HaarFager

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Posted: 26 Oct 2014


Taken: 26 Oct 2014

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 HaarFager
HaarFager club
For The Sunday Challenge group, who's theme this week was for Hallowe'en, as in "spooky shots."

I schlepped all the way to the cemetery at 5 in the morning to get this shot. When I got there, it was still pitch black - let me tell you, that was kind of spooky all by itself. I searched for just the right headstone with a tiny flashlight, set up my camera and then waited for the dawn to just start breaking in the East. I wanted a little light because I knew I was going to layer in a full moon. After I had the basic shot of the headstone and cemetery surrounds, I went home and added the moon, the bat and the raven sitting on the headstone. That night, I waited until it was dark so I could take the picture of my arm. I smeared my arm with potting soil and slightly back-lit it to simulate the moonlight I had added to my picture. And then another shot of some dirt being thrust up for where the arm joined with the ground and my shot was complete. I converted it to black and white just for the sake of being more creepy - like all those classic horror movies. I also did a little post-processing work on the headstone itself to alter the text on it slightly more toward my purposes. Be sure to open it big to make it easier to read.
9 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 PaulOClassic©
PaulOClassic©
This is incredible - you went to so much trouble and well worth it - the result is fantastic!
9 years ago.
 H C
H C
Fantastic creative work. It took me a time to see your arm, but the text on the stone is brilliant.
9 years ago.
 Sami Serola (inactive)
Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Nice! =D
9 years ago.
 Amazingstoker
Amazingstoker
that's a distinctly disturbing image
9 years ago.
 Jan
Jan
Fantastic piece of work - very creepy . love the amendments to the headstone. Great work
9 years ago.
 Shuttering Yukon
Shuttering Yukon
ahh a graveyard in the dark, I love that! this is amazing work Kenny, I don't know how you do all the layering like this but wow, it's excellent!
9 years ago.
 autofantasia
autofantasia club
Very well done Kenny ... certainly spooked me!
9 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal
Ahhh! Run for the hills! Well done, Kenny!
9 years ago.
 Karen's Place
Karen's Place club
Oh Kenny, this is so good. Love the name change and the bird on the headstone too.
9 years ago.
 Wierd Folkersma
Wierd Folkersma club
great idea, well done
9 years ago.
 Don Sutherland
Don Sutherland club
Fantastic shot.
9 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
A lot of work went into this shot and it shows. Thanks for letting us know how you did it.
9 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Well done on all the effort you put into this. Very creative and clever.
9 years ago.
 Lischen
Lischen
Super!
9 years ago.
 Indycaver (Norm)
Indycaver (Norm) club
Great photo! Love it!
9 years ago.
 Clickity Click
Clickity Click
Well you hit "creepy" on the head with this one!

Sorry for the delay in commenting ... house guest for 5 days ... fun ... but little computer time.
9 years ago.
HaarFager club has replied to Clickity Click
Don't worry about it at all, Chris! I had read where you had house guests, so I understood. It's fun having guests stay over! A friend of mine had to have mold removed from her house and stayed with me for a week while they were working on it.
9 years ago.

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