I took this photo while shooting production shots for a play called "Life of Stuff"
This scene is at the end when this character is killed and left to die in a burning building (it's not a comedy)
I had other ideas for "centre" but this was too good an opportunity not to submit. I expect "lots" of comments.
slight crop to centre the subject
Slight levels tweak
Thats it
Steve
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This could be a top 10 photo, or bottom 10. To truly rate this photo someone needs to know more, either from the title or some background as to what the event was. For example I would rate this photo low if this was a model and this is a staged photo. It would fall into the same caliber as the National Inquire, The Globe, etc. However if this was an un-staged photo, AND there was an equally powerful story, it goes from being simply a photo going for shock value, to a photo that holds some equally powerful meaning.
United Colors of Benetton? My problem with this type of shot is that all i keep picturing you throwing ketchup over your friend and the dry cleaning bill.
Quite provacitive, well staged shot. I may have gone with a little more front lighting to throw more emphasis on the victims head. Also I think this would have worked better in B/W for a more journalistic approach. Just my thoughts, still a very interesting shot (pardon the pun).
Gruesome! I was trying to think of ways to go "dead center", but didn't take the idea quite this far. :-) Points for the effort, although the shot is a little blurry, and with lighting that doesn't fit the mood.
I don't know exactly what this photo does or is supposed to depict, but I can say that of all the many photos I have looked at here this is the first one which I consider to be thoroughly tastless and to have absolutely no value whatsoever.
Gotta give you props on keeping with the challenge instructions to the letter...that's for sure! Just hope he's not REALLY dead, because then the site will be caught up in all that legalese inquest crud...
i'm marking it down for not being able to see brain ... 1
(all kidding aside - it's out of focus, tilted, not centered, fake looking, and the thing which is supposed to be the "center" of attention is completely black with no detail at all)
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