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by Ubersteiny

Comment by shanelighter:
I didn't vote either, but I like it. I don't particularly like the inclusion of the girl's face, almost like it gives too much away, and she's a little too pretty for the mood. But I really like the picture of the hands, it has a great aesthetic.

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by Ubersteiny

Comment by Retroesque:
Wow - POWERFUL shot!

I didn't vote on this one, didn't see it.

I must say it brings up all sorts of feelings for me and none of them nice - I'm wondering if because of that I would instinctively vote it lower because it made me feel bad?

I guess unless I'd come across it in the challenge during voting I'll never know, but that's my first thought, I wonder if others voted that way too.

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by Ubersteiny

Comment by Shaman:
I promised you a more detailed comment - it is totally the subject matter that I don't like in this. I find it offensive. So, I skipped it in voting (and just left the comment) because I didn't want to vote you down just because I dislike the subject.
Technically, I think this is a great set of shots. My very few technical suggestions are - - the top right photo is a bit dark on the left side, especially contrasted against the girls photo. I might suggest that you do a vertical flip the shot of the guy digging to even out the lighting in the top two. Also, on the bottom shot, the horizontal bar above the sink detracts a bit, you could have perhaps cropped it a bit to remove that. And, I would also suggest cropping up by about the same amount from the bottom of the image, to remove a bit of the extra arms, so overall, cropping in tighter from the top and the bottom, but leaving the sides as they are, since the tightness on the sink really draws the eye into the center of the overall triptych. If I could have voted without dropping your score due to the subject matter, I'd have given this a 7 or 8.

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by Ubersteiny

Comment by mist:
I gave this a 6 because it is fairly powerful and has good impact. But the simple facts are that you will get voted down by people who see stuff they don't like to think about.

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Comment by crayon:
where's the vista clock? its one of my favourites, heh

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by Ubersteiny

Comment by klstover:
I think maybe a different, "horror movie" title like people are suggesting might have given you a slightly better score, but I'm glad that you titled it what you did. Makes us think more.

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by Ubersteiny

Comment by BrianR:
IMHO, you hit a very emmotional nerve in subject title, people do not wish blood, and this type of image in an excapism to photography, most like to get away from reality of this type. For the record I gave a 4 for this very reason.

Message edited by author 2007-05-07 02:34:13.

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by Ubersteiny

Comment by klstover:
-Critique Club-

So I have read the thread and the comments below and feel that there is a lot of good feedback there! I am just going to tell you what I thought about the picture as I was voting.

I thought that this was very impactful, both visually and emotionally. I do not like staged shots that are trying to look real but don't. Yours, while having a bit of a fake element to it (specifically, I think she's too white for it to have been done recently, and I would have liked to see more messiness on the male's clothes), did a good job at not looking too staged! So I was impressed by that. Especially the blood... so many pictures with fake blood look like it's tomato juice or paint, and this looked pretty good.

I think definitely that the upper right picture doesn't fit as well with the others. It's too dark, color-wise. Perhaps if this had been a vertical or horizontal triptych, with that in the middle for balance, it would have worked. I don't like the orange lights on the back of the shirt, either.

As I said before, I like the half-desaturation. I think it gives it a definite "creepy" feel. I also like the poses of the models and think that they helped things feel real.


Don't be discouraged about your 1's and 2's. As has been stated, images with "wow factor" can be scored highly despite the technicals, so it makes sense that it works the same way. If anything, be *encouraged* - because that "ew factor" coming out in the votes lets you know that you got a definite reaction and you made people feel that they were looking in on something very bad and wrong. You did a great job with portraying that, and the high scores but also the low scores reflect that.

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by Ubersteiny

Comment by crayon:
this is a very cool photo that tells a story.
challenge-wise i think it made good use of the triptych rules. though i think the weak frame is the one of the guy and the shovel - it doesnt seem to fit in too well with the other 2 frames, technical wise.

i agree with Ken about the "white tank top" part.

crayon

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by Ubersteiny

Comment by hotpasta:
I gave you an 8, so I guess I understood what you were trying to achive with this crime tryptich. As troubling as it is, it tells a story and the washing hands image caps it off...I hate crime, but it's out there...well photographed