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The night Aunt Judy was chased home by a spook
The night Aunt Judy was chased home by a spook
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Halloween VI (Expert Editing*)
Collection: 2015 Challenges
Camera: Nikon D7100
Location: near Chateau Snaffles
Date: Oct 30, 2015
Aperture: various
ISO: various
Shutter: various
Date Uploaded: Nov 3, 2015

My friends Judy and Odie being *chased* by a spook I made and shot in the studio. The bg actually are the woods through which this intrepid duo often ride.

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 47
Avg (all users): 5.3544
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.5385
Avg (non-participants): 5.2642
Views since voting: 354
Views during voting: 187
Votes: 79
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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11/24/2015 11:09:43 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is such a fun image, Susan!

I love the way you've composed the scene... I really feel like the horse and rider are coming right toward me.

I don't understand why the trees are tilted, but it does add "creepiness factor". Ha!

I think the score is lower than expected because the blending and lighting could use some work. It seems that the scene is moonlit... yet the horse's hair is lit by daylight.

A bit of cloning some of the background at light opacity onto the legs' edges would make him fit into the scene better.

I love the details you've added, like the red eyes, but wish the graininess of Judy matched with the clarity of the "spook".

Overall, I like it... just needs a bit of tweaking to score higher.
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11/11/2015 05:16:56 AM
Too bad this didn't do better. Nicely posed and composed. Some lighting and compositing inconsistencies added to the spookiness for me but may have depressed the vote.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/10/2015 04:25:47 PM
Well done. Almost makes me jump. Even on repeated viewing.
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11/10/2015 02:38:57 PM
This is funny and scary at the same time.
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11/04/2015 11:31:52 AM
I like this
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11/04/2015 10:03:28 AM
good idea - better if the ghost stood out more
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