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Challenge: Crime Scene (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G IF-ED DX
Location: Miraflores
Date: Jun 15, 2008
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jun 15, 2008

Thanks for your kind comments and special thanks to my models Fico (the bad guy), Tony (the dead body) and beautiful Diana (the girl, and possibly the "motive" of the crime :-)). They kindly accepted to pose as per my weird directions.

I am surprised I took the red with this entry. I really liked the idea and how the acted scene came out in the shot, but was aware of the technical problems with the execution: 1) My hands had shaken during the 1/10th of a second needed for background exposure with available light (fg has the aid of SB-800 fill light); 2) I did not make the best job with the processing when trying to compensate the lack of focus while enhancing the dramatic effect of shadows. I was not satisfied with the post processing but the story telling was good enough to enter it. I wish I had more time to do it better.

Some of you may like something like this better:

This one does not have the exposure/levels correction to bring some detail to sky though, which was important for the drama mood.

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 62
Avg (all users): 6.7194
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 6.2059
Avg (non-participants): 6.8272
Views since voting: 8797
Views during voting: 679
Votes: 196
Comments: 45
Favorites: 5 (view)


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04/19/2009 09:05:24 PM
You would make a great motion picture movie director, great direction and composition.
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06/29/2008 07:38:35 PM
muito lindo essa foto, muito original, real hoje a vida
não nos da tempo de perceber que há mtas pessoas que não sentem remorsos em sua atitudes insanas, e qu ea frieza esta por toda a parte resumindo há mais maldade do que a bondade talvez pq o amor ao proximo o amor de amar, estaja entrando em extinção
bjus
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06/26/2008 01:48:45 AM
Have you ever tried directing films?
If not, why not?
A lighting cameraman would be proud of this, too!
At these sizes, no sign of any camera shake, but have you got a tripod, or anti-shake lenses? - that would solve the 1/10 second, and the zone of clear focus and dramatic lighting on the villain's face is just perfect to tell the story of a man so obsessed by revenge, so hardened by evil, that no remorse is the perfect title!

No reflection on your friend in front, but guessing what job he might do in real life, I can't see it being a florist or similar, but security guard or even bodyguard, or something involving night work in the jewelery trade? (he's probably a primary school teacher, really!)

very good choice of 'actors', considering they are friends!

Your pix of people shows a very enviable ability to get people to pose just as you need, and they seem to enjoy doing it - a great and useful talent. Many more ribbons for you, I am sure!

Message edited by author 2008-06-26 01:52:11.
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06/23/2008 12:40:35 PM
Well you made that guy look pretty scarey... cool!
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06/23/2008 09:58:36 AM
Wow Alfredo two weeks in a row! Congratulations!
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06/23/2008 09:08:58 AM
Congrats with a great image and the red ribbon. Very dramatic image!
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06/23/2008 09:04:23 AM
this is amazing. VERY nice job, and well deserved!
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06/23/2008 08:50:49 AM
wow, what a perfect composition to tell that story!
would'nt have thought this was shot with a fisheye, but you put it to good use here.
congrats on the well deserved ribbon!
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06/23/2008 07:31:37 AM
Loved this, was in my top 3 ver glad to see you take the red ribbon, congratulations!
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06/23/2008 05:49:29 AM
Excellent work as usual. The use of 'light' on the crime scene and how it is placed opposite to the man's face really balances out this frightful scene.
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06/23/2008 02:02:47 AM
Congrats on the Red! Creepy. Just plain creepy. Love the blank stare - I think that's what really gave this image that special touch.
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06/23/2008 01:15:43 AM
Originally posted by Bear_Music:

I actually believe the processing on the one you entered is MUCH better for the challenge than the alternate version you linked. It is grainier, grungier, more surreal in every way. MUCH better. So much better I wonder if the other version still would have ribboned.

I agree 100 % with Robert.
On your entry, beginning with the bad guy skin's imperfections,and all the background, sky's details, buildings, ...all this imperfect grainy tonality collaborate to transmit the idea of human misery
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06/23/2008 12:59:03 AM
Is that two weeks in a row now? Nice one!
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06/23/2008 12:45:29 AM
Your bad guy is certainly scary, he has this "don't give a damn" look on his face. This is a great shot, Alfredo. You really nailed the challenge with this one.
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06/23/2008 12:38:41 AM
I actually believe the processing on the one you entered is MUCH better for the challenge than the alternate version you linked. It is grainier, grungier, more surreal in every way. MUCH better. So much better I wonder if the other version still would have ribboned.

Why not start a thread about it (say at the start I asked you to) and ask people THEIR opinions. Be really interesting to see what the consensus is...

Nice work!
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06/23/2008 12:23:00 AM
That is one scary guy! Congrats!
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06/23/2008 12:20:45 AM
Nice work....congrats on the ribbon.
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06/23/2008 12:11:52 AM
OMG !!!! Congrats. Alfredo...Really well done...no remorse...What happened in your face? ;-)
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06/23/2008 12:11:02 AM
Another graet people picture brother, incredible expression. Well deserved ribbon, congratulations!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/22/2008 09:56:12 PM
Very powerful, made me WANT to help!! 10!
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06/22/2008 09:52:47 PM
The tone/levels here really add to the mood.
Nice job - it has feeling to it, and one of my 4 top pics.
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06/22/2008 09:51:20 PM
Good shot and good lighting.
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06/22/2008 07:12:40 PM
Looks like he won't be getting the girl.
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06/22/2008 02:19:57 PM
Very good.
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06/21/2008 02:00:30 PM
I Like!
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06/20/2008 07:18:45 PM
your guy is creepy for sure, but something is a bit weird about your processing for me.
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06/20/2008 09:21:56 AM
haunting image but the victims look like there's a spotlight on them which doesn't somehow add to the mood
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06/20/2008 07:29:36 AM
I like this one because I see here an attempt at giving a personal and broader view of what crime means, the pain and sorrow for the relatives of the victim vis à vis the easyness with which apparently people kill other people. Unfortunately the right eye of the killer, which plays a great role in the overall composition, looks a little too overprocessed, or in any case unnatural; therefore it is just 8 for me.
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06/19/2008 10:53:48 AM
One of the better ones this challenge I think.
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06/18/2008 03:43:58 PM
Good contrast, a little overdone on the sharpening, but good retro look
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06/18/2008 12:36:49 PM
Very eerie. Like the girls pose and expression. You may score lower for having a photo of a crime rather of the crime scene, but who knows how voters choose to vote.
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06/18/2008 11:01:15 AM
Nice B&W and sense of crime scene... interesting... 9
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06/17/2008 11:57:41 AM
good catch of the athmosphere of the scene.
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06/17/2008 08:25:35 AM
Scary shot. Processing works well. Bumping up 1.
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06/16/2008 08:11:52 PM
this is what it means to be a storyteller.
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06/16/2008 06:21:38 PM
Great job on this! My top pick. I love the effect of light around the body and the eye of the "killer". I keep looking for more detail all over this picture. Great composition that tells a story - 10
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06/16/2008 04:43:29 PM
The details on your criminal's face look a bit off to me, can't put my finger on why. might be the way you PP'ed it.

You've conveyed a great mood with this shot.
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06/16/2008 12:44:11 PM
Wow very chilling photo
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06/16/2008 09:25:04 AM
Love the eyes! Wonderfully done!
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06/16/2008 02:53:41 AM
Interesting image, but I wish there was more of a story, or something to really sell me a crime scene.
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06/16/2008 02:30:01 AM
Not bad at all. Nice election of B&W (9)
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06/16/2008 01:25:49 AM
When I first saw this, I thought right away that it will be on the front page. The perp walking away steals the shot. Perfect model for this type of shot whoever you are... No vote, I'm in this one.
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06/16/2008 12:49:47 AM
Excellent, feels like a movie still.
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06/16/2008 12:48:33 AM
Wow! Perfect lighting, composition, a background that doesn't distract from the subject, everything about this photo works. Forget the DPC blue, I hope you get the Posthumous blue!
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06/16/2008 12:23:51 AM
He looks so EVIL, well done, 10.
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