Mind's Eye - All Hallows Eve

For this month’s post I thought it would be appropriate to show off some of the POEs finest spooky imagery.   Manipulated and abstract photography lend themselves perfectly to creating scary accidental creations, crafting nightmarish ghost stories,  and altering beautiful images into eerie wonders.  Whether it be light leaks, grainy/vintage textures, hazy lighting, or multiple exposures, this genre of photography can conjure up the spookiest and most haunting creations imaginable.  For this special Halloween edition enjoy the tricks these manipulated images whip up and allow them to treat your imagination.  Happy Halloween! 

One need not be a chamber to be haunted; One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place.  

~ Emily Dickinson

Both images by Deborah Noyes.  "Are you sure you want to come upstairs?" and  "Sitting Pretty"

Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.     

~Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

 Both images by Gothicrow.  "In Dreams I Walk with You"  and "Dusk"

 Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen 

Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!" 

~Dexter Kozen

 "A wicked wind will blow the ribbons from your curls" by Dream by Day

"Moonlight meeting of the Beauty and the Beast" by Shashamane

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.   

~ George Carlin

 "Window Scene" by Rrobertsphoto

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.  

~Henry David Thoreau

"Pumpkin" by Erin Reynolds

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"Mind's Eye", by Anika Toro, is a monthly post focusing on abstract and manipulated photography.  Anika lives in TN with her baby, husband, and two naughty cats.  She loves taking photos every moment of every day.  

Anika shares her photography in her shop, on her blog, and invites you to collaborate.