DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Taken by Surprise
Taken by Surprise
dacrazyrn


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Despair (Classic Editing)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5700
Location: SE of Greeley, CO
Date: Feb 22, 2003
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 22, 2003

Seen this poor critter on a country road and decided I liked it better than what I was going to post. Originally color, liked b&w/sepia tone with increased contrast much better.
Visit the rest of my photos at Photos4Aidan.

Statistics
Place: 93 out of 200
Avg (all users): 4.9206
Avg (commenters): 4.7778
Avg (participants): 4.7216
Avg (non-participants): 5.1304
Views since voting: 2083
Votes: 189
Comments: 10
Favorites: 2 (view)


Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
03/07/2003 02:22:33 PM
CC: Great use wide angle techniques getting really close to the animal, to good effect. The extremely over exposed sky is also dramatic, turning the bare trees into skeletal hands, grasping at the corpse. Overall a very dramatic and creepy entry and certainly has many aspects of despair.

Technically it does seem a bit oversharpened, particularly in the way the fur 'stands out' and the sepia sky is a bit distracting with the cloud in the upper left. I think this is great and you should keep trying to follow your own ideas, even if maybe not everyone gets it every time.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/02/2003 10:11:16 PM
I can see that this is an animal, and there is probably quite a story of despair here. Unfortunately, after studying it, I can\'t qute make heads or tails out of it. In my case it\'s prolly just as well, as animals suffering can haunt me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/27/2003 05:14:15 PM
Nice image. Have a variety of lines and patterns that create interest and in the photo. Good job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/27/2003 02:42:44 PM
nice photo, i really like the idea
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/24/2003 08:45:21 PM
Excellent composition. Great use of sepia. Great angle. 9/10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/24/2003 08:16:48 PM
Not sharp enough
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/24/2003 07:43:17 PM
I like the contrasty, journalistic feel of this image. The dark trees really make this image work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/24/2003 04:14:44 PM
I can't make heads or tails of this..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/24/2003 02:18:02 PM
Road kill???? This is a bit too Tom Green for my liking. I like the b&w/sepia thing you have going on, but the subject is just too sick.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/24/2003 10:00:27 AM
Cannot make out what the picture (animal) is.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 03/12/2025 05:14:00 PM EDT.