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Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Image Date: 2006:08:20 13:33:38
Flash Used: Yes (Manual)
Focal Length: 50.0mm
CCD Width: 3.47mm
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/1.4
ISO equiv: 100
White Balance: Auto
Exposure Mode: Manual
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Place: 83 out of 252 Avg (all users): 5.6050 Avg (commenters): 7.1429 Avg (participants): 5.7500 Avg (non-participants): 5.5422 Views since voting: 4334 Views during voting: 770 Votes: 238 Comments: 26 Favorites: 4 (view)
I'm no prude, and nudity does not offend me. I'm just not sure what the nudity is saying here. To really work, the entire piece has to stay on message. I like the juxtaposition of the sharply defined hand, with the soft focus of the rest of the picture. The soft focus looks almost as if it were sharpened after it was taken, as it does appear to be a bit grainy. I like your idea of going against tradition, usually soft focus images are dreamy, romantic, fairy tale, type efforts. Yours is the opposite, which is a good start. Each element just needs a reason, and to reinforce the message of the others. Good lighting, and contrast. The colors are almost like a sepia photo, which works well here.
I am not fond of this type of photography (personal preference) but will try my best to make a constructive comment. For me this is too OOF/Blurry rather than soft focus, I do like the composition and post processing is nice (MHO)
I think I'm missing something.. I do not understand why a nude woman would be pretending to shoot a gun at someone. Unless she's upset because her photo got taken without her permission?
Excellent! I just love this picture. The rule of thirds and the focus only on the hand works like a charm. Every time I look at the picture I can imagine a different story behind it. The fact that you do not realy see the expression on the face, makes you wonder if she is smiling or not. It just gives you a feeling of intimacy, like a game between two lovers. Added to favourites
What other people think or say about you, it's irrelevent, so ignore all of those bad comments because their'e just jealous of that beautiful image. 10
I'm all for nudes but this one doesn't work for me. The soft focus that could make this form really glow comes across more like noise on the background. I think having the model centered would also have made more of an impact even if it meant moving her 'pistol' hand over to the center of her body. Sorry, I think I know the photog here and I'm a pretty big fan of your stuff but this one just doesn't have the mojo. Very drab overall. Might have played up the drab with a more emotive sort of pose. What if she held the hand gun to her head? Seriously, that would have filled the void to the left of her head and really worked with the feeling of depression that the soft focus and colors are creating. Anyway, nice shot (no pun ;) ).
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