
Date Uploaded: May 14, 2015

 Last minute shot in the final hour of the challenge. At an old abandoned gas station I've been to a couple times before.

Light painted with my Coast LED flashlight, including the hand (shadow puppet style). I walked to camera right and lit part of the scene from that side. The red glow is coming from my car's parking lights.

Funny how mixed the reactions were about the hand. It wasn't a completely original idea (what is, these days?) because I've seen several light painted shots that use shadow hands and wanted to do one.

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 50
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Avg (commenters): 7.1429
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Views since voting: 1458
Views during voting: 172
Votes: 63
Comments: 17
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 05/23/2015 12:59:36 AM
this is such a fun shot. stars are the icing on this cake! Congrats on the ribbon!
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 05/22/2015 08:12:08 PM
Congrats on the red. The hand definitely makes the shot.
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 05/22/2015 12:59:56 PM
Congrats! And, a big wave to that hand! Clearly, I was wrong. :-)
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 05/22/2015 12:03:55 PM
Congrats on winning the red. You deserve a hand.
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 05/22/2015 10:27:10 AM
Congratulations! I was honestly on the fence about the "hand". I love the texture that you managed to capture in the front structure, but what REALLY was kind of freaky (to me) is that it looks like a very small window on the side by the hand and it looks like there is light coming from inside the building. Don't see light from the front, so i just couldn't figure out where it was coming from. Maybe the lights off to the right were shining through to that window.
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 05/22/2015 04:10:22 AM
Congrats on the ribbon. Very impressive photo. It takes a lot of skill to take a photo this good in low light.
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 05/22/2015 01:13:10 AM
Haha! That hand sure was polarizing.
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 05/22/2015 12:34:05 AM
Nice ominous hand to take the scene up a notch. Congrats on the ribbon.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/21/2015 06:38:48 PM
If the hand is added I'm not sure I'm a fan of it. Well taken and processed otherwise.
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 05/21/2015 05:14:49 PM
Mysteriously lit gas station that has the feel of a particular Edward Hopper painting. I would prefer it without the shadow hand, but certainly grant the horror movie effect. The bright light to the right is a distraction, but overall I think this is a very evocative image.
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 05/21/2015 03:15:55 PM
I like the eeriness of this with the night sky and the mysterious hand.
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 05/19/2015 11:43:22 PM
Very creepy looking. Nice find.
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 05/19/2015 11:00:19 PM
The hand is quite fascinating.
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 05/17/2015 01:35:32 PM
I guess some processing on the very clean white wall would change the impact of this wonderful shot. The sky is top. The creepy hand adds something extra. A 7 from me.
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 05/15/2015 03:00:37 PM
I think someone had a hand in the abandonment of this place. Looks cursed to me.
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 05/15/2015 12:39:33 PM
That creepy hand? Is it a shadow or something painted on the building? If it was staged for the shoot, my personal opinion is that it distracts from the ruin of the building.

Having said that, the lighting set-up for this night shot captures the failure of the structure and all the textures of such dilapidation. Additionally, it is an excellent demonstration your skill at handling night shots. The hard light off to the right of the frame is very effective.

Technically, well executed - except for the hand - and a creative interpretation for this challenge.

If you did not add the hand, my apologies for nagging on it.
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 05/15/2015 12:35:33 AM
The hand of time claiming it's victim. Totally makes the photo.
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