~ Happy Halloween! ~ [Photography Contest Photoshop & Digital Darkroom]
Uploaded: October 31, 2004 07:52:59
This started out as a window cling on my front door. Lots and Lots of Photoshop! :0)
Have a fun day everybody!
Barbara Gordon October 31, 2004
Ahhhhh!!!!!! Oh, sorry. You scared me! :) LOVE THIS! #184050Ellen Peach October 31, 2004
Excellent work, Casey...Happy Halloween! #881106Terry R. Hatfield October 31, 2004
Very Scary Casey:-),I Like The Necktie! #881110Cindy Cone October 31, 2004
Great work, Casey! #881164Claudia Kuhn October 31, 2004
Wow, quite creative Casey! #881176Casey A. Hanson October 31, 2004
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This is DEFINITELY scary, and would make a great Halloween poster. I don't know how you did it, but the effect is fantastic. Outstanding work, Casey!
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Thanks Barb, Ellen, Terry, and Cindy!
I hope you have a fun Halloween! :0) #881179
Casey A. Hanson October 31, 2004
Hi Claudia!Carolyn M. Fletcher October 31, 2004
Please tell me this isn't a self portrait! LOL. Great one, Casey!!! #881222Wendy M. Amdahl October 31, 2004
Eeek...awesome job Casey!Jane Summa October 31, 2004
Great work, Casey!! Happy Halloween to you, too!!! Love it! #881311Cindy Paquette October 31, 2004
Casey!What a "boo"tiful job on this! Very scary and the effects are worth the end result!! #881313
Rob Friedman October 31, 2004
Very very cool and creative!! And spooky! #881333William C. Raco October 31, 2004
This is sooooo cool!!!bill #881334
Stephen Zacker October 31, 2004
Looks like a girl I dated once! LOL! :-)Excellent PS Work! This is Great!
Happy Halloween! #881417
Murry Grigsby October 31, 2004
Okay enouogh with the self-portraits :0) Seriously -- nive work and image Casey!! #881463Robin L. Wehrman October 31, 2004
WOW! This is scary, Casey! Excellent work on this, and a awesome image. Happy Halloween:-) #881494Donna J. Taff October 31, 2004
Fantastic image and very creative, Casey!!!! Look's just like my Mother- in - Law!!!!!! #881530Karen Beri October 31, 2004
This is so great Casey! Wonderful creative work :) #881849Casey A. Hanson October 31, 2004
Thanks everyone! Hope you all had a fun day! The boys are loaded up with candy and pooped.( So am I!) Thanks again! :0) #881970Leonard Pierce October 31, 2004
Wonderful Halloween image Casey!!! #882048Casey A. Hanson October 31, 2004
Thanks Len! Hope you and yours had a fun Halloween! :0) #882081Claudia Kuhn November 15, 2004
Ohhhhhhh, so scary Casey, congrats!! #911900Terry R. Hatfield November 15, 2004
Congratulations On Your Finalist Casey!! #911963Debra Booth November 15, 2004
Congratulations on this great Finalist, Casey! #912109Janet Detota November 15, 2004
This is awesome, Casey! Congrats!! #912161Wally Orlowsky November 15, 2004
Congratulations on this spooky finalist, Casey! #912224Wendy M. Amdahl November 15, 2004
Congrats on your "fiendish" Finalist Casey! :o) #912326Cindy Paquette November 15, 2004
Wickedly deserving Casey!! Congratulations! #912337William C. Raco November 15, 2004
awesome it is!bill #912426
Diane Addonizio November 15, 2004
Congratulations! #912703Jim Kinnunen November 15, 2004
Congrats Casey!!! #912785Darren K. Fisher November 15, 2004
Congratulations On Your Finalist. #912835Kelly Abernathy November 15, 2004
Terrific! Congrats on your finalist Casey! -K #913254Donna J. Taff November 15, 2004
Congrat's, Casey!!!! #913528cj patterson November 15, 2004
congrats casey! this is awesome...i missed it first time around...good luck!!! #913626Stanley J. Contrades November 15, 2004
CONGRATULATIONS, Casey, and best of luck in the next stage!Murry Grigsby November 15, 2004
Congrats Casey!! #913777Carol Brill November 15, 2004
Casey, congratulations and best of luck! #914217Casey A. Hanson November 15, 2004
Thanks everybody! Who knew such an ugly guy would be liked so much ;0) #914660Donna W. Neal November 16, 2004
Congratulations Casey #915550Karen Engelbreth November 16, 2004
Congratulations, Casey!#915888
Dave Tilley November 16, 2004
I may be in the minority here, but I think your image, while demonstrating talent to be sure, is an illustration, and should not qualify to be recognized as "photography."In general, there seems to be a disconnect on this month's choices for Finalists. I applaud your effort here. Just wish it was a real photograph.
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Peggy Wolff November 16, 2004
Congrats Casey, this is perfect for October and it a well deserved finalist! Don't you let anyone try to burst your bubble! #916626Casey A. Hanson November 16, 2004
Thanks Donna, Karen, Dave, and Peggy.Colette M. Metcalf November 16, 2004
Congratulations to you Casey!!! #917458Casey A. Hanson November 16, 2004
Thanks Colette! I appreciate it :0) #918057Patricia A. Kuniega November 16, 2004
Quite frankly I don't see the difference between taking a photo of a door cling, a basket of fruit or a mountainside. As photographers we don't create the subjects that we shoot. What we do is capture the subject to the best of our ability, and if we choose to, enhance it. Seems to me that Casey has done a superb job of enhancing her photograph and deserves the recognition she has received! Congratulations Casey! #918394Casey A. Hanson November 16, 2004
Thank you Patricia! I do enjoy taking pictures in the "truest" form, but I also love Photoshop for the endless ways you can create your own one-of-a-kind piece of art. I appreciate your opinion greatly, and thanks for the wonderful sentiments! Congratulations to you again on all your fine finalists , they are well deserved.:0) #918450Dave Tilley November 16, 2004
I agree, to a point. As photographers, our goal is to capture the subject as it exists. And to enhance it? Yes. But there is a fine line between enhancing, and manufacturing.If I take a photograph of a sunset, and then draw-in mountains, a stream and some wildlife, then I no longer am being judged on my photographic skill.
Furthermore, if I'm entering a "photography" contest, and the overwhelming composition of my submission is illustrated, then how can I claim to be playing on a level field with other contestants?
No. I think this site is designed to showcase work of photography, not illustration. This is not a personal attack on Casey. The talent is quite clear.
The bottom line is that enjoying Casey's art is not the issue. The issue is the integrity of the phographic process, and the virture of photographic exhibitionism. #918460
Casey A. Hanson November 16, 2004
Hi Dave~Stanley J. Contrades November 16, 2004
Your 'closet wizardry' is impeccable, Casey, and aren't you glad you don't live in the times of the witch hunts that went on quite some time ago :-)!! Evidently the "witches" and "warlocks" in judgement felt a liking for this image! Just keep on shooting and creating and don't let anyone steal your dreams, Casey!! CONGRATULATIONS!!Casey A. Hanson November 16, 2004
Thanks Stan! Bless your heart. I appreciate that! :0) #918842Wendy M. Amdahl November 16, 2004
Casey, your image is creative and unique and fun and yet it still originated from a PHOTO! It was entered into this contest in the DIGITAL DARKROOM category. And as such, it received the recognition that it deserved from your peers and the judges. Congrats again on your fantastically spooky PHOTO!And Dave, although you certainly have the right to voice your opinion...you should do so in the appropriate forum. And Casey's congratulatory discussion thread is not it! Especially, since you yourself admitted that it was not even about CASEY'S art, but rather your distaste for digitized photography as a whole. Your argument would be better made directly to BP or on the Q&A boards. Additionally, there is MUCH great information on this very topic going on in my Haunted Mansion discussion thread right now and you would be well served to review it.
"Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communication, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution." -Ansel Adams
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Brenda W. LaFleur November 16, 2004
Hey Casey, what an interesting thread this turned out to be :)Just a well deserved congrats from me!! #919101
Casey A. Hanson November 16, 2004
Thanks Wendy! Not only for you wonderful compliment, as it means a great deal to me, but for the insight that you give.Dave~ my photogragh was submitted in pure fun and not intended to put a bad taste in anyone's mouth, but I will not apologize for a piece of work that I spent a reasonable amount of time on.
My thoughts on your opinion are simply...
Opening one's eyes can open many doors.
Thanks again, Wendy! :0) #919116
Casey A. Hanson November 16, 2004
Thanks so much Brenda! Sorry, I crossed you in cyber-space! :0) #919125Robin L. Wehrman November 17, 2004
Congratulations on your finalist, Casey well deserved!!! #921647Casey A. Hanson November 17, 2004
Thanks Robin! :0) #921771Jane Summa November 17, 2004
CONGRATULATIONS CASEY!! I loved this image when I first viewed it on Halloween...and I'm glad to see it back again! Good Luck to you! Beautiful work!! #922513Casey A. Hanson November 18, 2004
Thanks Jane! I appreciate it! :0) #923295Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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