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Ghost Jack O'Lantern
Ghost Jack O'Lantern
dr rick


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Halloween (Classic Editing*)
Camera: Olympus C-720UZ
Location: My front yard
Date: Oct 31, 2003
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Humorous, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2003

 A ghost pumpkin, carved and lit with a candle, photographed against the wall. Then the wall photographed by itself and the two photos combined in Photoshop Elements.

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 76
Avg (all users): 5.3014
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.0000
Avg (non-participants): 5.5000
Views since voting: 1221
Votes: 146
Comments: 8
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AuthorThread
 12/22/2003 04:17:45 PM
I arrived on this pic following the thread on "December rules".
I rarely comment on pics and I do it now, criticizing this one, because it is a bit of a shame that a potential good work did, IMHO, fail for a relatively simple matter.

The photo has many good points and I will not list them, because the author certainly knows them, having produced the photo.

However, the overall strength is reduced by the lack of contrast between the subject and the background.

You may have tried to increase or decrease the transparency of the subject but, especially considering that editing was allowed, you should have done something to increase the contrast between the subject and the background.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/05/2003 07:11:05 PM
Wow... nice turn on the jack-o-lantern theme. You image really stand out. Great work!
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 11/03/2003 10:03:54 PM
I like the green colour coming through the eyes. Also the area outside the lantern would be scary to walk around.
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 11/02/2003 11:12:05 PM
The visual on this is rather distrubing, which is a good thing, sorta. The bottom looks so solid while the top has the see through look you were going for. And the coloring really doesn't do much for me personally, I think I would have liked to seen more orange on the pumpkin. A 6 to start
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 11/01/2003 07:31:42 PM
7.
 11/01/2003 09:48:30 AM
Great idea. How did you do that? 6.
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 11/01/2003 02:36:25 AM
Funny.
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 11/01/2003 12:13:23 AM
Very interesting ghostly Jack o'lantern. Lighting the Jack o'lantern really helps to show off the eyes. Pretty effective shot.
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