Haunted Man

The Shroud of Turin came to mind when I saw the thumbnail.

 

Very nice work, Kim.

Nice work, Kim!

Thanks, Lannie and Igor. This started as an image of my garden monk statue, then I inverted it, added a distorted flower picture layer and went from there.

I do not now what will Jim say,but I say excellent/excellent!!

Thanks, Darko. It's kind of different, I know. You could say that I get my inspiration from Jim except I can't think of much to say like he does on his compositions. I don't normally think of a concept first and then come up with a composition; I tend to start with an image and work from there.

Wow-wee! this is spectacular Kim,

I am so frustrated as I am in Thailand and will be for another 2 more weeks (been here almost 1 already)and cannot upload my images to date as most of the internet cafes are paranoid about using ther PC's to upload files as they think that their machines will become contaminated with strange virus's miss everyone but will continue to view yours and their work.

 

Regards

 

Hugh

 

ps today I am going to the largest orphanage in Bangkok to do an interview with the staff and take some pictures of the children playing, hope I don't make a fool of myself by crying...

Hugh, looking forward to seeing the images you bring back with you. I'm sure they will be as sensitive and thought-provoking, as always. Stay safe!

Hi Kim:

 

Yeah! Great!

Thanks for commenting, David.

This is incredible! Reminds me too of the shroud. Great work Kim! One day you will have to teach me how you use PS techniques so well.

Thanks, Regina. It's worth investing in a book or two to learn PS basics and then "play" from there. PS can do so much and I know I've barely even touched the surface of learning it.

Combined two photos and did some PS effects.

Really great work here.

Thanks, Bente - it's different, I know...

Like Lannie, I got "Turin shroud" from this - reading your explantion I guess what I see as "rib cage" is actually part of a flower ? I did wonder for a moment if this was supposed to be Christ looking up at where your brain should be from where your heart is....

I'm not going to put a score for now because it is in a class of pictures which I can appreciate, even admire, but I don't like it. I could probably justify giving it a 1 or a 7 on aesthetics.... well certainly a 2 or 6.

Thanks for your honesty, James. To be truthful, I don't know if I even like it, either. It's interesting and compelling, though, I believe. The "rib cage" is a distorted flower I did and combined with a picture of a statue of a garden monk. People can put their own interpretation on this and I found yours interesting. Thanks for commenting.

Hi Kim, at first this kind of spooked me but on closer observation I think this is really an interesting image. The eye treatment is very evocative and the "rib cage" gives the sense of his being trapped.

Donna, even while I was working on this, it was kind of spooky. But by the time I finished, I thought it looked more "haunting", hence the title.

Interesting and original. Congratulations

Thanks, Pawel, for visiting and commenting. You should see the image on this monitor! It's a deep copper, with lots of shadows. My mom needs a new monitor badly! I'm not rating any pictures until we get back home, to be fair.

Excellent - and full of questions. It certainly is an unusual emotional tone. I like it.

Thanks, Steve. One more reason why I love Photoshop!

Wow!! scary guy with huge scary hands! very effective!! good work!

It does look like some long fingernails, Pitman - yikes!

Not quite understandable to me though! Reminds me of Jesus and He wasn't haunted! It reminded me of Jesus on the thumbnail, not anymore! This man is exhausted and lost in a way! Pleasant effect applied! Well done Kim!

 

PDE