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Challenge: The Year You Were Born (Basic Editing)
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Lens: Konica Minolta AF 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6(D) DT
Location: Kennewick, WA
Date: Nov 21, 2006
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Black and White, Nude
Date Uploaded: Nov 21, 2006

 All of my options for the "Year You Were Born" sucked and I kept trying to come up with something to get into this low entry challenge. A jokingly asked a few guys at work if they would be willing to dress up like gay men for a photo and they all turned me down but suggested I should shoot a guy in chaps...bare butt. I jokingly asked a female co-worker of mine if she knew any guys willing to shoot bare butt for a photo and she asked one and he said sure...just like that we rushed this shot the day of the challenge and got the results above. I can't say that I've ever felt much less comfortable than I did during this shoot!!!

I know nudes don't score well on DPC so I excpect this one gets hammered. Don't expect to see many more male nudes either. LOL

Statistics
Place: 52 out of 102
Avg (all users): 5.7049
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6038
Avg (non-participants): 5.7262
Views since voting: 5027
Views during voting: 747
Votes: 305
Comments: 40
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 12/30/2006 03:47:21 AM
I don't find this photo offensive. I actually think its very clever. I do think that a black g-string would have fixed that certain little problem without taking away from it and a wax job would have cleaned it up nicely.
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 12/06/2006 09:49:27 PM
I just listened to your podcast with Judi and just wanted to let you I really like this photo. After looking at all the death shots I'll take nudity any day!! Haha! Be nice to see more male forms like this. Great work and bravo for trying something new!
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 12/06/2006 10:59:26 AM
I didn't vote in this challenge but I did view quite a few images. I now wish I had. I could have given you the score this shot deserves. To be honest I am not a fan of nudes but if done tastefully I give them the score they well deserve. I love this shot 1) because it was B/W 2) focus and lighting is great 3) the composition perfect 4) very creative idea.
I would have given this a 10.
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 11/29/2006 05:11:18 AM
"YYYYMMMCCCAA,"YYMMCAA"
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 11/29/2006 12:42:51 AM
Nooooooooo.... this is an awesome shot! Underrated :(
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 11/29/2006 12:41:42 AM
I don't think that it is reasonable for people to be really really offended or be grossed out. TecnoShroom's right... it's only a friggin butt.

However, i do feel that this photograph is overly sterotypical; suggesting a stereotype that does not support what all gay people are like. But for intents and purposes, it's art. And it's cool.
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 11/29/2006 12:20:24 AM
Seems quite a few were offended for some reason by this shot. It's just a butt. Not like it's a Nazi cannibal eating Jesus steak while drowning kittens or anything. He really does need to get himself a padded bicycle seat though. That just looks too painful.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/28/2006 11:17:32 PM
Like it! The cuffs are are great touch. This is a very good B&W shot. You can almost feel the leather (and that's all I'm touching :)
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 11/28/2006 10:47:59 PM
come on now...is that really nessasary? you could have EASILY have used a rainbow flag or something.

Also it seems you suffer from bootyis minimis :D
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 11/28/2006 08:59:19 PM
Sorry, I find this offensive. The image is well shot, so to be fair, I will not vote on it.
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 11/28/2006 11:04:29 AM
what the...
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 11/28/2006 07:38:41 AM
Absolutely disgusting!
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 11/27/2006 11:54:23 PM
ewwwwwwwww
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 11/27/2006 10:49:58 AM
Lol! Bet you are getting HAMMERED for this one but I find it quite funny, don´t even wanna know what it is that shows between the legs there, hahahahaha.
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 11/27/2006 02:22:21 AM
disturbing, but makes a point... fits the theme, and technically good.
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 11/26/2006 07:55:52 PM
I'll give you a 7 for having the balls to submit this:)
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 11/26/2006 05:23:39 PM
very brave!!!

Message edited by author 2006-11-29 00:15:36.
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 11/26/2006 12:34:54 PM
ugh
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 11/25/2006 10:12:18 PM
This is pure art in a way that only the crack of a man's butt can bring
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 11/24/2006 07:33:02 AM
Fantastic choice of subject for the year. Well done.
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 11/23/2006 05:42:10 PM
So I was scrolling through the entries at work, and just as I clicked the arrow and landed on this one, my co-worker turned around to talk to me. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LOOKING AT?"

Yeah, that was embarrassing.
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 11/23/2006 01:03:46 PM
this is great.
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 11/23/2006 05:25:19 AM
eeewwwwwww.....not something that I'd hang on my wall...but a good photo, well executed: an 8 from me!
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 11/23/2006 05:09:37 AM
It is clever, thats for sure...
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 11/23/2006 03:59:05 AM
Geesh, I'd be a heck of a lot more comfortable with this if it weren't for the dark *stain* at the critical spot...
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 11/23/2006 02:28:04 AM
stunning!
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 11/22/2006 10:40:01 PM
Hello Robert Mappelthorpe. This is a very strong photo technically, and I admire the fact that you are willing to take a risk like this.
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 11/22/2006 07:35:05 PM
My year too. Would you think I was sick if I made this a favourite?? ;) Nice work!
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 11/22/2006 03:43:34 PM
The inside of the legs blended into the background, though you were able (mostly) to keep that from happening throughout the rest of the subject. Very inventive and uh. . . daring shot.
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 11/22/2006 02:35:57 PM
Plus points - Level of light, simplicity, handcuffs a good touch.
Minus point - It's someone's back side.
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 11/22/2006 01:53:55 PM
wow. wasn't ready for that.
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 11/22/2006 11:13:07 AM
Cool idea
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 11/22/2006 10:26:00 AM
Rides a bicycle too frequently?
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 11/22/2006 10:07:23 AM
I'll be one of those voters you knew you would have to contend with when you submitted this one...Just can't vote high for a butt crack that looks like it exploded.
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 11/22/2006 10:00:41 AM
Lovely.
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 11/22/2006 09:08:28 AM
This would be a decent picture if the model would have shaved his ass!!! Repulsive.
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 11/22/2006 08:36:13 AM
I think that you could have come up with something a little better then this.
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 11/22/2006 06:09:02 AM
Yowza!
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 11/22/2006 05:03:00 AM
rofl! awesome, daring shot! 8
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 11/22/2006 03:54:25 AM
nice concept but what does bother me is the shadowed part of the butt on the bottom :(
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