My problem here was first the angle and then to downplay the fog which is only used for lighting assistance rather than for effect. A slight perpective tweak was used to enhance the feeling. Perhaps I could have done better to illuminate the hands but it had to remain mostly a silhoutte to impart its flavor. I entered this image rather than its more commercial counterpart because of its artistic feel which do not do well since the voters are looking for photography and not art per se.
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little by little this image starts to grow on me
the angle looks just right
the lovely slender lines and gracious gesture of the hands
amidst the mystic smokey reds
its a great view !
Visceral and raw. I usually feel this kind of 'tortured and angst-ridden' artistic pose is too self-indulgent to be more than superficially interesting, but this one is pretty good. Such a terrific title! Also a very clever crop; suggests you are confident about the meaning of your work. It has a nicely distorted look to it, too. Reminds me a bit of 'The Scream' by Edvard Munch, for some reason. 8.
Rather than a dead end, the first thing that came to mind was some David Blaine-like magician. I think it's the red lighting and fog. I have a feeling this will do well with many of the voters.
It's a weird distortion effect and I'm gonna try to start rewarding that "out of the box" mentality. It doesn't do too much else for me though. Works as an album cover (thinking Manson here) though...
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