I find this tough theme for starters. With the limited time, and resources, this was the best I could get. Btw, the pic is NOT out of focus.... its just the figure in background which is out of focus (because his thinking is out of focus).
Basic editing done to highlight the background light and darken the shadows. Shapened the foreground by one point. Cant do much with free software anyway :) Picasa rocks!
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Tough subject but excellently captured. Should be a top three finisher. Making this a silhuoette emphasizes the harshness and incomprehensible nature of suicide. Having the noose as the only item in sharp focus is ominously perfect. The only thing I might do different would be to keep the framing as is, but crop out a little more of the black border and leave just one side thick. Great job!
Did not consider title, image should meet challenge description visually.
Meets Challenge description........5
Technical..............4
Artistic..............5 The scale between the rope and the person seems to be wrong in return there is a cartoonish feel to the image I don't appriciate or even like.
So many suicide photos. Compared to the many others, I felt this one was lacking. The area around the light and the image of the person is not sharp enough. I don't really know how the photo could be improved given the strong light and dark choice you made.
This photo is great and captures the emotion well. I like how it only has two colors and basic shapes yet it captures the feeling... The loose ends of the rope, the drooping curtains... Excellent work.
This is a sad photo, but a very good depiction of a decision! I like the way you have silhouetted it, and the dark, heavy feel to it really fits with what you are conveying here. Good job!!!!
Personally I would've liked the photo better without the rope. The person could've been making up her mind wether to go out or not, or something like that and that would've been decisive enough for me. Ignoring the rope, I like your photo, but the rope bothers me too much to vote above 4
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