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At Hell's Entrance
At Hell's Entrance
Someamateur


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study XVII (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Sigma
Location: Mount Barker, South Australia
Date: Aug 12, 2007
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 0.6 Seconds
Galleries: Abstract, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Aug 12, 2007

Shot this with the light in the bathroom as the only light source.

Set my camera to timer and quickly got behind the doorway. Had a little trouble with getting the settings right but the end result is one I quite enjoy.

Not sure if the DPC voters will poo poo this one as the subject is not warm and fuzzy.

Statistics
Place: 333 out of 452
Avg (all users): 5.0750
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.9195
Avg (non-participants): 5.2603
Views since voting: 782
Views during voting: 210
Votes: 160
Comments: 5
Favorites: 1 (view)


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08/23/2007 10:03:35 AM
Greetings from the critique club :)

Well I actually think this shot is kindof cool! I completely disagree with the vote and placement it got in the challenge. I still don´t think it´s bloody brilliant but I would have wanted to see this score about a full point higher or so. These free studies are always tough...

There are several things that could have been done better though. The door for starters... It just looks so ordinary wich I do like, kind of like it´s usually a normal door and then transforms into the door to hell but still, maybe if there was something that was a bit meancing about it that could give it away to the observant. Like a cooler doorknob, that round doorknob looks so dull, if you had a black one with a crooked handle or something that would just have looked more fitting somehow.

I do like the lighting and the placement/feel of the hand. Maybe if you had drawn on the door to make it seem like the hand was being dragged in, drawn like marks so as if the fingernails had carved a path in the door, like the hand was hanging on for dear life?

This shot is promising and I like the idea, hope you don´t let the score get you down, just pay more attention to the details in a photo like this and you should be set :) For what it´s worth, I would probably have given this a 7 if I had voted and I don´t give out many of those in free studies.

Kind regards from Iceland, Lárus.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/17/2007 12:11:15 AM
Creepy picture in a good way. The bright light at the top of the door is distracting and pulls the eye away from the hand.
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08/15/2007 05:13:13 PM
Didn't pull it off.
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08/14/2007 11:59:08 AM
neat lihting effect!
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08/13/2007 07:17:23 AM
I love this photo....
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