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Challenge: Puzzled (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A200
Lens: Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Sony/Minolta
Location: Lyon
Date: Feb 19, 2009
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 25
Galleries: Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Feb 19, 2009

 I took this photo in a cemetery at night (about 2:30), in Lyon, France. I wanted to use the gloomy atmosphere to express a feeling of uneasiness when looking at the "ghost" on that bench.
How i made it : I used a tripod, set for 25 seconds (f/2.8, iso 100, 17mm), sat on the bench, then left after aprox 17 seconds.
Post processing made : I corrected the white balance, cropped it, enhanced lighting details on trees, bench, ghost + other subtle changes ...

Statistics
Place: 140 out of 168
Avg (all users): 4.5531
Avg (commenters): 6.1429
Avg (participants): 4.4912
Avg (non-participants): 4.5820
Views since voting: 597
Views during voting: 283
Votes: 179
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/27/2009 10:56:04 AM
I'm not a fan of how the tree is right in the middle of the pic and grabs so much attention from the subtle subject of the photo, the person/ghost. It's a cool effect, bt I think the thunder is stolen by the distracting tree.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/27/2009 10:00:40 AM
++
 02/27/2009 03:07:35 AM
A bit too dark, it took me a couple of seconds to see there is a person in the picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/26/2009 01:25:52 PM
This is radically underexposed, I can barely make out the guy on the bench. Composition is haphazard, and the photo feels like a snapshot. Maybe getting lower to the ground and more to the left or right would have helped. Maybe.
 02/26/2009 12:49:40 PM
Good Shot
 02/25/2009 02:28:45 PM
The clarify (selective contrast) effect is a bit visible near the trees in the right.

Maybe a lighter hedge would have made the ghost more visible (IR ?) but the idea is cool and the picture does not include a puzzle piece in the literal sense, like most of the other pictures here.

Hope to see you in the next challenges.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/25/2009 11:38:17 AM
spooky
 02/25/2009 10:29:38 AM
is your monitor calibrated? I love the idea, but I can barely even make out that there is a person or a bench....
 02/25/2009 08:43:20 AM
I love this and I believe it'll score high.
 02/25/2009 08:19:19 AM
I like the whole idea, composition, colors and everything else about this shot. Except... I think it would have been a little stronger without the ghosting of the model since it would then have been more real to me. But I do understand of course that the 'ghosting' was done to make it puzzling. Great job either way! 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/24/2009 11:27:10 PM
good idea, but a bit too dark overall, so the effect gets lost. a closer crop might have helped, too
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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