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Challenge: People (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony Mavica FD-91
Location: Sandy, Utah
Date: May 25, 2002
Aperture: N/A
ISO: N/A
Shutter: N/A
Galleries: Performance, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 25, 2002

Shot in my bathroom. Knife suspended from a string. "Murderer" created from some stuffed clothes. I'm the soon-to-be victim.

Post processing included sizing and resampling to 640x480 and then cropping a little smaller before resizing and resampling back to 640x480 to emphasize the noise and create some "grain". Converted to B&W, adjusted levels, and used the straight sharpen filter to both sharpen and again emphasize grain.

If you have to ask why I wanted the grain, then you probably didn't get the picture at all. *grin*

Statistics
Place: 83 out of 107
Avg (all users): 4.5227
Avg (commenters): 6.4839
Avg (participants): 4.6250
Avg (non-participants): 4.4545
Views since voting: 1474
Votes: 220
Comments: 33
Favorites: 1 (view)


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01/30/2005 09:17:33 PM
Great picture it really messes with my head I like how the lady in the shower slowly appears and is not noticed right away The knife for some reason looks strange to me like it should be a tad over towards the middle but who am I to say I like it alot
06/03/2002 05:59:00 PM
I am 1 of 3 people who gave this shot a "10." And I stand behind my vote and I'm glad I'm not with the majority "4" voters! Your shot was different, clever and absolutely fit into the category perfectly; there were TWO people in the shot, for pity's sake! Nice job!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/01/2002 10:41:00 PM
I like this one its very well composed and original, this is what I like about this site all the crazy nuts on it
05/31/2002 01:16:00 PM
Nice shot and subject, however for the people challenge not so nice. This shot would of ruled in the BW challenge. You dont get a clear view of a person in this shot.
05/31/2002 01:59:00 AM
Wow, very dramatic. I didn't even notice this one as a thumbnail, it just surprised me :). Looks like you used some heavy despeckle to get rid of the graininess... I don't mind that look though. It's neat how the longer I look at it, the more I notice the outlines of the person behind the shower curtain. Perhaps a bit of backlighting in there would have helped make it a bit less subtle though. Or more contrast?
05/30/2002 08:55:00 PM
awesome. the background music from 'Psycho' is playing in my head.
05/30/2002 05:18:00 PM
This is one of those one's I don't really "like" but is well done -- very creepy. Maybe the only thing I'd try to do is avoid the bright hightlights on the curtain, leaving the blade as the only element with a pure white.
05/30/2002 09:56:00 AM
Good shot. I would have liked just a little more body behind the curtain. Some folks may miss it.
05/30/2002 08:24:00 AM
i like this shot. i think it would be better if you could see more of the sillhouette of the person in the shower, though. as it is i didn't even realize someone was in there until i looked at this shot a few times. i think it would break up the negative space that is the shower curtain and add more suspense to the shot. great concept, though, and the b&w is a good touch.
05/29/2002 04:55:00 PM
Hope that the grainyness was on purpose. Not bad.
05/29/2002 04:24:00 PM
Mmmmmm, where's the Hershey's syrup?
Very sinister. The knife looks absolutely evil.
05/29/2002 11:00:00 AM
I think I would have liked this more if you could see the image of the woman a little clearer through the curtain...not crystal clear but just slightly more. I like the angle and the grainy effect and I've had to come back and up my vote for this a little after studying it...nice job
05/28/2002 07:27:00 PM
The idea is great :)
05/28/2002 03:34:00 PM
Hehehe, not quite what I expected for this challenge (cute babies, and smiling old folks)! I almost missed the person behind the shower curtain, would there have been a way to increase the contrast? Also, the whole picture is somewhat grainy and more shades of gray than b&w. Still, interesting take on things and nice composition.
05/28/2002 12:43:00 PM
I really like the idea of this shot. Unfortunately it is very grainy and there does not seem to be anything crisply in focus.
05/28/2002 12:26:00 PM
Odd angle, great idea. The inclusion of the pants was a good idea, but not well pulled off. Maybe less pants, or more aperture to include the pants in the focus?
05/28/2002 12:08:00 PM
i love this! excellet composition!
05/28/2002 01:35:00 PM
what, no blood? ;) almost didn't see the poor sucker in the shower. great idea, if a little grainy--but that kinda works for this picture.
05/28/2002 01:14:00 PM
This is an interesting shot. I see the "person", but barely. The knife shows up O.K., but I would think A more shiny knife or more light on the knife would have worked better. If you had an opening in the shower curtain or a more transparent curtain, this might have worked better. The victim is too understated.
Photo 8 Creativity 9 People 5 total 6 (sorry, but as people was the challenge, I had to weight it more heavily.)
05/28/2002 09:36:00 AM
This is a neat photo! I think the knife really stands out well and offers the same sense of impending doom as the movie did :) Good job!
05/27/2002 11:53:00 PM
I love the brooding menace in this shot. Diagonal shower curtain sets it off and the highlight on the knife is great.
05/27/2002 10:47:00 PM
A little grainy, and not enough going on visually. Also, the "people" aspect of this shot is minimal. The emphasis is on the knife, ot the person.
05/27/2002 05:14:00 PM
O my gosh....this is so good. Your don't know how that is my nightmare- mine and millions of others too. What a good job. The b&w is perfect for this shot. Well done.
Spooky _people_.
05/27/2002 02:06:00 PM
i bet i know who took this pic. if it's who i think it is, all your pics have had a tilted horizon and skewed first person perspective. nice knife.
05/27/2002 01:11:00 PM
grainy
different
05/27/2002 12:27:00 PM
This could have been the best---but its really hard to tell if there is or isn't a person behind the shower curtain.
05/27/2002 09:10:00 AM
very interesting...I just wish you could see the you could see the subjest in the shower a little clearer. Not that I'm a perv. I just had to stare at the photo to see if someone was actually in there.
05/27/2002 08:51:00 AM
fucking beautiful. some steam from the shower would be nice. i can understand why it might be hard to get a silhouette of a lady in there on the curtain.. i dont like to bring lamps into running showers with me, either.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
05/27/2002 08:33:00 AM
Good "fear" picture.
05/27/2002 05:26:00 AM
Clever, I like it.
05/27/2002 01:02:00 AM
Eerie feeling here. Grainy and cool tone add to the affect.
05/27/2002 12:26:00 AM
Creepy but well put together
05/27/2002 11:56:00 AM
More knife than person....


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