Anger
Steve James

Anger

March 2020

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Entry 5894608
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Ooh no nooo. I’ve lost control again! This image does evoke memories of certain teachers that could not let it go…
This is a well-executed piece of Photoshop montage and post produced depiction of anger. We know it’s a teacher because -apart from the title - we see many signs in the background - the weird apple, the old desks, a blackboard covered with a questionable chalk diagram - and to top it all… one malfeasant has launched a paper aeroplane into the foreground. “What would you feel huh?” The hapless teacher asks, “Don’t you think this is the absolute last straw?” Dare I say it, the position of the angry teacher in the frame, suggests that he is letting rip at the beholder, who is now transformed into the culprit pupil. This is a very clever portrait of anger. The touch of locking eyes with the beholder from over the top of his reading glasses is priceless. Congratulations. Thank you for entering my contest.

When I first saw this I dismissed it as a product of taxidermy. I looked again and changed my mind then back again. Then I read your description and was corrected. This is a seemingly expert example of taxidermy – the human predilection to destroy, categorise, and collect life. The way you have made this photograph renders this cat perfectly living and on the offensive. You have captured, head on, his/her intensely fierce and angry expression even in death. I surmise this to be a combination in equal measure of the taxidermist’s skill, and yours in camera craft. Congratulations. Thank you for entering.

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Entry 5895327
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This individual is beside himself, consumed by this hapless, usually fruitless emotion. The Photoshop multi- layered treatment of this portrayal of anger utterly and completely communicates the blind airhead feeling of unfettered rage. He’s tearing his hair out over and over again, and he looks like he is transitioning into crying and wailing. It won’t end well. This is a great example of communicative, imaginative and creative Photoshop work. Thank you for entering my contest..

What are you doing here again? You make me feel jealous … I‘d kills you if I could…If I told you once …. This image is cropped close to good effect, to emphasise this extraordinary human-like, disapproving, angered expression. It is incongruous with his /her lovely black and white, soft and cute cuddly fur.

Well done and thank you for entering my contest.

Who can pull the best face? Beautifully executed shot of two young wolves engaged in establishing the pecking order. Flawless capture, cropped to isolate and frame the point of interest – that is the two wolverine personalities at angry loggerheads with each other. An oak tree trunk as background? Wonderful. Thank you for entering my contest.

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Entry 5896662
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This image exhibits a quite composed, non-ostentatious portrayal of seething, menacing, sneering anger all the more better to eat you with. Closely cropped to detail this lion’s angered facial expression - from the wrinkled snout to, just barely visible teeth – oh yes he has teeth - locking his livid eyes with the camera’s / photographer’s? It looks like he’s definitely not posing today.

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Entry 5900640
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It’s not just the way his face is - I think he’s angry just look at those eyes and ears. Great POV - a cat’s eye view? Well composed – this cat has just got be in the centre of the frame he needs all your attention – just in case…. Shallow depth of field has emphasised just his head, eyes, mouth, ears and whiskers - the most pertinent visual information apart from that he might be moving in our direction. Thank you for entering my contest.

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Entry 5910225
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Quick, I think we’ve had it! He’s a bit upset what did you do?! No no, I don’t think he’s just yawning. This lion had the biggest mouth out of all the entries of big cats, – enough to obscure his face… Screaming /roaring OTT anger Great POV - we can almost see what he had for dinner. He belongs in the centre of the frame because he needs watching… Not only does this image fit the brief perfectly, but it is technically well executed. Thank you for entering my contest.

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I would like to see your photos that convey anger. This could range from candid shots of any number of people displaying the emotion, to manipulated images, montages or shots that express anger, for example the colour red etc. Imagination will be key here. I look forward to your entries.