I got this idea while out in the garage, rummaging around for rope.
Stood in front of the same door with the black blanket as my self portrait.
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Place: 85 out of 203 Avg (all users): 5.3827 Avg (commenters): 7.1000 Avg (participants): 4.9615 Avg (non-participants): 5.5818 Views since voting: 965 Views during voting: 332 Votes: 243 Comments: 15 Favorites: 0
This image is amazing. It is also amazing the disparity between the avg. commenter's vote and the end result. I feel your score is highly underrated, and I wish more of the under 6 voters woould share what they liked or disliked abut the image.
The textures are fabulous. The lighting is perfect - very dark and emotive. The subject mater is powerful.
Whoa! Just saw this and it made me stop short in my tracks. Even though this is set up, it still comes across as extremely emotive. I think that the tones and lighting are just perfect. The darkness enhances the palpable sense of fear that you've created without overwhelming any of the details. Your score deserved to be much higher, but this is the kind of image that is going to pull people in different directions based on their own particular sensitivities. I didn't vote, but I would have been inclined to score this a 9 or 10.
To me, this doesnt really fit the challenge, it uses rope in the photo but isnt really about the rope. Not saying its a bad photo, its not. But it doesn't fit the challenge.
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