My hybrid, Pharoah, is on a stationary indoor trainer, and I'm on the bike naked. A nude that shows no naughty bits...whodathunk?
Some people feel that they must make their images conform to the Western world's ideal of thin, pretty, poreless, unlined, unwrinkled, unscarred perfection.
And what a visual lie that is. Yet Western society encourages and celebrates such falsehoods on such a regular basis that it's expected.
Reality, in all its grit and true form, is shied away from because it shows the truth. Nobody's body is perfect. You can see from mine that it's strong and lived a helluva life- so far - and I expect to keep on racking up the lines/ wrinkles/ bruises and blemishes that horrify others.
So maybe that's why I'm screaming.
But then, maybe I'm also screaming cause it felt good to be naked a bike with a huge-ass blower wreaking havoc with the backdrop and sending my hair flying. I won't tell you which. Make up your own mind. And encourage others to do the same.
pp: shot RAW, my usual PS trix plus a hit or two of NIK.
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An interesting image that fully meets the challenge
As you say, a nude without any naughty bits, well done. It's a great image, very dynamic and appealing it conveys the liberating moment well, I do love your expression, I can hear you screaming! Whilst I do like the image overall I find the area around your hair very distracting, I assume you have done some deliberate post processing to make the dark hair stand out from the dark background? It doesn't work for me I wish it had been left with it merging naturally into the background.
Your lighting is good it illuminates your body well, nice and evenly with just one small and acceptable highlight on the crossbar. Talking of crossbars, I think you would have made the image even more effective by taping over the name transfer on the bike, it is actually quite distracting and its name doesn't add anything to the end result at all.
I like the natural and unpolished look and I agree with your sentiments about Western norms, by presenting yourself in this natural way you have made the end result much more attractive but I must add that you're in pretty good nick anyway.
I was able to see the image large before it fully loaded, I think it is a great image, until I see the bike, in my opinion breaks the drama of person screaming
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