The Ghosts of No Evil

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No "photoshop magic" here. A little tweaking of colors and such, but that's it.

(It's just a long exposure and multiple manually-triggered flash firings.)

I sense no evil, here. Maybe these hand signals work to ward off evil? Then again, I've gotten comments that it's "creepy" and "spooky", so who knows?

Also, I'm noticing that this image looks much better to me large...

See also: See Evil and See Evil (in Red) (and even There's Evil Around..., or whatever I end up naming it long-term)

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1 Canon MT-24EX flash (both heads) fired (alas I don't recall power setting) three times manually during a 10 second exposure.

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Pipistrula says:

That...is...cool...creepy...very creepy, but cool...
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

axb500 says:

Nice work!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

lindes says:

Thanks, both.

Creepy, huh? OK, that's fair. I don't happen to agree (I just think it's fun). That's OK, though, we don't have to agree. ;-)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

rizvi says:

I like the long exposure and the concept.

I am glad you are finding no problems in finding good subjects (including people willing to pose).
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

airport sleeper says:

Very cool shot!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

lindes says:

Heh, I'm not sure I would say I'm having _no_ problems in that area, but I'm definitely having some success, too.

Katie is a singer (and I quite like her singing, by the way), who I took some pictures of at a show she performed in a while back (see my Live set, and/or my katie davis tag for some shots from that night), who asked me to do some portraiture of her for publicity use. I may post some of the more mundane results from that shoot here as well, but we also did a few shots on the more creative side -- this being one I'd wanted to do for a long time -- and since this shot was for me, rather than for her (though Katie, if you're reading this, you could certainly use this image if you want to), it got first dibs on a flickr upload. ;-)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Psycho Crow says:

Great shot. Would make a great CD cover. Its fantastic you did it all in one exposure, nice work.

Saw this from your thread on multiple personalities, I would say it fits. :o)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

masser says:

very clever - quite a lot of work must have gone into this and its paid off. good model too.
well done mate.
#1 from the IWANT5! group)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

avaloncm says:

#2 (from the IWANT5! group)

I love this, concept is great, expressions are priceless. Well executed.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Catharina58 says:

uhm, clever, spooky, interesting for those who are into this kind of thing. #3 from the IWANT5! group)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

pedrosimoes7 says:

#4 (from the IWANT5! group)

#_ (from the IWANT5! group)ery well suceed experience, using a good subject . Can you repeat more slowly how have you done that?. Thanks.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

aprevite says:

#4 (from the IWANT5! group)
Very clever and well done.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

lindes says:

How I did it, more "slowly" (it's text, so read as quickly or slowly as you like ;-):

(1) place camera on tripod

(2) compose shot; focus

(3) figure out exposure settings that'll work, including (a) having enough time to pull this off, (b) getting good exposure of the background, (c) settings for brightness of the flash (both flash level and aperture);

(4) set up timer (I used the Canon TC-80N3, but a self timer would work in this case.)

(5) stand off to the side of, and in front of, the subject for each of the three poses, and fire a flash (in this case, the Canon MT-24EX, but just about anything with a manual trigger would probably do OK), have the subject move to the next spot and re-pose, flash again, and then repeat once more;

(6) try not to stand still for long at any one spot while holding the flash -- dark clothing also probably wise, but I wasn't especially doing much with that.

Hopefully that all makes sense -- if you're left with any questions, do feel free to ask.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Fernando Vega says:

superv! exelente i really really like it!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Fernando Vega says:

superv! exelente i really really like it!

Score 10/10 (from the Score Me!
group)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

MMishka says:

Cool play
Score 10/10 (from the Score Me!
group)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

dpriddy says:

Score 10/10 (from the Score Me!
group)

The algae really adds to the subject matter. Great overall!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

jovivebo says:

Very good shot and very original ! Score 9/10 (from the Score Me! group)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Spruced Images says:

10/10 from the score me group.

Great! original. creative. well done.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

lindes says:

dpriddy: yeah, we were all about getting the green in the shots we did from here. :-)

everyone: wow, thank you. 49/50! sweet!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Jenni Jones-Kebler says:

David, this is a great shot. I ready your explanation of how you did this. I pretty much understand what you are talking about.

Have one question, though. When you are firing the flash, are you holding the flash away from the camera onto the subject or is the flash mounted on your camera?

I have done something similar to this but with different outcomes. I will have to experiment with my new lens and see if I can replicate my previous experiment and post it. Great shot.

I love it. You get top honors from me on this one.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

lindes says:

Thanks, Jenni. Yes, please feel free to point me at any experiments along these lines that you have.

As for the flash, I am holding it, completely detached from the camera (and triggering it just by pressing the test button on the flash unit itself), and close to the subject. Her face is well lit because the flash was about a foot or so above (and in front of) her, but then as the distance gets greater and greater, the lower portions of her body are less and less well lit. In fact, I'm not sure but I suspect that the only reason you can see her legs and feet at all is that she stayed still for a couple seconds in each spot, so the natural light had enough time to reflect a bit -- rather than the light from the flash. I'm not certain of that, but that's what I'm thinking.

Cheers.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

lrmerideth (Leya) says:

Very cool. Definately a pic for your portfolio!!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

lindes says:

Indeed. I think I'll print up an 8x10 or so sometime soon, and see how it looks.

edit: it looks great, printed, as does See Evil (a version of See Evil edited to match this one in colors/contrast/etc.)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Sniper Adams [deleted] says:

WOW!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

zorglubb says:

great idea, and extremely well executed!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

* rel. [deleted] says:

wowzers, this is terrific!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

fast eddie 42 says:

Very nicely done, though I think the see no evil thing is a little old hat these days.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

lindes says:

Thanks.

And yeah, perhaps it is. It is a cliche thing anymore, for sure... I just figured I had a slightly different take on it, and wanted to try that.

Anyway, for anyone who feels that way about it, I refer you to See Evil. :-)
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Jenni Jones-Kebler says:

Thank you for posting your photo here. Welcome to the group.

Definetly a favorite of mine.

member of Jenni Jones Contacts
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

the biology teacher says:

Thank you for explaining how you made the picture. I like it.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Christian Stritzelberger says:

hahaha, nice one. (and the girl is more attractive than monkeys, too.)
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

lindes says:

Heh, yes. I certainly think so. Then again, I'm a fellow human -- the monkeys might think differently. ;-)
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

daniel suarez says:

brilliant shot... congrats!
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

AnDy631 says:

And once again...this is great.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

AtillaSoylu says:

great shot and clever idea. nicely done.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

lrmerideth (Leya) says:

This is still my fav!!
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Quixotic Pixels says:

I love this! It's so surreal. It's making me think I should read the manual that came with my flash. I had no idea you could do something like this--a real eye-opener :)
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

lindes says:

Thanks. :-) Yeah, it's actually relatively easy to do... most (all?) external flashes have a little button that will fire the flash manually. You don't get TTL metering or anything, because the camera and the flash aren't talking at all, but there are other ways to adjust things to get proper exposure. That part does take a bit of playing, I suppose, but that part is so much easier with digital, so... :-)
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Bellah says:

What a spooky shot! very interesting and creative.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

chamilt says:

Wow that is a _nice_ photo.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

serni says:

great art piece, your photo :-)
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

lindes says:

Thank you; I appreciate the positive feedback. :-)
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Janet Leadbeater says:

this feels like a positive force for protection... the kind of ghost that looks out for you ;)

clever idea!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

lindes says:

Thanks, I think I like that interpretation. :-)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

dchrssyr says:

if I could favorite this more than once, I would.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Stevish says:

How cool is that! I wanna try!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

lindes says:

You should. It's fun. :-)
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Navarroe says:

Very well done, nice idea, neatly executed.

Great
--
Seen in Open Flash (?)
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

sweetotsugarbear says:

fake
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

lindes says:

Yup, the ghosts are fake. :-)

(Since ghosts don't exist, one has to make compromises if one is to photograph ghosts.)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

tjgrewal505 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Glocal Project: An Experiment in Mass Collaboration, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

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The Ghosts of No Evil

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