This is how I felt the day when I submitted this photograph. I wanted to destroy something. The computer which I use to process photos has been moved to my parents office because they've got a new worker. It will not come back until the end of the summer. Because of that I'll have to go to their office every time I want to process photos. That's very hard.
I splashed about 15 water-balloons before I discovered that I could hold the balloon in my hand with a dark sock. Then I shot about 15 shots of that balloon and this was the best one. It's lit with one old Vivitar flash. I processed it a little in photoshop. I tried to make an angry post-processing style but this looked more like the Dragan effect.
Statistics
Place: 41 out of 238 Avg (all users): 6.2046 Avg (commenters): 7.7000 Avg (participants): 6.1370 Avg (non-participants): 6.2312 Views since voting: 1423 Views during voting: 415 Votes: 259 Comments: 19 Favorites: 2 (view)
The fist and arm do indeed look very angry. I like the post processing - the arm is soft yet the nail is very sharp. You created an excellent mood with this shot!
Absolutely - the processing is masterful! Can't wait to see what you do next!
The fist and arm do indeed look very angry. I like the post processing - the arm is soft yet the nail is very sharp. You created an excellent mood with this shot!
This is a great setup...your choice of subject, your lighting, your processing...they all worked together and scored very well for this challenge. The display of tension and impending doom is quite well done and I tip my hat. I think that the only suggestion I can make for an improvement would be to crop more on the right side and make it a tiny bit more off-center, but that's just a nitpick on my part.
Keep shooting, and let me know if you have any questions about this critique. :)
This is most excellent. The processing, idea, comp...everything seems to be spot on. Personally, I think this was really underrated. Should have gotten top ten. Nice work, sir.
Please share how you got this look. Really great image. Love the comp, the impending action. Everything. Especially like the desaturation and lighting.
Although I like the grungy look, I feel that the ballon and dart were not necessary. Looks like you could have taken the shot of two hands with the light you used and got a spectacular shot!
Looking fwd to read about what the balloon is!?! Nice lightning.. good colors (don't know if it would have been better to crop out the "odd" on the top).. very good though, good luck
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
Photographer found comment helpful.
