Spooks!

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STM

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I have wanted to do this kind of shoot for a long time. I shot Caitlin (the boudoir model from a few weeks ago) in an old cemetery here in town using the F4E and Tri-X film rated at ASA 200 with the 35-70mm f/3.5 AIS (a lens I am really growing to love!) on an overcast early evening. Film is absolutely the right media for this because the barely perceptible grain adds to the spookiness of the image. I shot the scene with and without her and then added her in PS and manipulated the image to appear as though it was in the middle of the night.

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Pretzel

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Been thinking of trying shots like this myself, but with a 10 stop ND filter and long exposure instead... maybe get a ghostly trail leading up to the subject or something. Definitely fun to work with techniques like this!!!
 
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Wolfeye

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Love the idea, the materials used (film) and almost all of the execution. :) I wonder if it would look more realistic (a realistic ghost?) if the tombstone to her right was made to look in front of her
 
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STM

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Wolfeye said:
Love the idea, the materials used (film) and almost all of the execution. :) I wonder if it would look more realistic (a realistic ghost?) if the tombstone to her right was made to look in front of her
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The point here was to present her as a melancholy spirit. Either the tombstone to her right is hers or a loved one. She was sitting on the one to the right of the big tombstone.
 
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