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Self Loathing
Self Loathing
EBJones


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hate (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Goose Creek, SC
Date: Feb 20, 2007
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 3 sec
Galleries: Emotive, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Feb 20, 2007

 Very little processing on this one. The conversion from RAW with a tint and exposure adjustment took care of most of the look you see here. The rest was a crop, and USM.
Now, for the explaining: Yes, this is a self portrait. No, I'm not an alcoholic. I do not loathe myself. In fact, I'm pretty darn happy with my life these days. This bottle of rum has been with me for almost a year now. I just happened to be looking for an entry in this challenge and had a few thoughts along the lines of self loathing. These thoughts came about after much reflection on the topic of hate. I try very hard not to hate anyone or anything, so this challenge represented exactly that to me. . . a challenge. I finally decided that if I ever get to the point where hate is a part of my daily life, that the only thing I could reasonably hate is myself. At that point, it's time for a drastic change in my life. This shot represents a place I hope to never go.
By the way, the scar is from an accident while I was ironing my uniform. :)

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Place: 49 out of 132
Avg (all users): 5.5244
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
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Sony Alpha a7
Canon FD 70-210mm f/4.0 MF
 02/23/2007 02:12:20 PM
definitely the best execution of the "self loathing" interpretation of the challenge. the tones as well as the content do a very good job of getting the message across. minor nit it that I think i can see one or two persons in reflection on the bottle, which takes away from the sense of isolation that is here otherwise. - 9
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Nikon D4s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 02/22/2007 09:22:55 PM
Nice work
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Kodak C875
 02/22/2007 11:34:20 AM
The colors and lighting are really intense! The angle you shot this is interesting because you can see the reflection of everything in front of the bottle in the bottle.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/22/2007 11:26:21 AM
very appropriate choice of colors. seems to be a bit out of focus
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Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 02/22/2007 10:30:56 AM
Great composition. I like the reflex of light in the bottle
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Nikon D40
 02/21/2007 01:45:17 PM
good job, i wish we could see more of the hand though.... but overall good
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 02/21/2007 12:39:02 PM
I like the overall tonality of this photo. Good take on the challenge as well. I think you could have bumped the exposure up a tad and still kept the tone you were looking for. Overall a great photo and should do well in the challenge.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 02/21/2007 11:03:51 AM
The composition is incredible but I think had the color tweaking been a little less intensethis shot ould have been better.
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