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Not Resting in Peace
Not Resting in Peace
Sammie


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Challenge: The Paranormal (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Manassa, Colorado
Date: Apr 13, 2008
Aperture: F32
ISO: 100
Shutter: Bulb
Galleries: Emotive, Photo-Impressionism
Date Uploaded: Apr 13, 2008

 This was taken at the old cemetary in Manassa. Four of the pictures I took for the Paranormal Challenge turned out pretty well - it was very hard to decide which one to enter. Hope I made the right choice! There was one that I would have liked to enter in the Negative Image Challenge as well - decided to go with Paranormal as there were so many fewer entries.

To get the ghost effect in the picture I set up my camera on a tripod with the very smallest aperture (32) and set the shutter speed to Bulb and the ISO to 100. After my husband posed by the tombstone I focused, clicked the shutter and held it down, counted to one then placed a piece of black foam board over the lens while still holding the shutter. Then after my husband moved away, I took the foam board away and counted to two and then put the foam board over the lens again and let go of the shutter.

We did a lot of these just before and after the sun went down. It was hard not to overexpose.

Editing in PS CS2: Crop; levels, curves; selective color; hue/sat - reduce overall saturation; resize; smart sharpen; save for web.


Statistics
Place: 15 out of 107
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Avg (commenters): 7.3077
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Views since voting: 1472
Views during voting: 449
Votes: 247
Comments: 14
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 04/23/2008 07:03:00 PM
well done and thanks for telling how you did it
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/22/2008 09:14:57 AM
id like to see more color saturation
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 04/20/2008 10:14:57 PM
nice concept
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 04/20/2008 06:35:09 PM
Great earthy tones and good effects.
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 04/19/2008 08:14:08 PM
Great job... spooky real 8
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 04/19/2008 12:04:47 AM
Nice exposure control great fit for theme.
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 04/18/2008 04:28:50 PM
I love the color. It gives a sense of bleakness and lifelessness. I also really like how the composition draws my eye right toward the ghostly image. It's eerie, yet at the same time sad. Very cool!
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 04/18/2008 09:24:08 AM
I'm seeing a lot of the faded "ghosts" in this challenge, its a very cool effect.
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 04/17/2008 01:55:32 PM
Smashing! Hope this does well for you.
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 04/16/2008 08:16:12 AM
Nice effect
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 04/16/2008 05:13:45 AM
Good use of contrast to get the message across.
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 04/16/2008 03:32:16 AM
Finally! That's what I'm talkin bout.
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 04/16/2008 01:15:33 AM
Oh so freaky...I love this. 10
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 04/16/2008 12:41:08 AM
This was a good idea, the title really portrays what this 'ghost' is feeling. great job =]
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