Speeding Will Kill You
by sahko

Comment:
Nice composition, exposure and the use of a cooler light temperature really makes this shot. I have to say though, as a person who has seen many bodies laying on morgue tables that I knew it was a fake from the minute I looked at it. For this to have been more realistisic, there should be some blue discoloration (liver mortis) around the heels and bottoms of the legs. That's when the blood settles due to gravity. This guy's feet look alive and well. The feet also would not be hanging over the end of the table (its kind of hard to tell what type of table that is, but it doesn't look like a morgue table to me).

But keep in mind that I was a professional health care provider so I am going to look at this photo far differently from the average viewer. Does it evoke strong emotion in me even though I see the technical flaws? You bet. It's good work in my book. I think that it is worthy of a blue ribbon for many reasons and my congratualtions go to the photographer.

Message edited by author 2005-03-08 09:30:54.

Peace
by Prime_Time

Comment:
Congratulations on this nice piece of work. For those of us who are old enough to have been around in the 60's, I can say that I saw many peace signs during the day. They were born out of opposition to Vietnam and the sexual revolution -- nothing directly to do with gay rights. The rainbow was later adopted by that group, however peace activists were using it long before then.

I haven't posted here, although I follow the challenges every week. This one inspired me because as another poster noted, it does evoke feelings of nostalgia.... that's art folks. whether the photographer's techniques are beginning to feel like a cliche' or not, the work still evokes emotion. Perhaps this photographer uses this technique with water drops as his signiture style. There isn't a thing wrong with that. Look at Vincent Vercaci's work -- his signiture is the frames that he uses in photoshop. You can tell it is a Versaci when you look at it without seeing his name. Does the technique get old for me? Well yes and no. Sometimes I think that in Versaci's case that the frame is the only thing that makes the picture. . . . But this photo is another matter. What if this photographer would have chosen to use a fisheye lens for several different entries? Helpful photographers might have told him not to over use it, but like with other techniques in photography, sometimes you use a technique until you hit a real winner -- and that's just what this photographer did -- hit a winner.

Nice job. I like it.

Message edited by author 2005-03-08 09:19:41.