Without going into any details which could come back to haunt me, the following self-portrait (both shot and processed by myself) was taken after a four-day party in Dallas. It shows my unwillingness to look away from the lens even after my debauchery has laid me to waste.
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Bizarre take on theme..eyes are intense, overblown look adds craziness as does grainy look..background doesn't add to shot for me..without the theme or challenge all I would say is this is a shot of a person suffering..
i'm hoping that the 'pride' element of this shot is the fact that the guy is on day five of, what? not smoking? detox? chemo? because it's hard to judge from the photo. obviously, this photo has meaning to you, but some context is needed to help others get your message. good luck.
have no idea what this has to do with pride, and the title gives no clues. the grain and tone seem a little affected if you did them on pupose. more creepy than prideful.
This is a horrible photograpgh. Honestly, are you trying to get bad comments, or the lowest score, or something? I'm not trying to be "cruel" or anything, but it looks as though you took this with your camera-phone. Terrible.
I don't mind the noise, but the lighting is anything but well done causing blown out areas. I also don't see what the title/image have to do with the theme...sorry.
I applaud your strength. I can only imagine what day five means. If this were bigger and sharper, I would give you a higher score. Keep it up my friend :) And look forward to the next days and months to come.
wow! i love this. this makes me think of how hard it is to give something up, how horrible it feels, yet how much pride there is in every milestone...the first five minutes, the first five days...i fear that many voters will not view this as an artistic shot, but i do, and i wish you luck. 8
Day five without something or day five of some sort of medical therapy??? I'm trying to discern the pride from this photo, but I'm having difficulty. I'm not a fan of grainy photos, and the yellow tones and highlight areas make the subject appear quite sickly.
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