Ouch.....

I guess I will have Zak clean up his room before I take a picture of him next. 
I know the shot was dificult to discern the knife, but if I had simply moved it up just a bit it out of the grey TNT handle the busy-ness of the set would have been fine.  I feel your hoarding comment is a bit off because the crowdedness of the shot was to support the theme of the guy being disturbed.  Next time I will certainly give more consideration to the composition/accent of the subject, especially in a busy setting.  I feel I tried to make a decent set at least, a little over board, but I didn't just stick my guy in front of a brick wall with a smile and knife in his hand.

Also, if positng a title or description of your piece is such a big no-no, perhaps it belongs in the rules on the first page as number 5.  I did try to read through a couple of pages before posting and it didn't click in my mind.  Even if their is a description it really doesn't take away from the picture itself.  I wanted a gritty busy theme to fit the guys mood and certain things like a traffic on the front street or it being really early in the morning might be hard to tell.  Perhaps I should have found a creative way around this.  I do like discussing what I did in the piece just incase someone over looks something and I am always proud of the work I have done.  Should I include that in another thread perhaps or maybe talk about it later on?

Next, sorry jimmy bob, how is the winner's piece portraying disturbed?  Is it the picture itself has been disturbed?

Last, this was a great contest!  Lots of creativity and interpretation.  I really like the theme filmyguy gave.  Though I am long past the days of school and I am just a hobbist, I like the concept of this contest.  A quick assignment to keep sharp and improve ones skills.  I am eagerly awaiting next weeks theme!

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