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Vampyre Mistress
Vampyre Mistress
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Smoke II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S9100/9600
Location: my living room
Date: Nov 4, 2008
Aperture: f/3.7
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/2048
Galleries: Black and White, Horror
Date Uploaded: Nov 4, 2008

 Shot this originally in colour, smoke provided by a little fog machine a friend had. Model is my beautiful wife Lisa in her vampyre mistress costume she got for halloween (hence the title). used my flashgun which clashed with the smoke machine on several of the 30+ shots i took lol.. but what can you do when you don't have a lighting kit lol

Editing.. cropped, desaturated to black and white, topaz denoise applied, contrast and brightness adjusted using levels, topaz sharpen used and then resized for the challenge. All editing done in corel paint shop pro X2

Statistics
Place: 64 out of 105
Avg (all users): 5.1516
Avg (commenters): 6.5556
Avg (participants): 5.0233
Avg (non-participants): 5.1791
Views since voting: 1178
Views during voting: 421
Votes: 244
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2008 06:21:18 PM
Very effective shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/07/2008 04:15:21 PM
It's more psychedelic than scary, which makes it quite strange, but not in a bad way.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/07/2008 12:27:41 PM
Lots of atmosphere. I just wish we could see her eyes more clearly.
 11/06/2008 01:08:43 PM
Scary!
 11/05/2008 11:18:52 PM
She looks fab, awesome shot man :)
 11/05/2008 10:34:55 PM
Meets Challenge:2
Technicality:2
Interestingness:2
Personal Bias:1
TOTAL: 7
 11/05/2008 11:14:10 AM
Cool picture, neat in black and white, I wish there were a bit more smoke, 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2008 02:31:16 AM
eek scary.
 11/05/2008 12:47:51 AM
creepy!!!


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