The Electroblog
Benched
Posted by Damon Schreiber (Toronto, Canada) on 25 January 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
This is a composite of three photos - all of the same scene but progressively less in focus. Hence the weird ghostly glow.
[Bloor & Christie, Toronto]
grant from kansas city, United States
wow - it does seem to be a ghost bench. i like it.
25 Jan 2009 6:44am
Alan from Southampton, United Kingdom
Very surreal.. I like the high key (?) effect in this.
25 Jan 2009 9:05am
shallowregret from Kongsberg, Norway
love what it seems to be doing to the trees, not so crazy about the bench
25 Jan 2009 9:11am
Giovanni from Milan, Italy
Excellent and very effective processing! Love the atmosphere.
25 Jan 2009 9:58am
k@ from Paris, France
Yes, as if ghosts had just left the place - love that blue of yours too*
25 Jan 2009 10:37am
Francesc B. from région parisienne, France
Beautiful angle and PP... I like the ghostly blue.
25 Jan 2009 1:37pm
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
Wonderfully effective in a super-surreal kinda way . . this has created art-form from the everyday.
25 Jan 2009 3:36pm
Xavi Heredia from Badalona (almost Barcelona), Spain
Mmmm... very interesting technique (a sort of "de-focusing HDR"?), with a very appealing result!! The over exposure high-key like processing is very nice.
25 Jan 2009 4:58pm
Claus Petersen from herfølge, Denmark
Looks like avery cold place to have a seat!
25 Jan 2009 7:32pm
Sur Lô from verdun, France
Not very warm this bench but the idea pleases me and the very successful depiction a lot.
Lô
25 Jan 2009 8:44pm
Aaron W. Strasburg from Riverside, United States
Nice image, I like the processing idea, similar to an HDR, but instead of using exposure, using focus...great idea.
25 Jan 2009 10:08pm
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
Very nice radioactive treatment :-0
26 Jan 2009 12:57am
Line from Chambly, Canada
WOW douceur et rêve dans cette image.
J'aime beaucoup cet atmosphère.
26 Jan 2009 1:04am
Jatin from New Delhi, India
power bench! superb work again Damon. Thank you for visiting my blog. Much as I would love to participate in the street photography challenge, I am faced with a peculiar situation: I don't have a camera right now. I was buying a new one and the consignment has been delayed. If it reaches me in the next three days, I will put in a request to join the project.
26 Jan 2009 3:17am
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Oooh! This is so cool! The ghostly glow is exceptional, great shot Damon!
26 Jan 2009 4:00am
Col from Winnipeg, Canada
For me this photo depicts the enveloping bleakness of the January winter. Where oh where is spring. Lovely photo.
26 Jan 2009 3:12pm
Pixim from Nice, France
Wow, I love. A light of another world on this bench surrounded by a halation supernatural, and them bases of all these trees in background which gives life to the photograph Splendid Bravo ;)
26 Jan 2009 9:12pm
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
A technique that looks like it might be worth a try.
26 Jan 2009 11:53pm
UNYKA - Silvia Castaneda Puchetta from Buenos Aires, Argentina
The beauty of the simple things! Amazing!
27 Jan 2009 1:25am
blackivory from Singapore, Singapore
Looks ghostly indeed. Love the treatment here.
27 Jan 2009 12:57pm
Pentax K10D
1/60 second
F/5.6
ISO 280
48 mm