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Don't Shake The Baby
Don't Shake The Baby
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Challenge: Dolls & Puppets (Basic Editing)
Collection: Challenges - 2008
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Date: Sep 2, 2008
Aperture: f/32
ISO: 250
Shutter: 25 sec
Galleries: Emotive
Date Uploaded: Sep 2, 2008

This will probably get me a new personal worst, but what the hell.

Lightroom Processing: TBA

Statistics
Place: 87 out of 108
Avg (all users): 4.5917
Avg (commenters): 4.6875
Avg (participants): 4.4468
Avg (non-participants): 4.6475
Views since voting: 679
Views during voting: 276
Votes: 169
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0


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09/10/2008 07:40:13 AM
It's gruesome, sure... but the only thing I would change is the cropping to eliminate the bright blue happy eyes...

I'd try tilting it and cropping it so very little of the doll's left eye is showing at all.

Message edited by author 2008-09-10 11:40:53.
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09/09/2008 04:38:37 PM
Yeah, its creepy, but its a different twist, the lighting and colors go with the idea, 6.
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09/07/2008 06:08:50 AM
I'm sure you have probably received a lot of comments on this (potentially positive and negative) the title holds a good message to new parents - the image may be too graphic for the more conservative folk - the development of the image overall is well done - tho there are some hot spots on the fabric and on the 'skin tone' that I'm sure if this was advanced editing you probably would have dodged/burned around and in- but since its basic editing you pulled this one off - succeeding to make it look almost horrifically real - it will be interesting to see the reactions of the voters to this image later - my own reaction initially was "this one is going to get a lot of reactions" I scored this on the high end but need to point out the distracting element of my eye being pulled out of the frame due to the white spots/fabric /skin tone on the edge.. -- high score -- good luck

~*bumped it up a point on a 3rd look through the images*~
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09/05/2008 11:26:55 AM
dark thoughts there.. still very fitting (8)
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09/05/2008 10:12:46 AM
That's scary.......just a little bit twisted. 7
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09/04/2008 01:10:37 PM
I bet you are going to get knocked pretty hard for the content of this picture. Nice lighting on the head, but I would have left a bit more room on the top so the baby doesn't look so trapped by the crop.
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09/03/2008 11:09:23 PM
this is just dusturbing :(
09/03/2008 06:02:16 PM
I'm not sure if the curved line on the bottom left is from the doll's head casting a shadow or if the surface it's laying on stops there, but I find it a little distracting. I think you could have let the pool of goo spread a little farther towards the bottom of the frame as well.
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09/03/2008 05:33:47 PM
This is just downright demented.... ;P
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09/03/2008 04:19:22 PM
this is sick - although I guess thats the response you wanted
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09/03/2008 11:42:52 AM
Shock value rarely works here.
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09/03/2008 09:42:41 AM
The blood table combination is too dark.
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09/03/2008 08:37:12 AM
not a good title
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09/03/2008 07:23:07 AM
A little much...but that aside, the top of the picture has good lighting where as the mouth and blood don't. The blood doesn't stand out because of this.
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09/03/2008 03:07:30 AM
very strong image actually.. call me morbid but i like this as its so different from the other entries...
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09/03/2008 12:36:40 AM
Oh my, that's shocking....unpleasantly so. Too morbid for me.
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09/02/2008 10:35:26 PM
Yuk. That is disturbing.
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