Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Ghostly Day


The photographic world is full of fun and mystery especially if you have a cold day with nowhere to be and nothing compelling to fill your time. Here I have taken a ghost of history from Gettysburg and placed him on a walking trail in a land trust nearby. Perhaps someone he knew camped here many years ago during a war.  Do you ever walk historic trails and hear the ghosts of heroes of the past moving in the woods? 

(Please click on photos for closer views.)

This photo below was something I quickly took one morning and because it was out of focus and misty I almost threw it away.  Then, today, while I was deleting dozens of garbage shots, I decided to take my photo and make it even more mystical and mysterious and I think I am glad I did not toss it because it gave me a different window on my back yard.



11 comments:

  1. nice....pretty cool play with the pictures...used to live 30 minutes south of gettysburg...and went there often...

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  2. Love the picture of your yard.
    I never alter my images
    just leave the way the camera
    takes them...but then I do not know how :)

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  3. I'm glad you didn't throw this away as it has a lot to offer...color, mystery?

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  4. It's fun to mess with photos from time to time. You were wise not to trash this one. Nicely done.

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  5. I should play with mine more often. I'm glad you didn't throw the second one away.

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  6. Brilliant new photos, good thing that you didn't delete them.

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  7. Your bottom photo is beautiful with a touch of mysticism. Glad you didn't throw it away.

    To me all trails are historic. history resides everywhere. I especially find "shadows" of folks in architecture. -- barbara

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  8. You've been experimenting, and I like the results!

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  9. I made that mistake when I began to take pictures seriously - throwing away the misty, blurred ones, I mean. No, you did well to keep this one, it's a corker! - They often are.

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  10. Good 'photoshop'-ing Tabor, with that man on the path. Almost realistic he was. The fog photo was good too. I think misty photos are magical to look at - Dave

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  11. I like the ghostly image photo - I remember seeing several like him at Gettysburg.

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