Camera Craniums: The Photography Community for Enthusiasts

This is the entry thread for  " Film Noir".  I really like these moody film noir type shots and always wanted to try one, so what better way than to make it the comp theme?

"Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as stretching from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography. Many of the prototypical stories and much of the attitude of classic noir derive from the hardboiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Depression."  (Definition nicked from Wikipedia)

Pictures to be taken between 00.01am Monday 8th Novmber to Sunday 14th November.
Pictures to be posted in the entries thread no later than 23.59pm Monday 15th November
Poll will be up Tuesday 16th November  until Friday 19th November
Winner to be announced Saturday 20th November

The Rules for the weekly competition are...

By entering you agree to take responsibility to
post a topic on the Sunday following your declared win
create an entries thread
create a chat thread
create a poll for that weeks comp and declare the winner on the Saturday
(if for any reason there is a problem and no subject is posted by the winner by Monday night admin will advise second place winner to post the topic asap, do the poll etc)

In case of a tie, the first entry posted wins.

photos to be taken during the specified dates, ie sunday xx to Monday xx

pictures to be posted in the entries thread no later than 23.59 Monday night

I didn't think anyone was going to play  :'(

So I made half an hour this morning with a hat and a toy gun :)

(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10146/normal_Detective-IMGP0966_DxOsppcc.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=8408)

Alleyway

(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10312/normal_noirfinal.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=8409)

Femme Fatale
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10166/normal__femme_fatale.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=8427)

Well this was the only one of about 50 attempts that was remotely decent now I ve had time to play with them.

(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10154/normal_DSC_0179up.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=8428)

Tea House Assignation:
(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10149/normal_DSC_1507_Tea_House_assignation.jpg) (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=8431&fullsize=1)