Knife or Death?
by shutterfly

Comment by ButterflySis:
Nice idea and good bokeh. You even caught some motion in the drop. My only nitpick with this is that the "blood" is too metallic looking to be real. Not that you should use real blood...lol...but I dunno...there must be something else...?

Knife or Death?
by shutterfly

Comment by Skip:
interesting take on the challenge. yes, you have created a bokeh effect, but, for me, it really isn't enhancing the subject. the blowouts in the liquid catch my eye first, then the effect of the selective desat is to take my eye straight down the image to the drop. the way this is composed, it makes the viewing more of a rushed trip than a journey. maybe that is what you intended. i like the balance between the light and dark sides of the blade. as far as images go, this is fine; as for the challenge, i don't think this is the best your could have done for an entry.

Knife or Death?
by shutterfly

Comment by sidpixel:
very powerful image and excellent execution (oops).

Knife or Death?
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Comment by Pano:
kill kill kill :)
a 10

Knife or Death?
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Comment by orussell:
The desaturation here is a nice juxtoposition against the bokeh you have created. It looks like you rotated the blade to make it parallel to your frame. Because the drop stands out from the background so well, it looks as though the drop is falling slightly slanted. Other than that little nit pick, great shot. One of my highest rated.

Knife or Death?
by shutterfly

Comment by film_de_verre:
I really llike this one, it's kind of frightening but what's wrong with that?

Knife or Death?
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Comment by rhipster:
Gorgeous. Nice bokeh too. Imaginative selective desaturation. 10

Knife or Death?
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Comment by kearock:
Distracting border.

Knife or Death?
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Comment by Gallatin:
Excellent work, nice comp and colors

Knife or Death?
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Comment by tristalisk:
I like that it is a unique piece of art in this challenge. The black and white against color manages to raise my score most of the time. I realy like the effect it has. I could not however make this one of my top picks for several reasons. First. the blood looks too fake. The red is definately to powerfull. Second the drop of blood at the bottom of the blade looks slightly out of focus. Last of all I just didn't find it to be real exciting. It does however have alot of good aspects. The brokeh work is great and ads alot to the photo. the B&W w color works well. The knife blade is very crisp and detailed, and the lighting was great. wonderfull shot and deserves every bit of 7 and strongly asking for an 8 imo.