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 By: Thilo Bayer  
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Photographer Thilo Bayer  Thilo Bayer {Karma:50358}
Project #45 Blurry Image Camera Model Pentax Optio 555
Categories Architecture
People
 Film Format
Portfolio Night/Low Light
Geometry & Perspectives
People 		Lens Pentax  Optio 555 Fixed Lens
Uploaded 9/5/2004 Film / Memory Type ISO 200
    ISO / Film Speed 0
Views 7300 Shutter 1s
Favorites 1  Aperture f/2.8
Critiques 27 Rating
6.14
/ 7 Ratings
Location City -  San Francisco
State -  CALIFORNIA
Country - United States   United States
About Subject Background: You see the cell block in Alcatraz, island in front of San Francisco, where Al Capone stayed for a while. I've been there as part of a PR invitation. Beloved Chrissie is taking some photographs inside the cells where Al lived. Ah look! He's just rushing through the picture... ghosts of the past. Camera was on a mini-tripod standing on the floor.

Photoshop concept: Conversion into BW (very bad lighting there). Mild Sharpening.

As always: Honest feedback highly appreciated.
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There are 27 Comments in 1 Pages
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Rima Dario   {K:4427} 11/7/2004
Ottima foto. Complimenti-
Dario

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Thilo Bayer Thilo Bayer   {K:50358} 9/20/2004
Dear Gustavo,

thanks for the kind words and for including the picture in your faves list.
take care,
thilo

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Gustavo Eulalio   {K:3777} 9/20/2004
Great picture, Thilo. Straight to my favorites. Cheers.

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Thilo Bayer Thilo Bayer   {K:50358} 9/14/2004
Dear Olga,
thanks for the feedback!
take care,
thilo

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Olga Vareli Olga Vareli   {K:22477} 9/12/2004
I like this idea with ghosts...

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Thilo Bayer Thilo Bayer   {K:50358} 9/10/2004
Hi Verena,

das ist immer so eine sache mit dem kontrast ;-)
bei mir daheim sehen die bilder immer anders als im büro, und manchmal arbeite ich soviel an mitteltönen, dass ich den gesamtkontrast aus den augen verliere. vermutlich hast du recht =)
Lg,
Thilo

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Verena Rentrop Verena Rentrop   {K:15233} 9/9/2004
Hi Thilo,

die 'leichte' Unschärfe gibt eine sehr ungewöhnliche Stimmung, auch die Plazierung auf einem mini-tripod unterstützt die 'andere' Komposition.

Und das sich der Geist von Capone ausgerechnet diesen Moment ausgesucht hat ;)

Aber je länger ich es betrachte, ich glaube ich hätte es noch gerne etwas kontrastreicher.

Liebe Grüße
aus Suomi
Verena

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Thilo Bayer Thilo Bayer   {K:50358} 9/6/2004
Dear Stefan,

thanks for the in-depth analysis. Indeed, the symmetry here is something that can create additional tension.
take care,
thilo

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Thilo Bayer Thilo Bayer   {K:50358} 9/6/2004
Dear Erik,
everybody seemed to be at alcatraz ;-)
thanks for the feedback. was hard to catch just one ghost in this scenario.
take care,
thilo

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Erik Neldner Erik Neldner   {K:10846} 9/6/2004
Thilo,
I think having just one blurry element is highly effective here. A ghost indeed! A familiar place for me in a different light. Nice.

Erik

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Thilo Bayer Thilo Bayer   {K:50358} 9/6/2004
Hi Uwe,

man hörte praktisch noch die bleikugeln, die von den gefangenen geschleppt werden mussten ;-)
thx fürs feedback,
der thilo

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Thilo Bayer Thilo Bayer   {K:50358} 9/6/2004
Dear Efisio,
thanks for the kind words ;-)
take care,
thilo

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Stefan Engström   {K:24473} 9/6/2004
I see your point about the flaking paint on the wall. There is another pro/con which is a little contradictory: the goast and the woman are placed symmetrically and it makes the image a little static, on the other hand I think this very thing is what lets the vanishing lines of the cells and rails create a bit of an illusion of movement. All this plays with the motion blur of the ghost...

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Thilo Bayer Thilo Bayer   {K:50358} 9/6/2004
Dear Stefan,

had to struggle exactly with these issues ;-)
first title was "jailhouse Rock". then I remembered the Capone story and switched to it.
as for the wall: I thought about removing it, but then rejected the idea as there are some details in the textures that support the rotten mood here.
thanks for the constructive thoughts!
take care,
thilo

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Uwe Bachmann   {K:10222} 9/6/2004
ich hätte nicht gedacht das al capone solche schuhe getragen hat...ok, ist ja nur sein geist offensichtlich...;-))

eine gefangen nehmende location hast du da ausgesucht für eure fotos...

fein, fein...

vg, uwe

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Gayle's Eclectic Photos Gayle's Eclectic Photos   {K:91109} 9/6/2004
Cool idea and image,Thilo!..love the ghost effect and particularly like the perspective..regards,gayle

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Stefan Engström   {K:24473} 9/6/2004
Silly nit but I actually like this even better without the reference to Al Capone... Not sure if th e wall behind her is unecessary negative space or not.

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Carlheinz Bayer   {K:14220} 9/6/2004
Awesome. Love the angle and the motion blur.
C.

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Tony Diana Tony Diana   {K:13396} 9/5/2004
Muy buena idea, genial el sujeto en movimiento en 1? plano, ayuda a la imagen, saludos

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Efisio Mureddu Efisio Mureddu   {K:13104} 9/5/2004
Great one Thilo.
I like your style.
Efisio

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André Bermak André Bermak   {K:14443} 9/5/2004
Yo!!!!!Fantástica........

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Neil Holden   {K:602} 9/5/2004
love the way the movement has isolated the subject.. a travel photo with a difference .. well played

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nenad pesic   {K:1944} 9/5/2004
Exelent photo!

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Todd Miller   {K:16464} 9/5/2004
thilo, i like the use of lines in this shot. love the idea of capone's ghost too. gives a new dimension to the shot. nice work. cheers,
todd

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RC. Dany RC. Dany   {K:64104} 9/5/2004
Excellent !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Kevin Collier   {K:19076} 9/5/2004
...been to SF tons of times - my son his wife live there - and have never been there to the big A...love your idea here -- ghosts of the past...K

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agata l   {K:917} 9/5/2004
great photo!great title! congrats.regards:)

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