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05/20/2002 08:18:00 AM |
Lisa, I must admit that I'm one of those who rated this pic rather low - although I like it more, the more I look at it.
The subject is good and the challenge is nicely interpreted. The lighting is to harsh I think and straight on - did you try this in B/W? B/W might also have worked to lessen the attention grab of the bricks - it kind of demands attention in this red color. The background could have used more light to emphasise on how exactly this position is (to us, not to familiar with yoga). It is easy to "miss" the feet in first try.
Taken this shot a bit from the side (30 degrees) rather than this straight on view might have been very interesting and put more emphasis on the position rather than just parts of the body, if you see what I mean. That might though depend a bit on how fit the guy is :)
I look forward to watch your work for the coming challenges. The current one, people, seems to be something that you could excel in... |
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05/20/2002 06:43:00 AM |
| Yellowpeep... thank you :). He wasn't happy to pose for this, especially on cold cement, but despite his grumbles he usually does weird things I ask him to do, for which I'm grateful :) |
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05/20/2002 03:45:00 AM |
| Lisae- I am sorry this didn't do better, and that people didn't "get" it. Maybe they're just not ready for such perfection.....maybe they are not familiar with yoga....I don't know. I really enjoyed this shot--especially the skin vs. brick wall thing going on. Props to your flexible boyfriend, too. You may not have done as well as you liked, but it looks like you lucked out in the love dept.! |
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05/20/2002 12:14:00 AM |
OK, I'm very surprised by some of these comments. What was behind those 'eww' comments? This is, indeed, a yoga pose... maybe I should have been more descriptive with the title. The model was not naked, I cropped out his shorts. Anyone who might have been offended by the idea that this was a naked man was responding to whatever image existed in their mind, not my photo. Self-sucking? Um, no.
This is a guy's back, shoulders, hands and feet. He's not a beefy guy, but he's fit... not appealing? I don't get it at all.
As to the focus/sharpness... I have a 1.3 Megapixel camera, and I cropped a lot out of this photo, so I tried to smooth it out a bit with despeckle and sharpen filters. It made it look a bit odd, but I liked the result enough to enter it :) |
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05/19/2002 09:42:00 PM |
| Quite the strange image. I've seen the photo a few times, and just now noticed your feet back there -- ouch. |
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05/19/2002 05:08:00 PM |
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05/18/2002 07:35:00 AM |
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05/18/2002 03:50:00 AM |
| Needs to be a bit brighter, to pick up the redness of the bricks and bring out the fleshtones a bit more... and having the feet out of the shot would have helped add a bit more mystery, but then it wouldn't show this yoga position properly! |
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05/17/2002 05:48:00 PM |
| very unique. i assume this has some sort of miraculous self-sucking connotation to it.. or yoga, or something. props to the clever motherfuckers up in this shit |
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05/17/2002 11:26:00 AM |
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05/16/2002 02:34:00 PM |
| Scary. Ouch. Somehow, his feet blend in too much with the brick background, I would have liked to see them stand out a bit more, but that's a nitpick. |
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05/15/2002 03:58:00 PM |
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05/15/2002 11:30:00 AM |
| This looks very uncomfortable on the arms and neck., nice detal. |
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05/14/2002 08:31:00 PM |
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05/14/2002 01:34:00 PM |
| Interesting perspective. Photo 9 Creativity 8 Upsidedown 8 total 8 |
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05/14/2002 04:09:00 AM |
| Could be sharper, but I'm a bit relieved it's not. Thank you for saying no to crack. |
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05/13/2002 11:18:00 PM |
Very different subject matter. Unique.
The focus seems off to me, though.
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05/13/2002 05:23:00 PM |
| yoga is cool. unfortunately not the most appealing of model choices ; ) |
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05/13/2002 03:52:00 PM |
| That is sooooooo weird looking. LOL Great job, clever!!! What a hoot. |
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05/13/2002 01:11:00 PM |
| I don't think I understand the title but this is definitely an interesting interpretation of 'upside down'.. good job! |
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05/13/2002 12:28:00 PM |
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05/13/2002 10:13:00 AM |
| Love the framing of this shot with the tight crop. _Much_ stronger picture than it would have been with the whole person in it. |
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05/13/2002 09:07:00 AM |
| That must have hurt... Very interesting... |
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05/13/2002 08:23:00 AM |
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