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Piercing by Ryu Murakami
Piercing by Ryu Murakami
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Challenge: Classic Novels (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Date: Oct 11, 2013
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Oct 15, 2013

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Statistics
Place: 53 out of 86
Avg (all users): 5.6226
Avg (commenters): 4.8889
Avg (participants): 5.4524
Avg (non-participants): 5.7344
Views since voting: 373
Views during voting: 221
Votes: 106
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0


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10/22/2013 09:52:50 PM
The eyes are funny but really too much nose. It's just hard to look at.

oh, but that mouth is funny, too.

Okay I have a policy of giving a 7 for funny, so 7.
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10/22/2013 08:33:20 PM
haha! Quite a shot. However, I'm afraid I'm having a hard time voting on this challenge. Many of the shots seem to be inspired by the title of the novel -- not by the novel itself. -5-
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10/22/2013 05:19:30 PM
I love the point when you see the eyes. great overall pink tones.
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10/22/2013 05:02:34 PM
simply not. 1
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10/22/2013 02:14:06 PM
wow....that's more detail than i ever thought i'd see regarding a bull's nose. have to say it's quite humorous, though generally unappealing to me.
technically well done for the focus and detail.
*edited* forgot to include vote before - this gets a 6 from me
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10/22/2013 12:53:43 PM
4...I don't see a connection to the book other than using its title for the title.
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10/21/2013 11:12:37 PM
Damn... I'm almost angry at you for taking what could have been an EXCELLENT book to portray and giving me a silly pun.

Weak sauce. 3 because I almost like the image.
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10/21/2013 10:00:53 PM
Did not read this particular Murakami book and upon glancing at the synopsis I do not think that it has to do much with it, save for the title.
Nevertheless, it's a good picture, a National Geographic type but in this context it does not move me at all.
5
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10/21/2013 08:49:35 AM
Interesting. Not familiar with the novel but seemed to refer to humans. Back to the picture, at this level of details should have been tack sharp. 5
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10/20/2013 09:07:08 PM
In relation to the novel, looking at a single moment of horror from every angle and the type of crime committed by Kawashima doesn't appear here. If this is a type of allegory, then you could get away with a connection ;) I'll judge you on the latter anyway. Technically, a little overprocessed for me but your composition includes all the key elements to convey the message.5.
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10/19/2013 03:52:20 PM
Love the shot, but the tie to the story is not there. Not really what I would consider a classic either. Would have rated it higher in a different challenge. 5
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10/18/2013 10:24:16 PM
You want a classic novel? I don't need no classic novel. I like the in your face image but there's no association with the modern novel as far as I can tell. Image could be a 6 in another challenge. Here its only a 5.
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10/18/2013 11:27:45 AM
I am not a border police, and in fact I often use top and bottom black borders myself. Though I wouldn't do it in a challenge about novels. I was looking forward to portrait images that may work out well as book covers. But that's probably just me.

I would have set the focus range up to the eyes and applied selective gaussian to the corners with distracting elements.

5 from me.
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10/18/2013 10:27:40 AM
I haven't read the novel, but read up a little bit about it. Not sure if this portrays the novel well, as I understand it to be quite a weird, dark and violent work. From me 5
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10/17/2013 08:56:10 PM
It's got some great detail in the face, but it is just a piercing of a cow's?? nose. I know it goes with the title of the book, but the theme of the book has nothing to really do with this...at least from what I read about it. Maybe a different piercing with a dark undertone or something?

I gave it a 3.
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10/17/2013 12:31:22 AM
I love this. Neat processing.
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10/16/2013 10:22:01 PM
Wow! Now that's a close-up of a snout as I've ever seen! :) Wonderful detail and clarity (maybe a touch over-processed?). Never read the book, but this fits the title perfectly!
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10/16/2013 12:37:16 PM
Great detail. Love the close up you have here.
Interesting shot for the title. I've never seen this before, but then again, I don't view any animals up close and personal like this. lol.

Great detail. Wonderful color. Nice processing.
Well done. 7
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