Created using a long exposure and painting with light. The red dots are from an LED light that I turned on and off while repositioning to make the red orbs of floating light. The light trace is from a mini-mag light with tinfoil over the light with holes poked in the foil to achieve the ghostly effect.
The title comes from my two year old; HOWEEEEN, is how he says Halloween.
This was a blast to shoot only took me four tries before I got what I was after. I hope everyone likes this one I know that I sure do! Only thing hurting in this shot IMO is the front pumpkin isn't lit very well.
Below are my shooting and PS details.
Exposure Details: Nikon D50
2005/10/30 22:25:13.8
Compressed RAW (12-bit)
Image Size: Large (3008 x 2000)
Lens: 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 G
Focal Length: 18mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
15 sec - F/20
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Optimize Image: Normal
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: AF-A
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
Auto Flash Comp: 0 EV
Color Mode: Mode IIIa (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: Auto
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Normal
Sharpening: Auto
Image Comment:
Long Exposure NR: On
PhotoShop Details: Opened and saved copy as .psd
Created Background copy and cloned out parts of my kitchen cabinets that were in the shot.
Levels: RGB= 0, 1.00, 219
H/S: H, 0 S, 10 L, 0
Cloned out some more distractions
B/C: B, 10 C, 6
Resized image
Created border
USM: A, 120 R, 3.0 T, 5
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WOW! What a close finish! Congrats to all that submitted for a wonderful and refreshing challenge. I can't believe I got 4th! I'm on cloud nine right now, thanks to everyone for all the great votes and comments!
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The carvings are great so good point there. would imagine that pumpkin carvings like these would take some patience. I like the composition of the photo although I think a tighter crop might have showed off the pumpkins a little better. Also, I would have liked to have seen a little better lighting, especially to show of your corn foreground. JMO
wow, this is just perfect. It even looks like the devils are looking at the little floating lights. Great job carving, and nice still life composition as well!
Carving is extradinary and intricate. The lighting doesn't seem to be creating enough impact, though. I also thought the corn didn't do much to enhance the pumpkins.
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