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13-OCT-2006 Justin Miller

Ringu* (1998)
by Justin Miller

Well...it seemed appropriate to take this picture on Friday the 13th, in the month of Halloween, and dedicate it to a horror movie!

Lots of post processing (B&W, negative, tons of noise, darkening layers, etc) to make it look like a grainy, snowy image from a videotape playback on TV. It was fun!

(And yes...it's my ugly mug doing the horror creature!)

Sony DSC-H5
3s f/3.7 at 72.0mm iso80 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Martin Polanic 17-Oct-2006 18:31
Spooky stuff! Definitely has a sinister appearance!
Justin Miller17-Oct-2006 15:22
Thanks all for the comments.
BTW - I just noticed this morning that the EXIF is wrong - but since I merged several shots in layers, I think the EXIF was saved from my background layer which was a mostly-black shot taken in a dark room.
The face shot EXIF was ISO1000, focal length 6mm, shutter 1/3, F2.8, no flash, center-weighted metering, P mode. A small penlight is providing the lighting. Sorry for any confusion!
Katherine Stanback's Photos17-Oct-2006 14:45
Cool shot - really scary! I like the graininess.
photocat37 17-Oct-2006 11:21
Very creepy. I like it a lot.
Ahmed Shehab 17-Oct-2006 07:54
Very Creative photo. and wonderfull process. i guess this one is ready to be a movie poster after adding the title ;)..perfect job
MCsaba 17-Oct-2006 06:48
Evocative, great impact. Goes well with the "Scream" too IMHO.