White Lick Creek by mboncher
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Description
This is my entry in the "Wake the Dead" contest. I didn't rank... darn it.
The Ghost of White Lick Creek
In the 1870's the railroad built a trestle near Danville, Indiana over White Lick Creek. During the pouring of the support piers that, a worker fell in and was entombed in the sucking concrete. His body remains there to this day.
It is said that every full moon a ghostly skeleton waving a lantern appears on the bridge and shrieks at passing trains, trying to flag them down so his soul can be taken away to rest. The railroad is gone now, but his ghost still waits for his train that will never come.
Bryce 5.0, Poser 4, with color correction and a few extra touches in Photoshop 6.
Comments (12)
jtm_11
The lighting on the skeleton is great - love the glowing eyes.
Mahray
I like the image, but you're looking for constructive comments... To me, the arm holding the lantern seems to throw my eye out of the image, which may not be what you're looking for. Also, I'd probably make the railway bridge a bit more subdued, the lines in there are a bit too contrasting. The lighting on the skeleton is excellent, especially around the eyes :)
Flak
Love the skel lighting. Some C&C in your forum thread, but overall a good bit of work :)
wawadave
the jamesbay hydro project there were more then 50+ fallen and left in the cement. next time those in eastern canada and north east usa your computers acts funny maybe its their ghosts in your machine!!! nicely done work!!!
draculaz
have to say, pretty damned good, my only q would be towards the clouds/mountains or whatever they are. what are they? if they're clouds they look like mountains. otherwise excellent!
Riquelme8
I wondered same as draculaz... but overall superb image.. especially that skeleton:) Well done.
buzz69
i don't care if they clouds or mountains as it leaves it to the viewer to decide and everything is perfect in my opinion!! ;D
Fidelity2
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L. 5+.
Daramski
Awesome scene, really excellent render, very cool!
Myrailon
Funny idea!
magnus073
How on earth did you not rank with this Michael ??? This is a superbly done image and the effects are spot on. Your ghost story really rounded it off nicely for me and it is a fav !
mboncher
The Ghost Story is actually a "real" myth from White Lick, Indiana. This image has been selected as the cover of an upcoming gaming book by Dana Jorgensen. Release date unknown as of this time.