Submitter's name:	Robert Gries
Title:	Ranch Heliport
Gear used:	OM-2n + 24/3.5 + QA 310 in hand
Diaphragm:	f22?
Shutter speed:	B for about 30 seconds
Film used:	Provia F
Technical information:	I calculated what I thought would be a good exposure for the background, then proceeded to run around with my friend Rifle using the QA 310 to illuminate our positions throughout the frame.
Subject information:	Rifle’s ranch in Aledo, Texas. After a night of star gazing for lunar eclipse.
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

Wow, this is a really fascinating shot (and I believe it's the first TOPE 24/3.5 Shift entry), I like the nicely lit background as well as the ghosts. It almost looks as if you are throwing the red lights around, neat. Funnily enough, it seems the building on the right hand side of the picture has been a bit "over-shifted", this has happened to me too at times with the 35/2.8 Shift.

Comment left by: Ian Nichols (no e-mail specified)

That one's a bit surreal, but in an entertaining way.

Comment left by: Henrik Dahl (hdahl@privat.utfors.se)

Nice colours. Innovative use of flash. Really like it.

Comment left by: John A. Lind (no e-mail specified)

You must have been running quickly to get all that done in 30 seconds! :-) I've seen flash "painting" done before, but not of people, an interesting twist to the concept. A fun photograph . . . one you can use to tell some tall stories with about the star gazing that was interrupted by the sudden appearance of ghosts!

Comment left by: Roger Skully (no e-mail specified)

Clever picture.

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

Funny and surreal. I think you needed to do something odd after a night of star gazing for the lunar eclipse. It shows. I think you had a lot of fun making this.

Comment left by: Brian Swale (bj@caverock.net.nz)

Very inventive and unusual. I like the ghost-like qualities of this photo. With the composition, the "ghost images" combine to make an interesting "complete" picture. Brian

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