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the Hemophiliac
the Hemophiliac
klstover


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Challenge: Perspective IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z10
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Date: Nov 19, 2006
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/6 sec
Galleries: Macro, Textures
Date Uploaded: Nov 19, 2006

 auto levels
crop/rotate
neat image

No flash, fluorescent lighting.

Won't get a good score and I'm fine with that... but if I get any "why would anyone submit this" or "hope you were going for the brown" comments I think I will go insane.


post-challenge response to IreneM:

Thanks for your comment. I was bracing for bad comments (see above) but didn't get them. Comments like yours, nicely worded, were wonderful. :-) I entered it for two reasons. The first was that I know that perspective is usually the lines / vanishing point / etc ideas but I did see in previous perspective challenges that some included the meaning "seeing an object in a way / position you don't normally see it". I wanted to go with that definition even though I knew from the get-go it wouldn't be a good idea score-wise. Secondly (and I would NOT have used this reason if it had been my only reason) I wanted to play on the whole "perspective is a different way of understanding things" idea. A small drop of blood is not anything to think twice about for most people but for a hemophiliac it might be another matter altogether.

Again thanks for the comment - and that goes for everyone who commented.

Statistics
Place: 316 out of 319
Avg (all users): 4.0181
Avg (commenters): 2.7143
Avg (participants): 3.9259
Avg (non-participants): 4.1059
Views since voting: 3959
Views during voting: 253
Votes: 166
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 05/22/2007 01:54:09 PM
Both of your reasons for entering it are sound, and people need to widen their view of the term "perspective." :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/30/2007 03:25:47 AM
No - this was just a random cut I decided to photograph. Well actually not really a cut; I was picking at my skin. Oops! The spoons theory is due to my fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue.
 01/30/2007 03:17:22 AM
hmmmmmmmm .....

CONGRATS ON THE BROWN RIBBON ........
to get a brown ribbon is probably a lot more difficult than a blue!!
is the subject of this photo the reason for the spoons theory on your profile page??
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/29/2006 07:50:14 PM
Kelly, you're a thinker. There should be more like you here. For the most part, unfortunately, you have to smack the voters over the head with your message. Had I voted in this challenge, I'd have given you a 5. Not because I didn't get it (I do), or thought it dnmc (it isn't), but purely from a technical point for the focus and lighting. I dare say, if the focus was better and the light wasn't so harsh, your score would have looked a little healthier.

But at the end of the day, I suspect you're not terribly fixated on scores or wanting to sell your soul to the dpc hype :) So always do what YOU want to do.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/29/2006 03:46:11 PM
a powerful shot. to be honest I couldn't look at it long because I have a thing about blood.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/29/2006 04:27:25 AM
Hi Kelly,
Strangely enough (or perhaps not strangely enough) I can understand your reasons perfectly - and I definitely understand the need sometimes to do something "different", which is always a risky thing to do here.
Your shot can do do well - or not...
One thing's for sure - I stared at your shot for the longest time trying to work out why. It's great that you took the time to explain.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/26/2006 05:20:17 PM
How does this become a good subject?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/25/2006 08:59:59 AM
ouch....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/24/2006 11:49:44 AM
Yuck!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/23/2006 02:05:20 PM
I'll be interested in reading why you entered this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/22/2006 02:05:12 PM
oweee!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/22/2006 01:07:44 PM
dnmc
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 11/22/2006 02:31:04 AM
liar, that's just a hangnail, lol. focus could've been better
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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