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.

Wanderings: Spooky travels

Ana was here-Smcternan

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. The candy, the cute kiddies trick or treating AND the creepy atmosphere!

I like to scare myself silly! I LOVE ghost stories, eerie movies and mysterious haunts. I am certainly not brave enough to venture into an abandoned insane asylum or prison à la Ghost Hunters style, but when we travel, I do like to check out alleged haunted places. And apparently so do a lot of you, dear POE crew!

So turn off the lights, and let your imagination run wild. Here's a little BOO from me to you! Happy Halloween darling POE!

the bizarre math of nothingness-mkendall

Ominous Ladder-studiocvh



Haunted Fairy Tale Forest-missquitecontrary


Turkey Farmhouse-MadHouse Mauly


fog-gothiccrow


Black Widow-theeye


Outpatient-downanddirty


So Lost-AriaImages


Bewitched-ara133photography

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Michelle Campbell-Zurek is an artist/photographer from the east coast who is wide-eyed and smitten with the crazy town called LA. When not on a quest to capture light and stop time, she can be found painting and ingesting gobs of sweets & tea. All are welcome to stop by the Myan Artist Lounge, as well as Michelle's photography shop, art shop and website.

Mosiac Monday: Halloween

Since it is so close, and Halloween is my favorite Holiday, I chose some tasteful yet spooky photos...





1. Twenty-One - abcd images
2. Dreary Tree - zMac Photography
3. First Flight - Sowing Oats
4. Sun,Clouds,Smoke - My Photo Art
5. Haunted - Modern Classics
6. Odd Fellows - Down & Dirty
7. Fortified Contentment - Altered Abbey
8. As The Crow Sits - Tastes Like Purple
9. Lake View - Distressing Delilah
10. Out Break - Elle Moss
11. Oregon Coast - The Eye
12. Raven Graveyard - Gothicrow

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SeaBelly (julie)likes creating images that you can not place in time. She loves nature and capturing moments in all its tiny worlds that would otherwise go unnoticed. She likes to think this is still the age of exploration.

The Great Pumpkin

Like Linus van Pelt, the Photographers of Etsy know that they are good boys and girls, and are also waiting for the "Great Pumpkin" to fly through the sky and deliver presents to them.

1. more pumpkins – quicksnaps
2. Cute Pig, Scary Pumpkin – Lindentreephotograph
3. autumn sky – gothicrow
4. Pumpkin Love – janmoralesphoto
5. Fall Harvest – 2ofakindphotography
6. Bibbity-Bobbity – littlesparrowsnest
7. Too Late for Pumpkin – drockphotography
8. Butterflies and Pumpkins – ClaudiaLord
9. Pumpkin Patch – uniqueangles
10. autumn in the flower district – anniebee
11. Footsteps Behind You – uncommondepth
12. Pumpkin Picking – naturemanipulated

May the "Great Pumpkin" bring you lots of treats.

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Mosaic Mondays are compiled by Patti Meyer. Patti is an award winning graphic artist who resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. See her photography collection at her shop right here.