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Murder - The Crystal Method
Murder - The Crystal Method
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Song Titles (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S200
Location: My room
Date: Jan 4, 2003
Aperture: 3
ISO: 50
Shutter: .5 sec
Galleries: Abstract, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2003

This shot turned out great - no cropping in photoshop, and the only real post prosessing was desaturating the yellow glove and enhancing the red food coloring.
I think this photo will shock many in a seamingly "open" challenge :)

Statistics
Place: 137 out of 188
Avg (all users): 4.8146
Avg (commenters): 5.4118
Avg (participants): 4.7807
Avg (non-participants): 4.8571
Views since voting: 1495
Votes: 205
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0


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01/17/2003 07:54:15 AM
This photo definitely does have some shock value and it does seem to represent the song title. There are several things that I don't care for, however. The scene seems too bright to represent an act so dark. I think it would have worked much better with a dark background and only a single light source barely lighting the bloody gloves. The glove itself seems wrong for this. The white color is fine but the style and texture doesn't really go with murder. It looks more like a gardening glove or a kitchen glove. The knife is pretty cool even though it is quite short. I think I would have worked on the composition some more by having the glove at a more severe angle to the knife as if they were just dropped or tossed in that position. Technically it is very good, sharp and detailed. What is basically lacking for me is the mood of such a grissly act. I think you needed to go further than the blood and knife and really experiment with different lighting situations. 5 -Tim
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/12/2003 02:57:30 PM
I can hear the negative comments from here. Good shot, it'll be interesting to see the comments and the votes. Fairly good depiction, like the DOF.
01/12/2003 01:48:27 PM
Disturbing to younger viewers. Nice :) Tii bad tge blade handle is not in focus. jgillard8
01/12/2003 01:14:05 PM
sick man
01/10/2003 01:18:14 PM
A bit edgy for this crowd, don't you think? Very sharp, clear photo. The blood on the fingers seems more convincing than that on the blade (wonder why?) I don't know the song, but I will take your word for it, esp. since you bothered to include the band name (thanks, that helped!) 7 Swash
01/10/2003 11:48:08 AM
Sweet stuff. I'll give you a 6 because I like the knife.
01/08/2003 04:24:05 PM
Creepy
01/08/2003 01:54:23 PM
WHAT WAS IT THAT WAS MURDERED...A GLOVE?
01/08/2003 09:52:49 AM
Wicked.
01/07/2003 12:20:23 PM
kinda tame.
01/06/2003 11:50:05 PM
gruesome.. but good!!
01/06/2003 05:06:46 PM
it seems to be out of focus, in the wrong places. Oh, uh, sorry, actually it is a perfect picture. Absolutely no flaws whatsoever-honest, I was just kidding about the focus. please...no..no...ahhhhhhhhhhh
01/06/2003 04:24:00 PM
huggggghhh, did you kill someone for that challenge??? ha ha Nice photo, well done
01/06/2003 01:52:15 PM
just a little head's up, you might not wanna let your guidance counselor get ahold of this. and taking the knife to school will definately get you sent home early. stabbing somebody's kind of an extreme length to go to for a dpchallenge, but i gotta admire your determination.
01/06/2003 01:02:10 PM
is that a scuba diving knife? very bloody!!! I like the color contrast
01/06/2003 06:52:38 AM
Distubing but I like it. Nice job...
01/06/2003 06:23:57 AM
good idea. but the foreground blur ruins it. better to have the fg clear and low dof into the bg
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01/06/2003 04:25:59 AM
Too gruesome for me. Even though it is only make believe. The knife is out of focus at the handle and the fingers of the glove are out of focus on the two sides. Just can't deal with it personally. 3 PTL


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