Evil surrounds us

Any comments are welcome.

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Really nice framing and lighting given the subject. You could add to the evil/horror by adding blood dripping from the knife into a pool on the floor (or clear glass bowl to save the nice carpet )

That's excellent - very sinister! The blood's a good idea... and you could really save the carpet by photoshopping it in??

Very well done, great light. I wouldn't add any blood, this works.

i liked the colors, pls share the setting and processing tricks with us.

Gotta agree, unless...your audience has an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex.

The wedding band on the middle finger is a killer touch, pardon the pun. One can connect the dots there.

I like it a lot.

I'd like to see one with a MUCH looser crop around the top and one or both sides: Lots of negative/empty space to give a feeling of isolation.

Ehhhh....

I see what you are after, but I find the carpet to be too busy, too cute, too something - for the mood of the shot.

Also, I would think less of a culinary knife would have more of an impact. Perhaps something with a wooden handle from a flea market or second hand store.

Sorry...

(oh! That being said, excellent lighting control)

Rad

The knife is so clean I think he might be waiting in line to dice onions or something.

I love the shot but would also like to see a more menacing knife, perhaps held with more conviction.

Lots of good comments already, so I am just going to combine the ideas I liked. I agree with perhaps some more negative dark space, a less busy rug and a grungy knife (no blood). I like the loose touch he has on it too. It conveys to me that perhaps he is thinking of doing something evil. Great shot

Jemhead wrote in post #16628479
Lots of good comments already, so I am just going to combine the ideas I liked. I agree with perhaps some more negative dark space, a less busy rug and a grungy knife (no blood). I like the loose touch he has on it too. It conveys to me that perhaps he is thinking of doing something evil. Great shot

Interesting. Perhaps the loose grip implies that he may not do anything. Not as evil, but I can see that.

Radtech1 wrote in post #16628241
Also, I would think less of a culinary knife would have more of an impact. Perhaps something with a wooden handle from a flea market or second hand store.

I agree. It's the center piece of the photo.

I like it just the way it is. Kinda brings evil into the real world....yes that knife could be out of my kitchen but that's what makes it real.....

I really like this just the way it is. The kitchen knife, the ‘average household’ rug, the wedding ring… looks like a man contemplating some life decisions he’s made. Newlywed bliss maybe?