ran the holga action, multiply layers, screen layer, burn, spot tone, i think that's it.
------------
i just get better and better - lowest score yet! ah well, my genius is unrecognized ;-)
i debated for a long time over the gaussian blur, but kept it in the end, being more indicative of the morning blur. sharpness actually seemed to work against this shot.
Statistics
Place: 182 out of 188 Avg (all users): 4.3073 Avg (commenters): 5.0625 Avg (participants): 3.9873 Avg (non-participants): 4.4892 Views since voting: 1622 Views during voting: 625 Votes: 218 Comments: 24 Favorites: 1 (view)
Oh, hey! You got unjustifiably hammered on this one :-) I gave it a 7 myself, it was one of my favorites in the challenge. I guess it's no surprise that so many people reacted negatively, but I think the image is very well done, stark and moody and true-to-life. I'm gonna fave it, least I can do :-)
Technical: Focus is good, and depth of field works for this photograph. Brightness and contrast are done well.
Reaction: Over-sharing! Looking at your comments, your bio, and other work, this was obviously done to provoke a reaction. Looks like by the scores you got what you were looking for. By that I mean that I sense you were not necessarily aiming for a low score, but just for people to feel something, anything, about this image. Unfortunately voters here do not seem to separate feelings from votes. Something that makes us uneasy, or is graphic, gets low marks. Happy pictures get high marks.
It isn't all about the marks. And I'm impressed that you are willing to submit a picture that you know will get voted down, in order to have an image that will provoke a reaction.
I have to confess I probably would not have made this one of my top ten. It is more a reaction piece in my mind. But still I feel that this could have been say top 30 if not 20, based on somebody willing to say something other than saturation and sunsets.
Ha, Ha (lol). I just did this same type of photo on faceless. It actually generated my highest score to date (not sure if that's anything to brag about, lol).
5: I hope the model was just acting! The blurry OOF feel is good in it's place but I don't think that place is this photo. There is nothing left that seem in focus - which is what I'd expect to see in order to draw my attention somewhere
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
Photographer found comment helpful.
