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hanneke


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Challenge: Death (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: studio
Date: Dec 5, 2006
Aperture: F5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Emotive, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Dec 5, 2006

I had this idea the whole week, but I didn't find the time to shoot it untill tuesday. This came out even better then I expected. I love the expression on my face, so cold. Looks like a character of Lara Croft or something like that.

Huge thanks to the father of my brother-in-law, who's a farmer and borrowed me the scythe. First I wanted to use an axe, but this seemed more creepy to me.

Used fake blood on my shirt & hands, might be a bit too perfect, but oh well :P

I was lucky, because I set the timer with manual focus and didn't check the focus, but the blood was off of my hands and I smeared it over my shirt allready because otherwise it was dripping, so a reshoot would be a big problem..

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Statistics
Place: 41 out of 227
Avg (all users): 5.6280
Avg (commenters): 7.5556
Avg (participants): 5.6579
Avg (non-participants): 5.6107
Views since voting: 1108
Views during voting: 428
Votes: 207
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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12/13/2006 12:15:39 AM
YAY it's you!!! Awesome shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/12/2006 06:58:26 PM
cool!
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12/11/2006 02:40:48 PM
you look like a very upset biteme. I'll give you a 7 if you don't hurt me.
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12/10/2006 04:04:36 PM
the lighting works well.
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12/10/2006 11:13:10 AM
love the lighting, great job, framing, and leading line of the blade...great job overall. 8
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12/09/2006 04:06:38 PM
Oohhhhh - shorter & darker hair incognito hey?
I'm not sure I'll ever wanna' play a game with you.
Perfect shot for this challenge!
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12/09/2006 09:12:01 AM
Wow, this is excellent! Superb lighting and atmosphere. One of the best shots so far.
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12/09/2006 02:09:50 AM
Was this inspired by the Soul Calibur 3 character Zasalamel? I wouldn't have thought it at first except for your title. Let me know! :) Anyway, I'm back to bump up a few scores and I can't bump yours anymore so yeah. :-) I think this is just great.. so bold.. and it's staged obviously, but somehow (usually I don't like obviously staged shots) it just realy seems to work. I think with the lighting being so bold it sort of just all fits. Background is awesome as well as expression of the model. Great shot.
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12/07/2006 04:11:30 PM
You make it all look so clinical! :) Great composition, this is a dandy. Score: 2

Noooo, I'm kidding about the score. 8! :)
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12/07/2006 03:09:43 PM
Too freakin' cool! I like the lighting set-up, adds a bit of mystery. Glad a I wasn't a participant in the game. :)
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12/07/2006 01:45:05 PM
Technicals: The lighting bothers me somehow. I see you are going for contrasty with the face (and that's good), but somehow it doesn't jive with the very low contrast of the background. Maybe that's a small nitpick.
The Feel: The blood looks a bit on the "staged" side, but I do like the slightly androgynous feel of the model and outfit.
Score: 5
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