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Spooky Cornfield
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Spooky Cornfield

by Karen Kane

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted September 17, 2014286 views4 comments
A couple of years back, I drove from Minnesota to Alberta in October. It was between Canadian Thanksgiving and Halloween, so maybe the timing inspired this a little?

There were lots of 'past-prime' cornfields in North Dakota. They were too inviting, so had to stop and play along the way. At first, simply thought about trying to convey a sense of being lost in a maze... then figured I would try processing it to be a little bit eerie as well... :eek:

5D Mark II, TS-E 24mm lens, ISO 800, 1/80 sec at f/14. Processed using a variety of filters within NIK Color-Efex

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Richard Teller on September 17, 2014 at 7:05 AM
Interesting image. Well seen and photographed. I like the composition and the color.
Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Reed on September 17, 2014 at 8:06 AM
Nicely scene....see what I did there...ah anyway.....love the faded look here. Adds atmosphere for sure. You need a raggedly dressed child streaking by in the background to finish it...but you did well with what you had! :jump:
Registered on September 19, 2009, 198 Posts, 1074 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 17, 2014 at 12:34 PM
Neat! I doubt that many folks would stop for a picture of a cornfield. This works very well, with loads of detail in the corn and a fine view down the row leading to a vanishing point. The sky adds very nicely to the mood.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 19, 2014 at 10:56 AM
Nice added 'spooky' touch Karen, reminds one of all those cornfield horror scenes :eek:
All ya need is a bloody corpse in the FG :wink:
I ditto what Mark said, well done!
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments