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Dan_Cottle


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Challenge: Death (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: my bedroom
Date: Dec 4, 2006
Aperture: f13
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200 with a strobe
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Dec 5, 2006

 I had envisioned this shot for a week or two before the challenge came around so i finally did it. I lit it with a single small 12"x12" softbox from above and slightly behind.

This shoot was pretty hard because I almost passed out a couple times while making my veins pop out and also my make me look angry and strong. The editing used was i converted to b&w and then i added a red tone to it from curves and then lots of usm to bring up the contrast and texture, that wasnt there.

Im actually an atheist and dont belive in the devil

Statistics
Place: 143 out of 227
Avg (all users): 4.9375
Avg (commenters): 5.5789
Avg (participants): 4.6163
Avg (non-participants): 5.1639
Views since voting: 1098
Views during voting: 400
Votes: 208
Comments: 22
Favorites: 0

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 12/14/2006 06:23:35 PM
I think you did get dinged for the lack of understanding of what seppuku is, but your biggest hit actually comes from the photo's reliance on the title to meet the challenge. That makes it a shoehorn in many eyes. It's also a very dark photo, so an uncalibrated monitor could make it very very very dark (like the monitor I'm on now at work, which sucks a whole lot). Dark photos very rarely do well on DPC for this reason. I gave this a 5, because it's a really nice photo, but even knowing what seppuku is without looking it up I really don't see how the title is connected to the photo. The pose doesn't suggest seppuku to me at all. It might have if there was a samurai sword involved, or a more upright, dignified pose suggesting the honor of the ritual. On my scale, an outstanding photo that I find DNMC doesn't usually score higher than a 4. I gave this an extra point because it's technically solid and might have had a stronger connection to death with a different title, perhaps something more connected to the grief over the death of a loved one, which I can see as a decent interpretation for this picture.
 12/13/2006 04:38:16 PM
Nothing. I had another picture that i was going to enter and i changed this close to last minute. I geuss i accidently left the part about the devil in there because that had somethhing to do with the other photo and i was in a hurry.

Message edited by author 2006-12-13 16:39:29.
 12/13/2006 04:09:30 PM
what does the devil have to do with seppuku?
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/12/2006 09:21:25 PM
I don't gert it
 12/12/2006 02:57:52 PM
Interesting, I had to lookup the word because I figured it had something to do with this shot and how it related to the challenge. Now that I understand, I like this shot a lot more.
 12/11/2006 10:46:27 PM
This image really doesn't speak death to me.
 12/11/2006 05:49:08 PM
the posture suggests seppuku but there's nothing to fill it out--blood on the exposed arm might have worked. Nice toning.
 12/11/2006 02:10:24 PM
Gutsy (so to speak) and completely successful. The straining muscles seem to be doing just what you say, except I can't imagine that anything could pierce that rocky flesh. 9
 12/10/2006 08:23:35 PM
since I have seen "Ronin", this speaks to me (7)
 12/10/2006 12:36:50 PM
great pic, great lighting... not sure about the title!
 12/10/2006 11:13:12 AM
This is a powerful image - connected to death by the title and arm placement.
 12/08/2006 04:02:54 PM
Powerful image. Good stark lighting gives nice shadows, very well done. Hopefully others know about seppuku. Good luck.
 12/08/2006 07:12:48 AM
Hari Kari - thanks for the language lesson. Great photo but I don't see any 'act' going on. Still...8
 12/07/2006 04:08:34 PM
I'm coming back to this one again and again. I think I can see why you choose this photo for the challenge, but I bet a lot of voters don't. great lighting and use of colors.
 12/07/2006 12:59:08 PM
DNMC. Its got to have more than a death title in my opinion.
 12/07/2006 11:07:55 AM
totally outside the box. . .love it!
 12/06/2006 05:26:40 PM
OK so i had to look it up on Wikipedia but great shot, superb lighting.
 12/06/2006 11:31:32 AM
wow, great bod....but, not sure I'd associate this image with death at all...I'm drooling too much!
 12/06/2006 09:11:50 AM
Challenge: I don't really see how this relates to death.

Technical: The duotone really adds to this photo. I like the composition as well.
 12/06/2006 09:00:22 AM
9
 12/06/2006 03:11:35 AM
Aside from the title I really don't get the connection to death. Sorry.
 12/06/2006 12:43:34 AM
Death? Dead?


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