My Dark Side by mzzhope

My Dark Side

I have a secret dark side.Hubby and I watch every horror movie out there.While I am a tree hugging,nature loving pacifist in my life...I enjoy the dark side in books,movies and other peoples photographs.Some of my favorite photographers on this site have a distinct dark edge to their work.While I was experimenting with tilt shift processing for the technique challenge on this b&w image, (of one of the homes on the Long Pond Ironworks historic site ) I found this filter called "Carmine" on PS for iPad...I was happily surprised to see that it picks up and highlights all the "reds" in images.I really,really like the creepy effect that it gave this image! I normally can never achieve this kind of thing. Bwahhhhhhh haaaaaaa I wouldn't go in there if I were you!:)
Well, you know I love THIS! ;)
April 29th, 2014  
WOW!!! This is incredible! Sooo effective and veeerrry spooky! Could be on the cover of a horror story book! Very very cool = HUGE FAV
April 29th, 2014  
Really creepy, well done!
April 29th, 2014  
Wow, very creepy. Well done. I can't watch horror movies at all, In fact, I hate the Wizard of Oz because it freaks me out! LOL! We just may be complete opposites!
April 29th, 2014  
Kim
Great photo, I wouldn't want to be staying there by myself
April 29th, 2014  
Very spooky shot - I like the scary movies and books too. Nice to escape and explore the darker things!
April 29th, 2014  
ooh... this definitely has an eerie feeling to it. I love the selective color and the overall effect. Very cool!
April 29th, 2014  
I'm not usually a fan of selective color, but this works for me. Very spooky indeed. Nice!
April 29th, 2014  
MB
I would not go in that house. But it's a great picture!
April 29th, 2014  
Cool shot! Love your processing!
April 29th, 2014  
Awesome shot!! great processing.
April 29th, 2014  
Oh my gosh. You ARE like me!! *EEERRRIEEEE*!!!!!!!! LOL YES!! Love this pic!! Fav!!
April 29th, 2014  
I am a horror movie/book fan and not ashamed of it. I always have loved the scary and macabre. This photo is amazing. There is a P/s for ipad? fav
April 29th, 2014  
@espyetta yes! There is a photoshop touch and photoshop for iPad. Love it!
April 29th, 2014  
Oh, you do have a dark side. No way would I go there on my own! Great shot.
April 29th, 2014  
You have done a beautiful...mysterious shot..love the red!
April 29th, 2014  
@mzzhope I need to get it. Photowizard is very good...I use that on ipad, but need PS too!
April 29th, 2014  
Love the processing! I',, have to check out those IPad apps.
April 29th, 2014  
@espyetta and thank you for the fav! So happy I am nit alone in my horror addiction!
April 29th, 2014  
Super ! I love those movies too !
April 29th, 2014  
FAV Hope - I don't like horror bur ADORE a really scary thriller!! Love your dark side pic!
April 29th, 2014  
Fascinating!
Excellent! :)
April 29th, 2014  
Hope- this is one of the creepiest, most fabulous photos I have ever seen on this site, and I LOVE it!
April 29th, 2014  
Hey! We hit the trending page together!! Go us! LOL
April 29th, 2014  
@cindyloo Hey!Cool! :)
April 29th, 2014  
Hey, my kind of place (well...sometimes)....I like it!
April 29th, 2014  
Whilst I have a tilt-shift lens and have never used it in this way and probably never will... This is fabulous for the distorted vision it creates and the selective colour is perfect for your love of horror flicks! I like the gothic and the macabre too. I could see this being the sort of scene that inspired Edgar Allan Poe! Well done, Hope. It is great to see you exploring your imagery further and further!
April 29th, 2014  
Well, aren't you a surprise? And I love the new filter. Perfect for that little horror effect.
April 29th, 2014  
I love this surprising side of you! I am a big chicken and would never go near those woods so thanks for bringing them to me!
April 29th, 2014  
Haha - love your fun description of yourself. I don't like scary stuff ( I am a wuss!) - this is a little spooky in an awesome sort of way!
April 29th, 2014  
love the color
April 29th, 2014  
Great photo.
April 29th, 2014  
really love this. has a story
April 29th, 2014  
This is superb, I love it!!!
April 29th, 2014  
@graemestevens so glad!You are one of my favorite dark photogs.:)
April 29th, 2014  
Great shot.What created the red/It's even there on the plants in the foreground!!!
April 29th, 2014  
Cool!
April 29th, 2014  
Fabulous! ScReaMs ... Spooky!!!
April 29th, 2014  
A brilliant fav.
April 29th, 2014  
love the processing! great shot
April 29th, 2014  
great ,spookie atmosphere
April 29th, 2014  
FAV amazing image, I love love it!
April 29th, 2014  
@mzzhope nawww...thanks so much :)
April 29th, 2014  
Fantastic shot, the tilt shift and the filter are both awesome.
I also love a good horror movie. They are a favourite at the Station. Although one of the guys at the sation is scared of them and walks out when there is a scary part.
This cabin could be right out of a horror movie. Love it.
April 29th, 2014  
Great processing 😯
April 29th, 2014  
Great processing to go with your dark side
April 29th, 2014  
Really creepy image - great processing
April 29th, 2014  
wow! My favorite thing is the red stems (blackberries? wineberries?, rasberries?) over on the right. I find them so beautiful in nature and but photographs just show a tangled mess! Perhaps the color-filter will help out. Oh, plus I love this picture!
April 29th, 2014  
very evocative.
April 29th, 2014  
Lovely
April 29th, 2014  
This definitely has an eerie feeling to it. I love the selective color.
April 29th, 2014  
This one is very creepy.
April 29th, 2014  
Nice SC and it does kinda have an scarry feel about it
April 29th, 2014  
Bwaaaah - fantastic processing - hair now standing on end!
April 29th, 2014  
yeah that's spooky hall full of polterghoosts alright, great capture. fav
April 29th, 2014  
this worked really well! Draws you to look at it and at the same time look away!!!
April 29th, 2014  
so spooky and cool
April 29th, 2014  
Love it! I too like a horror film or two, and this would make a perfect film poster or cover.
April 29th, 2014  
Wow, creepy doesn't even begin to describe it. I bet we see this on the cover of book soon!!! Well done!
April 29th, 2014  
Brilliantly creepy Hope, unlike you I can't watch horror films as they end up disturbing my sleep for weeks! Fav.
April 29th, 2014  
Fantastic shot, fav
April 29th, 2014  
wow - gorgeous - love how the editing has brought back the red. FAV
April 29th, 2014  
Wow!! Love the pop of red on the house and the processing!
I'm a big chicken and my husband won't watch scary movies with me because all I do is scream!!
FAV
April 30th, 2014  
I missed this but saw it on PP -- congrats!!! I can't even think about watching a horror movie so now I'm even more impressed!! Selfie AND horror movies!
April 30th, 2014  
Fav, love everything about this!
April 30th, 2014  
Deb
Awesome processing!
April 30th, 2014  
You should enter this in tevhnique challenge 24!! :)
April 30th, 2014  
@cindyloo done! :)
April 30th, 2014  
@mzzhope yeah!!!! Definitely winning material!!
April 30th, 2014  
@mzzhope Ooooh - now we're both on the PP!!!! WOAH---hold us back!! LOL
May 1st, 2014  
@cindyloo haha!Thats great!
May 1st, 2014  
I am similar - probably not as sweet and gentle as you but not a knife wielding psychopath mwahahaha - I like a dark edge and I have been a horror movie fan since I was a kid - I used to spend Friday nights watching scary movies on my own lol - and I love Stephen King and the like - :) this is awesome - fav
May 1st, 2014  
wow, favorite!
May 1st, 2014  
Now I want to go in there.
May 5th, 2014  
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