Submitter's name:	Ralf Loi
Title:	Working and enjoying
Gear used:	OM-4 + 21/3.5 + tripod + T32.
Diaphragm:	F8
Shutter speed:	B
Film used:	Kodak Gold 100
Technical information:	In total darkness I left the camera set on B. I held the flash in hand in the vertical position and shot 3 times direct to the subject using the test button. The flash was set to normal auto at F8.
Subject information:	That's my wife in the living room at home.
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

Lovely ghost shot. You also overcame the 21mm's perspective distortion really well, nice job on leveling the camera. The shadows betray your position, and I think they give the shot an extra dimension, rather than being disturbing.

Comment left by: laura coloca (no e-mail specified)

porcona

Comment left by: Mickey Trageser (no e-mail specified)

Nice to have such a willing subject! Great concept.

Comment left by: Steve Goss (no e-mail specified)

Nicely done. Hmm... can we figure out who you are during the annonymity period by looking at the pictures on your walls?

Comment left by: Roger (robinsnes@home.com)

interesting idea...could have been done without ghosting the images...might not have been as interesting though.

Comment left by: Wiliam Wagenaar (wiliam@zeelandnet.nl)

Great ideau and well executed. Can anyone (the photographer in special) explain why the room is not overexposed with three flash bursts, where one should be sufficent to expose correctly?

Comment left by: The photographer (no e-mail specified)

The angle of view of the 21 is greater than the flash output and moreover the flash was nearer to the subject than the camera, so shoting the flash in three different position with minimal overlapping did the correct exposure. I tryed also with others F stop on the flash, but this one was the best. The reflections from the walls could explain the ghost effect, because the "behind" of each ghost is partly illuminate from the others two shots. For a non ghost effect I should have done the photo in a bigger room with no reflections and no overlapping of the flash output - definitively not my living room!

Comment left by: Jim Caldwell (jamesfc@gte.net)

A really neat effect and not one I would have thought about using a flash for! Nice job!

Comment left by: bbbean (bbbean@beancotton.com)

I like it. Your wife's expression also helps add to the surreal quality.

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