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A Parent's Nightmare
A Parent's Nightmare
Artyste


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Pain (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S7000
Location: Kamloops, B.C.
Date: Feb 8, 2005
Aperture: f8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/50 sec
Galleries: Emotive, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 8, 2005

 Breeanna, bless her soul, helped me out with this one. Just a simple shot in the street, with flash, and a couple of props. I wanted fake blood, but I thought.. maybe that would be going a bit far. We'll have to see how people react. I don't even know if *this* will be too much for most voters or not.. let alone blood.

What more can I say? I can't imagine a more emotionally painful scenario for a parent.. or just for people that care about other people. Something like this has to tug on your heart-strings.. no? Unless you're completely desensitized by today's society.. and that could be too.

Statistics
Place: 75 out of 215
Avg (all users): 5.0521
Avg (commenters): 5.4444
Avg (participants): 4.8416
Avg (non-participants): 5.1467
Views since voting: 1018
Views during voting: 555
Votes: 326
Comments: 22
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 07/24/2006 01:04:05 PM
i agree with everyone else!
it looks like the dad is singing opera or doing the evil laugh
but other then that everything is pretty good!
 02/16/2005 12:32:40 AM
Hehehe.. great comments everyone. Enjoyed every last one of them.

1. Yes, we're bad actors... but hell, I tried.

2. Next time I have a good idea, I'm not going to hum and haw about it until the night of turnover, and then rush outside and snap off a quick picture. lol. But boy, did Breeanna and I have fun doing it.

3. No child was harmed in the making of this photo, but a couple of knees were. Ouch.

4. 20 comments on a mid-range shot. Not too shabby.

Anyway, thanks again everyone.. until next time.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/15/2005 10:15:30 PM
I like it a lot, but i think it is almost a little overdone.
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 02/14/2005 05:10:09 AM
Looks more like he's laughing or singing than screaming/crying.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2005 01:27:58 AM
Oh plllllease!!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/12/2005 05:48:52 PM
This picture looks too staged. Otherwise it's good, an interesting idea. 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/11/2005 10:25:32 AM
Good focus, Nice Contrast, Average composition.
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 02/11/2005 01:35:33 AM
The emotion in the "father's" face clearly isn't real. This cries out "staged," which is not good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/10/2005 04:36:38 PM
Too dark. Doesn't strike me as real. His expression almost looks like a smile.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/10/2005 01:33:45 AM
I know the feeling! When you wake your kid up at the crack of dawn to go out and learn to ride the bike and they just can't stay awake. Very frustrating! ;-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2005 09:41:09 PM
What a dramatic image... I can certainly relate to this sort of pain.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2005 09:26:31 PM
although this is a very sad and painful situation, I'm just not feeling it from the models... Perhaps it's just me. The composition, lighting and clarity is great! I love the b/w. But it's his expression and I think I almost see a smile on the young girls face...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2005 07:23:37 PM
You shouldn't be joking around about something like that....I did'nt find this picture amusing.....(1)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2005 07:03:52 PM
very posed, but for people who have actually lost someone in a traffic accident it is a rather painful scene
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2005 04:05:06 PM
Sorry but I don't like any type of death picture to me its not photography it's disgusting! Sorry that's just my opinion.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2005 01:59:51 PM
Poor lighting, background also extremely dark.
Some ppl are going way too serious bout this pain thing!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2005 01:40:34 PM
Tghis image is a little dark...I would have lit it well, then toned it down in post so we get a little more detail out of it. nice actors and prtty good ont he composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2005 02:52:32 AM
kinda dark, but well framed!
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 02/09/2005 01:41:26 AM
I don't even want to imagine this kind of pain.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2005 12:50:00 AM
Excellent...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2005 12:08:43 AM
very depressing..a 5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2005 12:07:28 AM
Dear lord, please tell me this is a staged shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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