Ghosts, Dinosaurs and Day-Glo Sunflowers

I prefer the antiqued version from my other album, but posting this one because (a) it is a sooc of me (other than the crop) and Cassandra dared me ;p and also to show Dave the true colour of the sunflowers which are technically "real" and alive, altho' I think they were dyed!

The antique-y version is here: http://365project.org/northy/365/2012-08-18

[☠northy]

@chewyteeth yes, those flowers are "real" altho' i am pretty sure they are dyed that colour, and now i'm wondering whether they are really sunflowers :)

@ozziehoffy this is as close as I get to a sooc shot of me (there's a bit of crop, that's all... unless you count the long exposure, but that was done in camera ;p)

[Kelly]

I was going to ask how you did this - but I see in the exif it is a long exposure - very creative - love it!

[Kerri]

Cool

[Caroline]

Brilliant! I love it. Well done.

[Sharyn's Shots シ]

Very cool - must try this one day :)

[Anne ❀]

very cool, you are very creative!

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

This is pretty cool indeed!

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

@northy :D Awesome! Nicely done :)

[Sue]

this is a bit tripy Northy...Is that a headless body in a red sweater laying there?

[☠northy]

@roth bahaaahaaaa! nope! just moi, sitting in the overstuffed armchair that has a red throw on it :)

[Sue]

@northy ok! good...cause i didn't know what that dinosaur was up to...nice overlay/blend

[☠northy]

@roth it's actually a long exposure shot... i went and sat down on the chair about halfway thru :)

[ladyjane]

Very creative! I'm wondering how you got in or out of the shot without causing a blur.

[☠northy]

@ladyjane i'm sure there is a technical explanation as to why this works - all i know is that it does... i've done a few of these over the past few months, and found it really HARD to get motion blur when the exposure is this long... ya gotta move reeeeeeeaaaaaaaal sloooooooooow for that (and my danged kids would never cooperate ;p)

[Edie]

I like this a lot. Very cool. Going to check out the other one now.

[Karen H]

I like the other one better. These are both fun though. I don't think my camera can do this. Another reason to upgrade

[beachradish]

Way cool! I might prefer the other as well, but I like that you can see the "Decor" magazine in this one ... so for GPN, this might be the better choice. Love T-Rx taking a peak ...

[ShanneW]

I prefer the other one as well, this is very cool though and does show you're really working in colour

[John]

Love the colours

[Stacey]

I like that your ghost self reads decor magazines...great effect here.

[ladyjane]

@northy Thanks for the explanation. I'll be doing more experimenting with long-exposures when I get a "real" camera. :)

[Lisa Pouncy]

Clever!! Fantastic long exposure shot and I love all that colour. This is very unlike your usual style but you've managed to pull it off xx

[David]

Crazy shot! I like it!