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12/27/2003 05:57:57 AM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
This image successfully conveys the essence of Chinese water torture. The creative choices work well: The light blue color gives the impression of cold and pain a lot more than either normal skin tones or gray would have. The foreboding black background gives an air of malice; about twice as much would have had more impact. Showing the splash is visually more attractive than a drop about to hit and conveys a greater sense of torture. The lighting works well, especially the use of flash to freeze the motion of the water drop. And as you mentioned in your comments, the eye is a necessary reference point so the viewer can tell it's a forehead, although I think cropping the bottom half would have improved the photo. The technical quality is high (including the spot editing).
Overall, this is not an attractive photo, but one that does convey a specific idea very well. (And perhaps it also explains why your profile photo shows you touching your forehead. Does your girlfriend do this to you often?) |
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12/21/2003 04:41:48 PM |
| Love your stop motion on this. I'm not sure if I care for desaturation/lack of color. The image might not have the same impact in color. |
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12/21/2003 04:11:23 AM |
| I've seen a lot of splash shots, but never something quite like this, great, 10 |
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12/20/2003 09:48:01 AM |
| LOL. Great job isolating the splash with the black behind it. The blue tint also gives a sense of "torture" or pain a little too. 8. |
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12/18/2003 08:06:35 PM |
| Great Clarity, great tones, great photograph! |
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12/18/2003 06:26:22 PM |
| Creative setting for a well done stop action shot. |
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12/18/2003 05:49:44 PM |
| Funny. Nice capture of the splash |
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12/18/2003 05:09:07 PM |
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12/17/2003 05:13:01 PM |
| Hehe, the only funny shot in the challenge, and well done. .:8:. |
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12/16/2003 03:37:11 PM |
| Very well done shot, and a very cool idea. If that's your head I'll be even more impressed! 9 |
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12/16/2003 05:40:19 AM |
| Great shot! I love the moment of the water´s splash. In my opinion, you´´ll get a stronger image if the water´s splash will be closer. But, it´s just an opinion. 7 |
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12/15/2003 05:50:27 PM |
| Original idea. Lighting: good, Composition: good, Excellent capture of the water drops. |
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12/14/2003 10:22:14 PM |
| i think i'm going to have a headache.. or an anxiety attack.. |
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