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Challenge: Hate II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
Location: Portugal
Date: Dec 21, 2009
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Emotive, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Dec 21, 2009

 Another self-portrait??
Thanks to Insomniac for the title idea, I could just find things with the word Hate on it :P


Very simple, laid down on the ground, and then asked someone to stomp my head to the ground :)

Editing:
Topaz adjust (some desaturation, increased local contrast and more contrast areas, more definition).

Post Challenge

YEAH!! This was way beyond imaginable, never thought of getting a blue, with the amount of good photographers here!

Thank you so much for all your comments, it was so nice to see the voting phase on this one. And yes, I'm still scraping some mud of my hair.
As for one comment, the dirt inside my mouth was not dirt, it was ketchup (didn't do much good anyway).

Art Roflmao, I'll remember you next time I need head bashing :)


Again, thanks everybody and a great New Year!

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 35
Avg (all users): 7.1538
Avg (commenters): 8.4737
Avg (participants): 6.2778
Avg (non-participants): 7.2269
Views since voting: 8209
Views during voting: 491
Votes: 234
Comments: 36
Favorites: 9 (view)

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 02/18/2010 01:34:01 AM
Terrific shot certainly well titled.
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 01/01/2010 10:43:10 AM
Oh man! This is strong! And fabulously done! Congratulations on such excellent photography -- and the blue ribbon to go with it!
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 01/01/2010 04:24:52 AM
Wonderfully done Joao!
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 12/31/2009 02:40:27 PM
I had been planning to photograph this exact scene for a while now... not for a challenge, but to reflect one of my favourite quotes from Orwell's 1984:

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - for ever"

Brilliant job on the photo, and congrats on the blue.
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 12/31/2009 10:38:44 AM
WEll deservered blue ribbon, congratulations!
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 12/30/2009 12:53:47 PM
Terrific image, and my highest rated shot in the challenge. Congrats on your well deserved Blue Ribbon!
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 12/30/2009 12:50:54 PM
Congratulations!! Very well deserved!! Parabéns!!
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 12/30/2009 09:22:12 AM
Way too interesting. It looks a bit staged and oversharpened but you can't pull your eyes away, like a car wreck. Congrats.
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 12/30/2009 08:13:05 AM
Brilliant , congrats !!! on the ribbon. Into my favs.
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 12/30/2009 06:19:44 AM
Really standing out - congrats on the blue!
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 12/30/2009 03:24:32 AM
great work!
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 12/30/2009 03:08:51 AM
Man, congratulations on the blue and the PB. Really well deserved, especially since I know just how cold it was that day! Not a bad couple of weeks for photographers from our little country, huh? :-)

Parabéns e continuação de boas fotos.
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 12/30/2009 01:47:51 AM
congrats on your first blue ribbon, impressive image!
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 12/30/2009 01:35:13 AM
Great shot, Joao. Congrats on your first ribbon and new PB.
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 12/30/2009 12:43:01 AM
You could've asked me. ...To do the stomping, I mean. Great holiday image! ;-) Congrats!
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 12/30/2009 12:14:53 AM
Clearly the well deserved winner, despite the grumpy voters. Well done
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 12/30/2009 12:11:43 AM
LOL @ your description. So simple. LOL! :)

And SO well done! Congrats!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/29/2009 10:50:27 PM
Oh I have a list of people to place right there! 10
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 12/29/2009 09:30:29 PM
a winner 8
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 12/29/2009 06:07:45 PM
Love the colors and the shapness. Is this Topaz? I would love to here your PP steps on this one.
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 12/29/2009 03:50:37 AM
This is striking, gritty and seriously compelling. You can actually feel his pain just by looking at the photo. It seems a little over sharpened, but that may actually add to the overall look of the image. Great model and a wonderful capture.
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 12/28/2009 11:54:42 PM
Stupid, over processed image ... but still I'm drawn to it. The original image is good. The processing is good, if not to my liking. I'm not sure why I like it, but bless me, I do. Good work!
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 12/28/2009 09:06:06 PM
A great image! Very well executed and the color is fantastic.
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 12/27/2009 07:27:09 PM
He looks like he's hurting.
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 12/26/2009 04:26:27 PM
wow. powerful image.
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 12/26/2009 01:22:15 AM
Nice picture/capture.
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 12/25/2009 11:46:36 PM
There's even dirt in the teeth... blech!
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 12/25/2009 10:17:34 PM
LOVE IT!
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 12/25/2009 09:22:51 PM
A bit extreme on the tonemapping but it just what makes the picture.
10*.
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 12/25/2009 06:35:40 PM
Pretty intense, both in subject and in processing. I think you were very successful in achieving the look you were after, and the execution is excellent.
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 12/23/2009 10:33:13 PM
That's one dedicated model.
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 12/23/2009 03:57:46 PM
Shots like these make you question your own creativity! Awesome! 10
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 12/23/2009 03:46:56 PM
Fantastic photo!
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 12/23/2009 08:49:36 AM
Definitley feeling some hate in this one.
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 12/23/2009 08:05:55 AM
Some people are into weird stuff on the site. ;)
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 12/23/2009 04:06:47 AM
hard situation poor boy! i like it (the photograph i mean), very good representation of the theme of this challenge... for me a ribbon here...
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