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May 18, 2014 18:44:23   #
jaycohen13 Loc: New York
 
This image will be the opening scene for my yet-to-be-made film noir movie project.

Narrator (sounding faintly like Humphrey Bogart): The man looked down the deserted village street, the sidewalks still glistening from the relentless overnight downpour. With his worn overcoat and the glowing ember of his last cigarette, he stopped and stared for an indeterminate amount of time, thinking of all of the hardly-believable, but unfortunate and unavoidable events that led him to this spot. He was too young to feel as tired as he did but too old to feel the heartbreak and shame that stubbornly would not leave his soul. He knew it had to end this way, but the thought that would haunt him for the rest of his days was whether or not Miriam had……...



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May 18, 2014 19:32:27   #
Wendy2 Loc: California
 
Good photo....straighten it up and it will look even better.

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May 18, 2014 19:39:19   #
jaycohen13 Loc: New York
 
Wendy2 wrote:
Good photo....straighten it up and it will look even better.


Agreed. I though the sidewalk slanted down and the rest was straight, but the whole thing looks a little off. Thanks for the comment!

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May 19, 2014 10:50:33   #
wilikioti Loc: Deep South, USA
 
jaycohen13 wrote:
This image will be the opening scene for my yet-to-be-made film noir movie project.

Narrator (sounding faintly like Humphrey Bogart): The man looked down the deserted village street, the sidewalks still glistening from the relentless overnight downpour. With his worn overcoat and the glowing ember of his last cigarette, he stopped and stared for an indeterminate amount of time, thinking of all of the hardly-believable, but unfortunate and unavoidable events that led him to this spot. He was too young to feel as tired as he did but too old to feel the heartbreak and shame that stubbornly would not leave his soul. He knew it had to end this way, but the thought that would haunt him for the rest of his days was whether or not Miriam had……...
This image will be the opening scene for my yet-to... (show quote)


A great opening scene and dialogue. I would want to see the movie. :thumbup: :thumbup:

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May 19, 2014 11:42:21   #
HowardPepper Loc: Palm Coast, FL
 
Nice shot Jay!

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May 19, 2014 12:00:01   #
GARGLEBLASTER Loc: Spain
 
Straightening it up inevitably means cropping it a little at the same time



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May 20, 2014 10:50:21   #
Wendy2 Loc: California
 
Kept most of the photo after straightening



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May 20, 2014 11:40:28   #
GARGLEBLASTER Loc: Spain
 
Wendy2 wrote:
Kept most of the photo after straightening


You seem to have cropped a bit more off the right side than I did.

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May 20, 2014 15:39:29   #
Wendy2 Loc: California
 
GARGLEBLASTER wrote:
You seem to have cropped a bit more off the right side than I did.


Yes I did, but I kept the height of the photo, which I think is a little more important. The reason it is cropped a little more on the sides is because I needed to do that to get it straighter.

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