Things That Go Bump in the Night

[Marty E]

I thought I’d do a nature riff on Patrick’s horror series with masks. 😀 Every year our local arboretum showcases a Pumpkin Village with over 100,000 pumpkins, gourds, and squashes leading up to Halloween and trick-or-treat. These lopped-off pumpkins with their curly-cue tendrils trigger my imagination about what it would be like to see these shape-shifters in the dark as a child. Booooo!!! Eerie shapes doing strange and scary things in the night… the stuff of horror stories and legends. Pareidolia, anyone?

 

 

 

[Pat Garrett]

Love those tendrils and shapes, Marty E. They do look a little eerie.

[Marty E]

Thanks, Pat!

[ElinL]

Great series Marty – lots of pareidolia there. You are breathing into Patrick´s neck there Marty – he better take care lol 🙂

[Marty E]

Thanks, Elin! Join in the fun, we have to keep Patrick on his toes lol 😄

[Patrick]

Great job on these Marty , love to see the creative juices flowing  like this 🙂

[Marty E]

Haha, thanks for inspiring me to get creative. Game on! 😄

[Dahlia Ambrose]

A lot of alien looking pareidolia Marty. Did you shoot these images at night? They have that eerie look that you intended to capture. Lovely set! 🙂

[Marty E]

Thank you, Dahlia! Interesting question, I’m glad you enjoyed my set. I actually shot these around 11 am in full sun as I stood with my shadow over the pumpkins and under-exposed them. During post-processing, I was able to tweak the contrast to get the eerie look I was after. 🙂

[Dahlia Ambrose]

That’s awesome Marty. Thank you for sharing how you shot the image 🙂

[beth]

some cool shapes and lines.  nicely spotted, works well as a set.

[Marty E]

Thanks, Beth!

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

I’d be printing some of these out as a little diptych. Love the effect and the subject.

[Marty E]

Hi @admin-2, thanks for your suggestion! I love the idea and had to look up what diptych is lol. I enjoy learning new things, and it’s definitely worth trying out. You have gotten me hooked on monochromes. 😀

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

It’s like an obsession when you get into it. Those last two are really spot on too.

[Marty E]

Thanks, Rob. And I appreciate your picking out the last two as spot on. Very helpful! 🙂

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