Meant to look like a milk carton buckled over, as if with a stomach ache, and having just puked up some milk.
Shot in our garage fridge with no other lighting. "Milk" is actually lotion, as I wanted it to have thicker consistency (like vomit, versus actual milk).
RAW conversion in ACR 4.0:
WB Temp 2800*K and Tint +6
EV +0.45
Shadows 9
Brightness +60
Contrast +50
Saturation +10
Medium Contrast Curve
Final Processing in CS3:
Remove dust/artifacts
Dogdge/Burn
Curves adjustment layer
Smart Sharpen
Resize per challenge rules (640px)
Hue/Saturation adjustment layer (+20 Sat)
Channel Mixer Layer set to Monochrome in Multiply blend mode to give a more "sickly" feel to the image
Final Sharpen & add border
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I think you did a great job making it look like someone who just vomited.
I'm not bothered by the line in the background - in the real world, people don't live on pure white backgrounds. I'm also not bothered by the "busy" nature of the milk carton - that's real, too.
I like skewsme's alternate title "Sour Cream" though. :)
I gave this a 4. The concept was 'ok' in my opinion, but what held it back mostly was the 'busy' milk carton and the 'line' in the background. I liked the idea of 'holding the stomach', but that was probably the strongest 'personification' aspect, in my opinion. The 'vomit illusion' was quite well done - but is never going to be that pleasing to look at, for most.
This fits with the idea of 'intolerance' - in that he is throwing up. But actual lactose intolerance is more associated with symptoms of gas and diarrhea rather than vomiting. In that he is a milk container, it doesn't make much sense. It would be like being intolerant of your own contents - auto-immune maybe. I know I'm taking this really far but you asked for comments ;-)
I understand you needed something perhaps thicker than milk to show as the puke, but this really looked like 'other' to me. I thought it was sour cream. Actually, sour cream might be another title for the photo.
What you did with the carton, however, is really excellent. Very very personifying and creative. And I think your good score reflects this. Good job overall. I like this better than your alt, which wasn't as clean or interesting and probably would have proved to be too controversial.
nice idea. I am not sure I like the reflective surface for this shot... Just something dark for a contrast with "lactose" would do. I would also try to avoid the border between the floor and the background.
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