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Bonvallet — The Witness by-nc-nd

Published: 2011-02-12 23:13:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 653; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 0
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Description 6:30AM
I'm woken by a noise. My eyes fly open as I throw the covers off of my body. I swing my legs onto the floor and take a step toward my window. It sounded like someone shouting. Lifting my hand to the curtains, I pushed one aside to get a look through my dew covered window hoping to find the source of the yelling. My breathing slows as I strain to hear another sound; my eyes slowly adjust, the streetlight outside illuminating the scene in front of me. A man in a dark leather jacket is holding his arm up, pointing at another man. There's a gun in his hand.

Right as the gravity of the situation hits me, I hear the shot ring out. My window shakes for a split second- the man who'd been shot falls forward onto his knees and then onto his chest. I didn't even have time to throw the curtain back in place before the gunman's head swivels in my direction. I take in a sharp breath and stagger backward- I didn't know what had just happened or why, but I knew I'd seen more than this man wanted me to.

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Taken at 6:30AM through a window covered in condensation. You can see the black outline of my face and shoulder on the right side. While taking this picture, I imagined what it was I could be looking at outside. Of course, there are only trees and streetlamps outside at 6:30 in the morning, but I wanted to think up something more interesting. I imagined some sort of chase or murder happening outside, choosing to leave my scene lit only by the lights outside giving me a hidden, dark appearance. Colour correcting and stylizing on this photo was super fun!

The photo specs are in the sidebar; I use a Nikon D90 and a 50mm Nikon Nikkor lens.
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Comments: 8

xxFiveWords [2011-02-14 00:48:17 +0000 UTC]

love this! such a great shot!

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Bonvallet In reply to xxFiveWords [2011-02-14 00:49:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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NobodyThePerfect [2011-02-13 11:41:32 +0000 UTC]

This is absolutely amazing! I can't tell you enough. The foggy window is beautiful, the silhouette is beautiful, the colours are beautiful, heck everything is just so beautiful and kinda eerie.

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Bonvallet In reply to NobodyThePerfect [2011-02-13 20:49:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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NobodyThePerfect In reply to Bonvallet [2011-02-14 16:38:32 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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3luvingGreen [2011-02-13 01:04:19 +0000 UTC]

oh lord when I started reading your description I was like "oh shit" but then I scrolled down and realized you made it up and this huge wave of relief went over me. thank god every thing's ok.

back to the actual picture, I think its very eerie and I love the colors in it. awesome job

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Bonvallet In reply to 3luvingGreen [2011-02-13 01:23:36 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I'm glad it didn't really happen xD
I doubt I'd want to set up a photo.
Thank you!

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3luvingGreen In reply to Bonvallet [2011-02-13 01:50:39 +0000 UTC]

haha, yeah I was wondering that while reading your story, like" oh my god! a man's just been shot!...ooh, photoshoot time!"

it seemed unlikely

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