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07/15/2002 09:24:00 AM |
First, thank you everyone for the comments.
So this is what I get for submitting a not-so-obvious pic lol. I figured that some people wouldn't get it, but I didn't think it would be this bad. Yes, I know it is blurry.
OK, so it's a picture of the Grim Reaper reflected in my eye.
It was so tight because:
1. I didn't want the eye to be so obvious.
2. I didn't want the reaper to be too small.
3. I was trying out a new technique.
4. I didn't want this to be just another picture of an eye that happened to have a reflection in it.
I agree that it could be sharper, but because of the nature of the fear I wanted to keep it blurry. In my mind death is not a black and white thing that appears crystal clear and tack sharp. I know this is difficult to convey just with a picture.
The title is loosely based on a scene in "The Seventh Seal" where the knight is playing chess with Death. If I titled it "Grim Reaper in the Shadows" or something I'm sure more people would have understood it... oh well...
So finally, I realize there are a few things I could have done better, but in general the result I got was the one I wanted.
-Leigh
Message edited by author 2003-07-06 23:35:59. |
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07/14/2002 12:36:00 AM |
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07/13/2002 04:12:00 PM |
| nice colors, but what the heck is it? it's too blurry to tell. |
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07/13/2002 01:48:00 AM |
| great idea... needs better execution... (i dont know how you would go about doing that though... 9) |
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07/13/2002 12:49:00 AM |
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07/12/2002 01:32:00 PM |
| creative 3 interesting 6 focus 2 framing 2 = 3 |
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07/11/2002 08:45:00 PM |
| This shot is too abstract for me to get a context... I'm not quite sure what is going on here. |
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07/11/2002 01:27:00 PM |
| I'm not sure what this is about |
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07/11/2002 10:47:00 AM |
| good colors. great abstract. fear connection questionable, both in title and subject. mag 99. |
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07/11/2002 08:03:00 AM |
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07/11/2002 06:53:00 AM |
| this is an interestig image but i think it needs a little point of focus somewhere... it's soft across the entire image.. = 8 - jmsetzler |
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07/10/2002 08:57:00 PM |
| Interesting.. but a little blurry. |
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07/10/2002 04:24:00 PM |
| Too close! I see a partial shadow that might have been effective, if only the photo was viewable. Sorry....4 Swash |
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07/10/2002 03:58:00 PM |
| cant tell what it is.....looks cool though! |
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07/10/2002 02:10:00 PM |
| once I figure out it is an eye ok |
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07/10/2002 12:09:00 PM |
| Took me a while to decide this was an eye. And I'm not sure I'm right. |
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07/10/2002 11:48:00 AM |
| Is that an eye? Like the colors, quite abstract. |
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07/10/2002 10:46:00 AM |
| this image would have been better if you saw more of the eye ... it took me a few times to actually figure it out ... i think it's cropped too tight .. and too close |
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07/10/2002 10:14:00 AM |
| I can't figure out what this is therefor have a hard time voting here. meeting challenge = 2 Photo quality = 3. I wish there was more here for me to go with. total = 5 |
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07/10/2002 02:20:00 AM |
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07/09/2002 05:59:00 PM |
| sorry, too close up and blurry for me. i think there's a reflection in the iris that's important to the photo, but very hard to make out. -- gr8photos (2) |
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07/09/2002 04:14:00 PM |
Pity this wasn't sharper. I missed the Grim Reaper first time."7" Dogman.
Would have got higher if the image was clearer. |
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07/09/2002 12:34:00 PM |
| Very nice attempt. I think the focussing needs to be sharper on the foreground (lhs) |
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07/09/2002 12:13:00 PM |
it looks like the eye of a wild animal targetting his vicitm (looks like you ;-) nice idea!
unfortunately its very blurred and it does not look good on the photo.
nice colors but a bit dark. |
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07/09/2002 11:04:00 AM |
| I really have no clue what I'm looking at. Looks like there could be a computer monitor in there somewhere. It's just not fearful. |
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07/09/2002 10:23:00 AM |
is that an eye?
its out of focus and I can't make it out. |
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07/09/2002 09:44:00 AM |
| Excellent concept. The reflection is great but I would like to see the actual eye more defined. |
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07/09/2002 09:10:00 AM |
| It wasn't until I walked away from the computer with your image on full size that I really got it. Somehow, sitting at the keyboard, it seems mostly blurry to me. The colors are astonishing. And now that I can see the reaper in the eye, it has more meaning. Perhaps you've gotten too tight and the reflection is too subtle for a high ranking. |
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07/08/2002 10:56:00 PM |
| Very interesting treatment of this fear. It might have been a little more effective if the color of the skin on the lower lid was more normal. As it is it's a good almost abstract design, but it doesn't tell your story with enough power. |
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07/08/2002 09:23:00 PM |
| Nice colors for establishing some contrast and setting the mood. I understand the artistic blur, but feel that it is a bit overdone to the point that it is difficult to find the subject in the background. Having said that, I like the photo causes the eye to flip between the foreground and background. |
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07/08/2002 02:36:00 PM |
| The focus needs help, thr reflection would have worked better. |
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07/08/2002 12:53:00 PM |
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07/08/2002 12:44:00 PM |
| Great idea -- nice colors, and I like the "shape" of the shadowy person -- a tighter focus would have moved this to the top of the heap. |
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07/08/2002 09:09:00 AM |
| I think you really need some sort of focus in a picture. |
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07/08/2002 01:30:00 AM |
| Makes my eyes tired because at my age I need something sharp to focus on. |
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