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At the Dead End
At the Dead End
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Challenge: Dead End (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7
Location: A sweet alley
Date: Nov 2, 2005
Galleries: Urban, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Nov 4, 2005

 I took this picture by accident:P

This was in an old alley that I love taking pictures in. It's just so...alley-like. I had my flash set to rear f-sync and my shutter speed was 2 seconds. The first flash went off and I was standing outside the frame...then I stepped into the frame and started walking torwards the camera and the second flash went off. Happy mistake I guess... But not only is this a literal dead end, I also tried to show the metaphoric dead end through me appearing as a ghost.

Post processing...Contrast, Brightness, Saturation, USM, Crop, Resize.

But then after I submitted it I thought of the desat Idea. So I desat'ed me to give me that "ghostly" look.

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Place: 77 out of 173
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Votes: 207
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/13/2005 11:52:33 PM
Good play in exposures here Caleb. Great colors and textures.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/13/2005 09:06:50 AM
I like this - not sure about the title but as a photo it makes the view pan around the image and is thought provoking. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/12/2005 05:46:47 PM
Nice long exposure "ghost" effect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/07/2005 04:17:52 PM
A+ on creativity. I also love the colors and the selective desat. Everything works-- The abadoned feeling on the setting and the images work well to create an erie mood. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/07/2005 01:22:35 AM
This is an interesting shot, but your ghost stayed in the frame too long; aside from his legs he looks too solid.
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