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Thanks for everyone who brought controversy to my shot :) I love it, and it's very flattering. Besides, (not that I'm in anyway comparing) Terry Richardson tends to split people down the middle with his photographs. I'm happy to be a similar kind of rebel.
As far as the subject matter is concerned, I was going for a more out-of-the-box approach on the topic. Thank you greatly to those of you who got that. See, here's the thing: it's all about recycling and not wasting. She is wearing Saran Wrap. Saran Wrap is generally used to save things, so that it's not wasted. I opted for a humorous slant on the topic. I really hate that I have to explain that, but so it goes.
For those of you who down-voted simply on the aspect of "nudity," I'm sorry. Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and opinions as far as nudity is concerned. I, personally, am not one to force my judgment on someone else, and dismiss something solely because of that, but to each their own. Additionally...after careful observation of the photograph, I have found no (and by no, I mean zero) instances of nudity. Maybe my eyes are going bad at the old age of 23, or maybe my monitor just isn't calibrated correctly. In fact, I've seen more revealing dresses at the Oscars. I was unaware that a photo with with a bare stomach and cleavage showing warranted a zero. I'll have to go back and re-read the rules.
Regardless, I'm sure I'll stick around. And a quick congrats to my model Niki...who placed top 10 in the Hooters International Bikini Contest the other night. You can also catch her a few months back in "Girls of Hooters" feature in Playboy.
Processing is nice -- almost painterly. Lighting good. But DNMC and the subject matter is inappropriate.
Cannot post on forums, but will fess up that I gave this a 1 -- primarily because the clear and unarguable DNMC of the subject matter. Secondly, it would have gotten a 1 anyway for the nudity involved. Completely unnecessary. Again, well processed and taken, but clothe your subject next time. You have talent, don't waste it.
So, Blue is the New Green is the Igniter of Controversy! LOL This is a great image, very well done (somebody suggests clothing???) and, as I said earlier, I was glad to get to see it. Given the constraints of the challenge, I suspect it neither deserves 1's nor 10's, but I gave it a solid 6, and would have easily gone higher if it had been in the Free Study. Had your "wrap up your leftovers" comment been the title, it might have been received as a more humorous out of the box approach to the challenge.
I wish I could see more of her eyes than the whites... It seems as if she's almost "rolling her eyes" at us.
If you take away expression, all she has going for her is big boobs. They're nice, but... *grin*
I would have scored this much higher with a better face shot... perhaps less "roll eyes" look about her, and looking into the camera and 'our eyes'.
I do like the composition and the lighting, though. I can't wait to see what you come up with next.
Processing is nice -- almost painterly. Lighting good. But DNMC and the subject matter is inappropriate.
Cannot post on forums, but will fess up that I gave this a 1 -- primarily because the clear and unarguable DNMC of the subject matter. Secondly, it would have gotten a 1 anyway for the nudity involved. Completely unnecessary. Again, well processed and taken, but clothe your subject next time. You have talent, don't waste it.
Processing is nice -- almost painterly. Lighting good. But DNMC and the subject matter is inappropriate.
Cannot post on forums, but will fess up that I gave this a 1 -- primarily because the clear and unarguable DNMC of the subject matter. Secondly, it would have gotten a 1 anyway for the nudity involved. Completely unnecessary. Again, well processed and taken, but clothe your subject next time. You have talent, don't waste it.
I like it. However, it's not really what one expects for this challenge topic. Still, 8. (You'll feel the wrath of the prude crowd in the scores, I predict quite a few 1s. It's a pity...)
Re-using? Reducing? Recycling? Where?
I see a roll of cling-wrap coming off the roll, which is none of the above in my opinion. Cool shot and certainly unique.
Some poeple, no matter what the challenge, always take a picture of a horse and i give them 4 or 5. Some people, no matter what the challenge, always find a way of taking a great shot of a beautiful woman and I give them 9. Go figure.
a very unusual take on the challenge - very well delivered and extremely dramatic (or it is the model). To be honest, when I looked at the thumb, I thought it was a shoehorn. Nice work overall...
Honestly if eco-propaganda was more of this and less of Al Gore, more people would start paying attention. Nice shot, great lighting. -1 for senselessly depriving me of some gratuitous booby enjoyment by going a bit nuts with the saran wrap. 9.
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