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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Affluence (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: NYC
Date: Aug 2, 2005
Galleries: Urban, Candid
Date Uploaded: Aug 2, 2005

 Apparently I've learned nothing from "Love One Another"

Was looking for the upper westsider with the dog in purse look, but alas that wasn't happening. i feel bad for this guy after reading the comments. i didn't mean for his belly to be such a conversation piece, though i did think he portrayed a guccish character, and i do see gucci in the same light as many of the insightful commentators, so i guess a bit of ribbing on him wasn't completely unintended.

anyway, i also liked the picture for its composition and colors.

thanks to those who commented.

Statistics
Place: 36 out of 232
Avg (all users): 5.5514
Avg (commenters): 7.6000
Avg (participants): 5.5054
Avg (non-participants): 5.5729
Views since voting: 1792
Views during voting: 476
Votes: 292
Comments: 35
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 08/10/2005 12:43:22 AM
This was my favourite! I agree with Bear music. The blur gives an image of someone with a lot of money but not much else - someone who is not quite there. Brilliant.
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 08/10/2005 12:14:54 AM
You was robbed, dude. Easily one of the very best images in the challenge. Too far outside the accepted aesthetic, I guess.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/09/2005 10:39:17 PM
I was rechecking my votes and had to move it up to a 9. The more I see it the more I like it. It just hits the mark right on. Colors and composition right on along with the slight movement blur to give him that hurried impatient look. Great work on a difficult topic.
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 08/09/2005 09:37:02 PM
nice. seems overprocessed a bit. Is like the feel of it tho. 8
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 08/09/2005 09:32:07 PM
Very nice visual with that cool sweeping feel. 7
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 08/09/2005 07:19:16 PM
Good color and like the focus on the name
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 08/09/2005 11:26:11 AM
Nice Composition. I think I would of liked it better if the entire picture was in focus.
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 08/09/2005 10:31:57 AM
I really like this - I hope it does well, but when I like a quirky photo it's usually a bad sign - can't even tell you why I love it, just do
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 08/08/2005 03:01:41 PM
This has an obnoxiously arrogant, over-the-top feel to it, and the slight blur is absolutely priceless; it lends a feeling that he doesn't have time for the likes of us. One of my favorites of the challenge.
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 08/08/2005 08:08:20 AM
Just to show that wealth and good taste don't go together! The static background and moving "victim" work superbly. The colours are complementary and the sneer, champagne-gut and disco jewellery say it all.
Bumping this up to a 9 on the second pass. Could be a winner...
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 08/08/2005 01:45:09 AM
one of my best picks

the epitome... i love his belly.
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 08/07/2005 11:27:27 PM
This is cool. It's like from the 70's man. Nice Work
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 08/07/2005 09:01:55 AM
Great image and my fave of this challenge, good work!
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 08/07/2005 12:10:10 AM
the man :)
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 08/06/2005 09:15:56 AM
He needs to spend less on clothes and opt for liposuction.

Good representation of affluence though. 10.
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 08/06/2005 04:24:05 AM
Nice photo. Well done. It could almost be for an advertisement but the guy look spregnant! Mwuhahahaha.....7
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 08/06/2005 12:05:23 AM
I love it! The weird expression, the cheesy Euro-snob glasses and the blurry blue shirt just barely capable of containing the little round pot belly - all these things balance against those golden Gucci letters that for decades have screamed 'we cost more because only rich people can afford buy our stuff.' There is a wonderful concinnity of logic in the elements of this photo; that matches the balance of forms, the contrast of colors, and the balance between stasis and motion.
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 08/05/2005 01:24:46 PM
i really love the character and the composition of this photo - he looks llike the typical gucci wearer too, i just wish that shutter had fired a little faster so we could see that fabulous expression clearly.
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 08/05/2005 03:42:44 AM
LOVE it! I wonder if you're the same person that took the blury walkby in the long exposure challenge....same style and appeal. Nice work. 10!
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 08/05/2005 12:16:43 AM
nice movement. fitting subject. 9
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 08/04/2005 05:23:05 PM
Excellent shot. simple and effective.
That belly of the man just adds so much to it. if he looked like a model this just wouldn't be the same.
I am hoping to see this one on the main page!
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 08/04/2005 02:39:34 PM
This one's great. Shame there isn't a men's pregnancy challenge this week though..!
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 08/04/2005 03:58:04 AM
Funny picture, it is dynamic, I like it.
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 08/03/2005 06:38:33 PM
OH I LOVE THIS!!! SO GOOD! SO GOOD!
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 08/03/2005 03:36:59 PM
Nice catch! Wish he was a little sharper though, just personal pref.
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 08/03/2005 12:36:42 PM
amazing shot, its really nice, i like it
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 08/03/2005 12:15:41 PM
I love the colors in this one, the composition, the movement and blur...definitely one of the best in the challenge.
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 08/03/2005 09:58:29 AM
Nice shot. Nice idea. The horizon is off tho and is he pregnant?
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 08/03/2005 09:24:07 AM
nice photo, the man's belly also is an indicatation of non poverty
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 08/03/2005 08:35:30 AM
Oh I like this alot. It's very urban and has a sense or urgency with the guy walking and swinging his arms. Very nicely done. (thanks for your originality)
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 08/03/2005 08:06:06 AM
Oh I like this one, affluence for me are glutones as well...
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 08/03/2005 06:04:11 AM
Nice colors, good composition...good picture.
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 08/03/2005 03:54:44 AM
If I had the time to set up the shot I envisioned for this challenge it would have been something very similar to this except a lady in pink. Get job. Love the blur, but the guy himself really helps make the shot.
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 08/03/2005 01:57:02 AM
I'm not big into fashion, but this guy doesn't look all that Gucci"ish". I like the idea for the challenge, however.
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 08/03/2005 01:23:22 AM
I would have liked this shot better without the man in it. I guess I don't "get" why he's in there or what he brings to the picture...
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