Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris

[markadams99]

Antique presets are always a temptation, but maybe in this case "pastiche celebrates, rather than mocks, the work it imitates."

[Paulo Bizarro]

Nice. I like the menacing shadow.

[francois]

Nice. I like the menacing shadow.

Agreed, it makes the shot!

[mattpallante]

Boy, great timing! Nice image. I'll bet the shadows were moving quickly. Early or late?

Matt

[markadams99]

About 9.30am in early January.  I really must return, properly to exploit those fleeting shadows.

[Christoph C. Feldhaim]

I agree: The Nosferatu shadows really make it ...
Nice one !

[markadams99]

Now I've got to fiddle with it to get more Nosferatu:

[luxborealis]

Cool, very cool!

[Jeremy Roussak]

Now I've got to fiddle with it to get more Nosferatu:

Not an improvement, in my view. The first was very good.

Jeremy

[Christoph C. Feldhaim]

Now I've got to fiddle with it to get more Nosferatu:

I like it

[Chris Calohan]

Second edit is a bit too noir for me but I agree a return trip to exploit those shadows is definitely in order.

[wolfnowl]

I'd stick with the original.  Given the setting, those 'fingers of time' reaching out and enclosing everything are most apt.

Mike.

[Dave (Isle of Skye)]

Excellent shot, but not so sure if the grungy border really adds anything to it, but the image composition, subject and processing are excellent.

Dave

[markadams99]

not so sure if the grungy border really adds anything to it
Dave

It doesn't. You're right.

[Christoph C. Feldhaim]

Second edit is a bit too noir for me but I agree a return trip to exploit those shadows is definitely in order.

I understand what you mean, but for me (purely subjectively) thats just the point which makes the difference.
"Film noir stills" - no idea if that genre exists in photography, but this image would be a good example I think.

[sdwilsonsct]

The shadow is just a little less obvious in the first version, leading to discovery by the viewer. More effective than overplaying it in the second version IMO.
Well captured.