...then the moment ends

[mikelygee]

I'm pleased with this image as it stands, but I'm sure your collective wisdom will have suggestions for improving it:

[Shadowman]

A scary improvement would have a transparency of the figure leaning dangerously over the edge. I think it could be done safely by photographing the subject actually in the walkway.

[GBO25]

Ghostly fishermen. Are these guys cast netting?

[Geoff F]

Interesting ghostly figure.

Ideally I would tone down, or better still clone out, those small very bright areas in the water around the top right corner.

[Kaye Leggett]

I wonder what it would look like in b&w - more ghostly ?

[Rebel]

I wonder what it would look like in b&w - more ghostly ?

+1

[bnnrcn]

+1 to Kaye

[Texas Dave]

What the story behind this one? Most photos of a ghost have a story. By the way, where's the rest of his torso?

[FootLoose]

What the story behind this one? Most photos of a ghost have a story. By the way, where's the rest of his torso?

+1

It looks like the top half of a mannequin to me.

[mikelygee]

> Ghostly fishermen. Are these guys cast netting?


I'm pretty sure they're just dropping lines off the pier, though some may be using rods.

[mikelygee]

Interesting ghostly figure.

Ideally I would tone down, or better still clone out, those small very bright areas in the water around the top right corner.

Good suggestion--thanks!

[mikelygee]

What the story behind this one? Most photos of a ghost have a story. By the way, where's the rest of his torso?

Nothing terribly dramatic, I'm afraid. I was doing some night photography on the pier--around ten-second exposures. Of course, the folks moving around made each shot unique. In this one, a boy was leaning on the railing when I started the exposure, but ran off (at a speed only young children can manage) part-way through. I'm not sure why his lower half appears to be missing. I think he may have been swing his legs back and forth. Certainly nothing I did intentionally.

[mikelygee]

I wonder what it would look like in b&w - more ghostly ?

Like this:


I think I like the colour version better.

[Kaye Leggett]

I think you're right - but your ghost does look more ghostly in B&W or that just how we think of ghosts ?