Lots of post processing. I dodged and painted out the outside of the photo for sort of a frame within a frame, only leaving the shower head. I upped the contrast. Unsharp mask, and resize, and I believe that's everything.
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Place: 66 out of 87 Avg (all users): 4.9913 Avg (commenters): 5.8788 Avg (participants): 4.6579 Avg (non-participants): 5.0858 Views since voting: 3247 Views during voting: 1022 Votes: 344 Comments: 41 Favorites: 8 (view)
Not nice at all, well done...sad and touching image. I love the overwhelming whites. It was suggested below that darks would have suited the mood but I tend to disagree. The bright white makes it seem like it has been photographed 'from the other side'. Great photo...but again, very sad. I would have given this a 9 or so.
Ouch .. you got robbed. I expected a better placing than this .... don't let it get you down, I guess it wasn't nude enough. Keep it up and all you can do is learn from this. :)
I really can't believe this scored as low as it did. I guess it wasn't enough of "a nude" for a lot of people. Already five favorites though, so a gutsy shot does pay off in some ways. I hope your score isn't too discouraging, this is one of the best shots I've seen here in a while. Keep it up.
This shot is really incredible. I really like the skewed shape of the shower door with the showerhead just above it. The white background with high-contrast black subject all produces a very impressive result. The details are all perfectly executed as well, the streaks on the glass, the pose of the model, the level of visability through the glass. Awesome. My favorite shot in the challenge.
you're probably not doing as well as you would like with this shot, but I think its very powerful. The stains on the shower really speak of a desperate struggle and the crumpled, hardly discernable form as seen from the angle we have brilliantly conveys your message. I like this shot a lot, and I think it fits the theme in an unconventional way.
That is amazing. Wow. That just penertrated the boring old browsing...it struck something in me...a that-someday-might-be-me fear. Thank you. That is beautiful.
I see a body crawled into the corner and some streaks (blood ?) at the glass, with a title that suggest horror ? But still I don't really get it and find it an obscure, unattractive image. It doesn't have to be attractive if it would create another type of emotion in me, but it does not. Sorry.
Guess it must be a nude, since it's in a shower, but it's too gross for anything that I'd want in my own personal collection. Couldn't find that much to positively rate it for when taking into account what I expected a "nudes" challenge to be.
This is a deeply disturbing photo. The emotional content tops the chart in this challenge. Obviously subject matter and composition are its strongest features. (10)
I'm guessing chocalte sauce in the shower to achieve this effect? Very cool high key image and bravo for taking an "in your face " approach. Good work.
It's been a keen debate on DPC for quite some time whether we really need images like this. In itself not a bad photo although it looks like poor photoshopping around the door.
Don't know whether it's the shock factor or not but my first thoughts were unneccessary and gratuitous. However, more to the point in a photo challenge - very poorly executed (no pun intended).
awesome! I'm usually not a big fan of artsy very high contrast photos, but this is too cool! I love how it looks like the shower head is just floating in white space :)
Powerful image. I'm not sure what, but it seems to lack something though? I think it looks too staged. Maybe if there were details outside of the shower it would feel more real. I'm sure you'll get plenty of comments on this one. Great image.
A bold entry. It makes me uncomfortable, and for that I guess it's successful. Just not subject matter I really care to dwell on though. I find myself immediately wanting to move to the next image.
very hard hitting. I must say the lower portion of this image would get a 10 from me if it was the only part of the photo. Th dark tones and high contrast along with a perfect pose bode very well to me. As it is, with a bright white background it looks as if it's floating in mid air which hinders my vote.
This is a very effective image. There's a lot of emotion going on. I'm not totally sure what's going on- suicide? Even so, this has such emtion and feeling and the starkness of the black and white and the stark contrast is awesome- 10
powerful image, almost too powerful though. if i were a doctor i would recommend seeing a pychiatrist but as an artist i would say very emotional, and great use of the strong black and whites and strong perspective to make the photo even more intense
This is a neat high key concept. However, the high key nature of it seems to be contradictory to the theme of the shot. "Defeat" or despair... death... depression... whatever may be implied here is normally associated with negativity and darkness. Just something to think about when you are promoting an idea :) If the elements of the composition are supportive of that theme rather than contradictory, your idea may be better received....
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