Brains!
Run!
I took this photo after breaking into an abandoned waste treatment plant. The air was still and the solitude of the massive compound really weighed on me. I made my way up a ladder to get a better vantage point. It was so quiet that I could hear myself breath between the shallow gusts of cool night breeze. With the heightened sense of awareness that only fear and isolation can deliver, I took note of my surroundings and carefully scanned for any other lifeforms.
I found myself on the top of some kind of large vat or tank. I walked across it hearing the booming echos of my footsteps resounding within the vacant cavity beneath me. I was en route to a fenced bridge that connected this tank to another. When I reached it, I carefully began traversing this outdoor catwalk in the pitch dark of the night. Sensing a photo opportunity, I stopped and deployed my trusty old tripod. I fumbled for a few moments in the dark to secure my camera to its mount. I framed a picture to try and capture the sheer length of this bridge that spanned across the two large holding tanks.
As I was trying to make out the dark scene through my viewfinder, I looked down briefly to rub my drying eye and I then heard a loud click. Suddenly, the two large overhead lights turned on without warning. I was temporarily blinded due to the intense brightness. As my eyes adjusted to the light, I looked up to and could make out what looked like a man-zombie-creature standing merely 20 feet from me! I hastily pressed the shutter release on my Nikon D700 and got the fuck out of there without looking back! When I got home, this is the image I captured.
Reality: I took a photo of my friend on a bridge in the city and it just so turned out that his glasses, the lighting, and composition of my shot all came together to make an eerie horror photo.
So true about the glasses... I didnt notice it until I read the subtext but now I cant take my eyes off of them. I think the shadows are also key to the shot turning out the way it did :)
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! Yes, it was cool how it turned out and it was a fun night out taking pics in the city trying out different shots.