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Dark Kindred of Martha Carrier
Dark Kindred of Martha Carrier
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Darkness (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 V USM
Location: Dining Room
Date: Jun 12, 2005
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 180
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 12, 2005

 Taken in my dining room. I cropped a little to get the boys sweatshirt number out of the frame. We all had fun with this one, until the little one had his mascara on for a while and it began to frighten him when he would look in the mirror. As for the title, I read alot of Nathaniel Hawthorne and in the story "Young Goodman Brown", Martha Carrier is described as one "who had received the devil's promise to be queen of hell. A rampant hag was she." Hawthorne's great-grandfather was responsible first for the examinations of the accused during the Salem Witch Trials and then for their convictions and sentencing, and Martha Carrier was an actual "witch" they put on 'trial.' When I heard the title and description of this challenge, that was the first thing I thought of. Anyway, I'm rambling...thats it.

Statistics
Place: 156 out of 373
Avg (all users): 5.1154
Avg (commenters): 7.2857
Avg (participants): 5.0000
Avg (non-participants): 5.1967
Views since voting: 4752
Views during voting: 470
Votes: 312
Comments: 15
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/21/2005 07:44:08 AM
good study Who is Martha?
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 06/19/2005 11:38:01 PM
Great goth with lovely models.
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 06/19/2005 05:05:36 PM
Well executed!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/17/2005 02:44:08 PM
I didn't understand the title, probably cos I am a brit, so I looked up the reference, and it made the picture much more interesting. I like the poses and the way one character is looking at the viewer. the dark eye shadow is a little off putting and i think the atmosphere created would have worked as well even without it. a really good image though there is a lot of atmosphere
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 06/17/2005 11:06:58 AM
Nicely set up and captured. Bet you had fun with that. Has that Addams Family look. :) Lighting from below is great which produces that nice upward looming shadow. Nothing is overexposed but there is a little grainyness on the right hand side subject's forehead and cheeks.
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 06/17/2005 10:40:33 AM
very interesting photograph.....the lighting and the way you captured it is perfect!
I am scoring you a 10
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 06/16/2005 08:16:32 PM
Great composition, nice light. Especially like it because it made me Google. ( I'd forgotten who she was.) If I could think of a criticism it might be that the darkness around the eyes is smudgy and artificial looking. Overall, I really like it.
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 06/16/2005 08:23:10 AM
Nice attempt, lighting very harsh, b&w' ok, nice comp, nice idea
 06/16/2005 02:52:23 AM
Much drama in this photo, glad only the woman had that crazed look...
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 06/15/2005 06:27:08 PM
Beautiful little girl. 9
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 06/15/2005 11:18:53 AM
nice portrayal and adhearance to the theme. IMO the lighting on the mother is a little too direct causing hot spot on the forehead and cheek. The daughter looks fantastic.
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 06/15/2005 07:06:58 AM
Love the lighting
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 06/15/2005 01:13:30 AM
pretty freaky
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 06/15/2005 12:53:49 AM
Sorry, but this seems cliche to me. I would have loved it had the models not had on makeup cause the contrast and detail is nice. I'm not familiar with Martha either.
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 06/15/2005 12:34:15 AM
I like how you used the makeup here, nice soft light as well.
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