Very confrontational....Yeh! Like most crime scenes. Crime scenes that most DPC'ers haven't seen - so I can understand some of the disgust and the knee jerk low scores. I actually think you have captured this fairly well, with the harsh lighting and the vacant stare.
Well done chucky!!!
You have received a lot of feedback on this, as I thought you would. Also, now that I read that it is tomato sauce, it *looks* like tomato sauce. Perhaps if it were in black and white, or almost completley desaturated that might make it look less fake.
Yes, this picture is disturbing. Largely so. But, um, aren't most crime scenes, especially violent ones?
Do I want to look at this picture? Is it pretty? Is it emotionally appealing? Um, no. But, then violent crime isn't.
Is the "blood" excessive? Yes, but, for heaven's sake, she has just "committed" murder and suicide. I don't think that would be really neat and tidy, now would it?
It is a depressing, hopeless, stark, distressing, unreal, smacked in the face kind of picture. The challenge was crime scene, what were people expecting?
The surreal colors, the stark contrast, the gritty focus (all things I would normally comment on to "correct") add to the overall effect of the shot. You may not have scored well, but you didn't score well for all the right reasons.
It makes me feel good that this photo has struck so many different people in so many different ways. In some ways..this is even better than actually placing.
Also..it wasn't a homicide..it was a suicide. Originally the plan was to have it a homicide..that changed into a suicide because she was being beaten...(but I didn't use the pic with the bruises) so then it morphed into just a suicide.
I would've given it a low score for content, I admit. I would've given it an even lower score for the title. Call it "double homicide" or something, but I just think that title crosses the line.
I would've given it a low score for content, I admit. I would've given it an even lower score for the title. Call it "double homicide" or something, but I just think that title crosses the line.
This photo certainly deserved a better score. I gave you a 6.
I think you could have gotten the same message without the knives, and the amount of blood is a little excessive. I also agree that the overall brightness of the image contradicts the sad/sombre mood of the photo. Other than that, I appreciate the work that went into this photo.
The fact that so many people were turned off by this photo proves, in my opinion, that it is an emotional photograph, and did what it was supposed to do. Good work.
I look at this image, and the spats of blood and knives look totally fake and as if they are added in post work. This just really does not do it for me.
Nope. The 'blood' was tomatoe sauce that was Dodge and Burned in PP..the knives were stuck into her 'stomach' that was really a half of a watermelon.
LOL. Yeah. I didn't have time to make 'fake blood'. I didn't even think of my idea until about two hours before submission time. I was eating a watermelon..when the idea STABBED me. :D
kinda goofy - 2 knives? My wife is 7 months pregnant so I might be biased.
Yeah. We thought about going for only one. But towards the end of the shoot...I started thinking of this crime more as a suicide and less as a murder. Two knives would make sense in that case...because she wants to make sure both of them die.
I think you really border on offensive when you post a picture of a stabbed pregnant woman. It doesn't offend me, but I do think its pretty gross. I also think you might be getting killed in your score. I think others in this challenge achieved a more real grim feeling with a less is more attitude.
Not to be rude, I really appreciate your comments...but crime scenes are generally OFFENSIVE. If they weren't...they wouldn't be CRIME SCENES. Dont believe me? Look up the real crime scene photos from the murders that inspired IN COLD BLOOD.
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But I can honestly see where you are coming from. Thanks for the tip!
I didn't vote on this challenge, but I clicked through all the images. I found this photo to be exceptionally brilliant and assumed it would get slammed for it.
The criticism regarding the harsh lighting is ridiculous, in my opinion. The lighting, the process, the setup are all a distinctive style and work very well together. It's a gutsy (no pun - ha) photo and very well executed. Do not be deterred by the stupid score.
I think you really border on offensive when you post a picture of a stabbed pregnant woman. It doesn't offend me, but I do think its pretty gross. I also think you might be getting killed in your score. I think others in this challenge achieved a more real grim feeling with a less is more attitude.
Extremely disturbing, but, in the darkest regions of my mind I have to say that its very well done, and the blank stare of void of emotion on her face is absolutely horrifyingly entrancing.
Congrats. You achieved your goal of disgusting me. However, as a story-telling image, her face is just too serene for the violence that's supposedly been carried out against her.
i really appreciate your willingness to take this concept as far as you could. So many photographers here are just too scared to really embrace these challenges.
Wow. I can't say that there is anything about this photo that I like, but there would be something wrong with me If I said I liked it. However, it certainly does meet the challenge, if in an extreme fashion. Very torn. I'm voting this high, but really don't want to see it on the front page for a week.
OMG...I can imagine the kind of comments you are getting ("what were you thinking?", "disturbing", and so on) ...I bet you are being crucified...I really think this is disgusting..but I will give you a 5 for the effort to produce it and an extra point for the guts of your model in helping you to do this...6
I would feel guilty if I do not give at least some idea on how to improve this. My first suggestion would be to be a bit more subttle with the amount of blood. IMO you could have achieved a more artistic approach in the same scene was lit with much less intensity. Mainly shadows (low keyish) with some indirect light in parts of the face and body could have worked better.
For very personal reasons, this photo has a tremendous impact on me. Did she do it herself? Did someone else do it? I might be completely off base here, but it just feels like she decided to end her life and her baby's life. That to me is just a bit too much to handle. Like i said, personal reasons. Other than that, i feel that the lighting is a bit harsh.
FYI... I am not the person who doesnt like a picture cause it has blood, or because the subject matter is shocking. Its just a photo that's hard to see. Not sure what I will vote. Ill let you know as soon as I do.
Ok, Im back... Im going to give it a 6 for the technical part. 6
I look at this image, and the spats of blood and knives look totally fake and as if they are added in post work. This just really does not do it for me.
I was wondering if someone was going to go for the severe shock factor. Here it is. But the blood appears way to thick - like it was mixed with some sort of thickener. It almost looks like a paste. No vote, I'm in this one.
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