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Scarred
Scarred
wingy

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Challenge: Nude II (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: My room.
Date: Aug 17, 2004
Aperture: 4.2
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/4 sec
Galleries: Emotive, Nude
Date Uploaded: Aug 17, 2004

 A self portrait. I've dealt with my scars from cutting in a couple of other shots. This shot wasn't really designed to focus on my scars, but given that it was a nude challenge their presence was hardly an option. In the end I decided that they work well with the tone of the picture anyway (not to say that I wasn't mindful of their relevance while shooting) so I decided to embrace their role in the shot with a title that was both literally and figuratively descriptive of the shot.
I hope people like this, as I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
I figure at least it'll be a lot different than most of the nude II entries.

Statistics
Place: 54 out of 87
Avg (all users): 5.3411
Avg (commenters): 6.5263
Avg (participants): 5.0519
Avg (non-participants): 5.4248
Views since voting: 2637
Views during voting: 811
Votes: 343
Comments: 20
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/29/2004 04:08:08 AM
Good emotion demonstrated in this shot.
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 08/28/2004 05:00:39 PM
A very dramatic entry. 7
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 08/27/2004 07:07:23 PM
expression is superb... i think a tighter cropping to remove the molding might improve the image
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 08/27/2004 05:53:08 AM
A brave and revealing shot. They say a picture's worth a 1000 words, and this speaks volumes - although it probably leaves more questions than it answers.

Technically, it's a bit of a tight crop and there are some distracting highlights from the skirting board.
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 08/26/2004 07:16:31 PM
Wow. Everytime I look at this picture it evokes alot of emotion.
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 08/26/2004 03:25:51 PM
wow! there is a brutal naked truth to this shot that really comes thru in the facial expression. I would vote this s ten if the lighting was a bit better & the focus a bit sharper. Regardless gonna bump it up to a 7
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 08/25/2004 04:18:45 PM
This is a great photo because of its emotional impact. It's disurbing, I am sure, because it was designed and executed virtually perfectly to be disturbing. I love the negative space. The composition is powerful. Among my top picks.
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 08/25/2004 08:56:20 AM
This is painful!
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 08/24/2004 06:17:40 PM
A dark and disturbing photo.
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 08/24/2004 04:36:43 PM
No comment.
 08/24/2004 04:32:36 PM
Great great shot, outstanding actualy....the pain is so vivid.
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 08/24/2004 08:43:30 AM
You could have been leaving more negative space to the left... just for offscreen expectations
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 08/24/2004 07:47:55 AM
This shot definitely portrays emotion. Good job
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 08/24/2004 03:57:22 AM
nice capture and lighting, background a little destracting, might work better with tiles on floor and wall, would give it a more dramatic look.
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 08/24/2004 02:31:16 AM
Powerful and gutsy image. (10)
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 08/23/2004 01:18:25 PM
This image is very very emotive. The pose, facial expression and lighting combine to convey mental and physical scarring very strongly. The cropping helps too - it's so tight to the edge of the frame that it feels as though he's trapped in a small box and that works well with the theme here. I'd prefer a seamless background - a curved sheet of paper or cloth - which would remove that shiny skirting board and also provide a uniform background.
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 08/23/2004 06:27:32 AM
too bad the floor is visible, I find it distracting
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 08/23/2004 12:47:47 AM
Quite a harrowing image so ful marks for that. Compsoitiona dn quality seem a little off, but given teh subjectone would expect that and not a perfectly taken image so i think it helps it a lot.

Well done.
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 08/22/2004 09:21:58 PM
the carpet and the wall siding thingy shoould have been either edited out or blurred down... the carpet seems to have more detail that the face (so im guessing the focus was a bit off). but good idea nevertheless
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 08/22/2004 08:37:58 PM
Very disturbing photo, brrr!
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