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My colleague Paul Spruit wanted to take a nightshot image with his digital camera, after we'd been working for a client until about midnight. Since the weather wasn'tso good, we decided to try an indoor shot of a few servers and some networking hardware instead.

We used Paul's Pentax Optio 330 in manual mode: ISO 200, 15 seconds at f/2.6. Stack a fewboxes as an ad hoc tripod replacement, leave the lights on, focus, switch the lights off, take the picture.

I should add that this photo is mostly Paul's work. I merely switched the printer on, operated the light switch and did some Photoshop afterwards (crop, levels, a very little bit of saturation, and an unsharp mask).

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trisha d
The light looks almost tangible, or heavy. Especially the red on the left. I also like the "grain" (I guess it's really noise in a digital photo) - it adds to spookiness of the scene. I really like this shot - I'll have to try some like it!
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pmj

This is really just a 'having a bit of fun' shot; see technical

details on how this was achieved. Perhaps the 'Borg green' is a bit

overpowering compared to the red and blue, but I still like it.

Comments appreciated.

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hexenwolfe
You need to add one element that is totally bizzare and out of place that is hidden and only seen when the viewer looks carefully. (such as a disembodied hand on the dark top shelf, or a finger emerging from one of the boxes, or a dead rat, or shredded necktie, or a decapitated teddybear.) Ultimately this is just a photo of the equipment rack done in colored light. Adding a horror component makes it into something completely different.
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mark_smith12

Looks like a Combat Information Center or a Submarine Control Room. The lighting is cold, giving me a feeling of stealth and purpose.

 

Good combination of prime colors and an interesting arrangment. I think it would have been better without that white streak along the upper right edge.

 

As for the colors, I don't feel the green overpowers the picture. On the contrary, I feel it provides a central focus that is nicely offset but both the red and blue.

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