Just for fun. No ribbon aspirations here. And I'm not Irish at all, actually.
POST CHALLENGE:
This was a lot of fun. The comments were great. I had no hopes of a high score for this one (in fact it's a new personal worst!). It was hastily prepared, as I couldn't sleep and decided at the last minute to have some fun and enter this.
Lit by only the computer screen (DPC blue, of course), I shot several ten second exposures, turning my head slightly and holding for about two to three seconds at a time. That was it. The camera was resting on my keyboard.
This was a "study" for Blurry Mess, and it probably would have done better there than my "serious" entry. Oh well.
About the noise -- I added it! It wasn't the effect I wanted though (again, I didn't have much time; see the outtakes where I finally got it right). I should have added the noise before resizing. It was too much. Also I added blur, which probably wasn't necessary.
The comments were mostly favorable. A few folks weren't amused, to which I can only say... Lighten up! Give me a one if you will, but laugh a little! Life's too short. Someone also said they didn't see what this had to do with peek-a-boo. Peek-a-boo is all about the element of surprise (and I think this surprised at least a few people). And the challenge description instructed me to let my imagination run wild, which I did.
I think I'll make this my new profile picture.
Outtakes:
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hahaha im not irish at all either, this looks like that bit from the movie...hill house?? house on haunted hill?? idk, the one with Jeffery Rush in it. out of the blue and red, i do like the green one the best. =]
LOL! And, I thought a few others were "eerie"! *grin* BTW..try downloading a program called "Noiseware Community Edition". It'll fremove a lot of that "grain"/noise. It's free. Would make this a much better shot. Unless of course, you're going intentionally for the "Brown Ribbon". *wink* (hey, some people DO!)
This seems like it's in the wrong challenge...maybe a blurry mess? Probably a good high score in the Blurry Mess challenge. Just because there are eyes (and a lot of them) doesn't make it fit the peek-a-boo challenge. Creative and interesting...I'll give you that!
Yikes. I am sitting here at my computer, it's 1:30 at night. The room is dark, I vote on a photo and then this comes up on my screen. Well, I'll admit it. I jumped. LOL
Photo wise, yeah, it's a bit grainy. But I think it goes well with the subject. Nicely done.
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