They're Heeeeeeeeeeeere...

Did anyone ever see that scene in Poltergeist with the tree branch that comes through the window? (shudders)

I was feeling a bit playful tonight and wanted to explore some long shutter snaps. We have a hemlock tree outside our bathroom that casts great shadows on the rice paper window screens. I don't have a tripod yet so it took me about 10 minutes to make a house-of-cards style platform out of two foot stools, the corner of the vanity, a pile of books and some towels to level the feet. Once I got it stable (enough) for repeat photos I started trying different f-stop/shutter/ISO combinations until I could get the noise minimized enough. I think it turned our really cool, although I have no idea where the green cast came from... I tried several different white balance settings and they all ended up with the same creepy green glow.

Notes to self: 1) Good thing my camera has a built in level. 2) Buy tripod.

SHOT NOTES: In addition to the above, I did some slight cropping and and boosted the shadows to further minimize noise and reflections of chrome fittings that were still slightly visible in the room.