My wife found a new talent as a make-up artist on this one. I asked her to run mascara and make it look like she was crying. She walked out of the bathroom with a pretty convincing Black Eye. Props to her for making this shot happen!
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this is aserious subject you bring to light. The bruises look so real. I hope they are not. Good subject. A bit grainy though, not sure if that was your intended effect.
Hrm... I can see a statement of you meaning to have the soft focus and underexposed shot, but to me it makes the image seem more of a snap shot than a planned shot. Did you try a black and white conversion with higher contrast? This might have given you more of an artistic interpretation. 5 -danny
If this is reality based, get away from that person and never look back!!! Abuse is a progressive disease. It gets worse not better.
As for the photo, it is appropriately out of focus and dark.
I thought your picture and message were good, though I wish you hadn't included the parenthetical addition - leave some to us, I think we could have figured it out! I think that the only way the photograph might have been better was to use either a black or white background... that pink takes away from the seriousness of the shot, since it's a black and white (hard, clear) issue. I also wish her face was a bit more in focuse. Maybe making the picture black and white would be nice too.
Overall, you did a nice job, and I liked your entry.
Not bad, but you could have used this as an anti abusive propaganda too with a different name. Focus a bit soft and lights need improvement IMHO but I understand that you wanted to hide the make up. 8
Wow. Believeable and powerful. Some technical notes: I would guess you were going for dark tones, but I think a bit more contrast would have helped. Also, I think the light falloff towards the left is a bit too delineated and sudden. If it were mine, I am not sure whether I would have cropped it or tried for a more gradual drop off. Overall: Superb!
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