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What is left behind
What is left behind
Lorenza F


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Challenge: Crime Scene (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 I
Date: Jun 14, 2008
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jun 14, 2008

 Camera on the floor, manual focus, remote control.

It was quite a while that I wanted to take a photo like this, as a way to come to terms with the horrors that we read everyday in the newspapers, everyday something more horrible than the day before, something more irreparable, more unforgivable, as if a human life is worthless, as if what is left behind is just a thing to get rid of.

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 62
Avg (all users): 6.5052
Avg (commenters): 7.1875
Avg (participants): 5.8529
Avg (non-participants): 6.6456
Views since voting: 3318
Views during voting: 550
Votes: 192
Comments: 27
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 12/18/2008 04:31:30 PM
Awesome!
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 06/25/2008 04:35:04 PM


Message edited by author 2012-05-27 17:04:25.
 06/25/2008 10:19:29 AM
When people are asking if it is a suicide, I wonder how many people actually commit suicide with a butcher knife???

I would have liked to have seen some blood on the handle, and perhaps a hand smear with blood on the wall, with a more splashed effect that would be caused by a slashing death... the smear from where the victim grabbed at his own wound before falling...

I love the perspective and it was the first pic upon reviewing the results that looked like an actual crime scene to me.
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 06/24/2008 12:51:52 PM
Originally posted by dootiekay:
i dont like the b&w. wish it was more clear. congrats on 8th though!!


I wanted it dirty, unpolished.
 06/24/2008 12:39:55 PM
i dont like the b&w. wish it was more clear. congrats on 8th though!!
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 06/24/2008 04:56:16 AM
Originally posted by got2bgutsy:
was this supposed to be a suicide?


No, homicide.
 06/23/2008 04:40:47 PM
was this supposed to be a suicide?
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/22/2008 11:29:43 PM
Great focal point here and a good example of when b&w can be most effective.
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 06/22/2008 10:59:51 PM
Nice idea and a good b/w shot.
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 06/22/2008 02:11:22 PM
Well staged and pretty gruesome looking. Good luck.
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 06/21/2008 01:56:25 PM
Wow, Great Shot!
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 06/20/2008 09:25:22 AM
pretty gruesome, but well thought out and an interesting perspective.
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 06/20/2008 08:03:30 AM
very creepy i like it
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 06/19/2008 10:32:15 PM
I like this photo a lot. I wonder if it would work better with a shallow depth of field with just the knife in focus.
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 06/19/2008 10:53:13 AM
One of the better ones this challenge I think.
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 06/17/2008 11:47:35 PM
Finally, a photo that looks like the photographer actually planned out the picture! haha. well done.
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 06/17/2008 10:58:40 PM
Great! 9 I love the B&W :) Good luck!
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 06/17/2008 05:56:23 PM
eeek! very good for the challenge, very gruesome and chilling
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 06/17/2008 08:28:55 AM
Good image for the challenge. B&W works well.
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 06/16/2008 05:30:43 PM
Great perspective and composition. I think black and white works really well for most of the scene, but maybe not the 'blood'? And the tip of the blade may not be quite in focus which draws my eyes to the handle, which I don't think is the aim. Still an eight
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 06/16/2008 02:52:21 PM
I wonder if this would of worked better with the focus on the knife rather than the victim? Still, I do like this shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/16/2008 11:54:50 AM
One of my favs in the challenge,10
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 06/16/2008 09:28:12 AM
Nice perspective! Very gory!
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 06/16/2008 08:05:23 AM
Too much blood on the knife. Any liquid would not stay on a knife like that unless it's molasses lol. Gruesome shot though, I like.
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 06/16/2008 04:13:32 AM
Very cool, love the perspective. Impressive!
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 06/16/2008 02:54:32 AM
Interesting concept though I would have enjoyed the blade to have the focus than the rest. Though to me this appears more to be suicide than a crime scene.
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 06/16/2008 01:02:54 AM
Intense! I like the way you did it in black and white, gives it a moody feel.
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