Phantom of the Alley
2009-04-20
The alley by our house features this large cinder block wall, about 20 feet high in some places, and I wanted to experiment with it's potential. I put the flash right up against it to get the texture, and first I tried jumping into the air right as the flash went off, but it was too hard to get the timing right on my own. Maybe another time when someone can help me out.
So, I settled on a still self portrait! I cropped, desaturated and played with the contrast in Lightroom.
[ last year - http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/Year1/i-6vLf3C3 ]
Melissa OShaughnessy
on April 22, 2009Love the lighting and the texture here. Great self-portrait. I'd be inclined to crop all the way to your right ear, eliminating the all black area on the lower left which I think is a little distracting. Just my two cents!
Tonya Hammel (Lacentua)
on April 22, 2009The side lighting works well with this. Love the lighting.
SonoLady
on April 22, 2009It does have a slightly scary phantom feel. Nice job on SP!
MichaelSullivan
on April 21, 2009Nice job!
Ken Griffith
on April 21, 2009Good moody effect
306887Verbeast
on April 21, 2009Beautiful and inspiring capture!
pacvjwv
on April 21, 2009Fantastic picture. Very creative use of light.
irishmurr
on April 21, 2009Fabulous sp -- love the lighting and that background!
219352dedmanshootn
on April 21, 2009nice dramatic lighting and treatment