death by vodka

[buckwild]

heres one of the shots from a project im working one, i guess its one of those like or hate kind of pic. any opinions are welcome.
-shawn

[Herriot]

Would be interested to have some background on the background of the project that you are working on to put the image into context.

Without that, my major gripe is the fact that one arm is very exposed while the other is a little hard to define in the shadows.

Also, the references to 'vodka' are maybe a bit strong, the brand label being 75% displayed directly to the viewer is a little strong IMO.

Tell us about the project and thanks for sharing

Herriot

[Herriot]

Would be interested to have some background on the the project that you are working on to put the image into context.

Without that, my major gripe is the fact that one arm is very exposed while the other is a little hard to define in the shadows.

Also, the references to 'vodka' are maybe a bit strong, the brand label being 75% displayed directly to the viewer is a little strong IMO.

Tell us about the project and thanks for sharing

Herriot

[lidarman]

Sorry Shawn, but this is too contrived. Good actors are good actors because they don't look like they are acting.

The grip of his left hand looks like an advert for Smirnoff, while his right arm looks like he is expecting an IV. For some reason, to me, both hands need to be involved in that bottle to be effective with having a bag on his head.

Otherswise, it's totally confusing.


Also the bottle in such an upright position doesn't imply any sense of agony or drunkeness..It implies sobriety.

[Overbeyond]

Shots like these need to be subtle to work, otherwise they look so set up and wanting to shock. We recently had a posting "Just Do It" which exemplifies how this type of shot really works.
Sorry Buckwild but this one does nothing for me.
Tom