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I wonder how many guys (including the women) on this site wanted to try bondage but never had the guts? But now that you've broken the ice, you face the really scary part , which is, paraphrasing Cosmo above, to make it authentic. He's right about studying the Japanese bondage - it doesn't get more authentic than that. If you keep it at this level, you'd be better off sticking with what's comfortable and not doing it at all.
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I don't understand the caption either. Is it a reference to the moth (like, its name)? An inside joke? Now, as to cropping: if you crop this tighter, as suggested, what do you have? A not very interesting picture of a perfectly pleasant but singularly undistinguished moth. It's the contrast between the moth and the ground and the leaves - and between leaves of similar shape but of varying hues - that makes this picture interesting. I think there is a tendency among photographers to crop like crazy - but in doing so, they often cut away the real picture; and I think that would be the case here.
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On second thought - looking at it again (next day) - I think it would be weakened by having its focus changed or sharpened. -
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I like the way the light and the shapes form frames within frames. The detail in the shadows - the cobblestones - adds to the atmosphere. And the man is caught at just the right moment, compositionally, vis a vis the doorway beyond him.
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Babatunde, I agree with what everyone's said about the moodiness. And about the photoshopping. This has the potential to be one of your best shots. -
Are you familiar with the work of Ralph Gibson? Your stuff - some of it - reminds me of his. Like in this shot, where you take some everyday something and make it interesting via framing and depth of field. Nice job. -
Well framed - and what a great personality on this guy! -
Great image. I second what was said about the framing. The picture is thoughtful and soothing. More please. -
I ditto all of the above. Another nice, striking composition. -
I think the composition is dead-on. And it *seems* as though the image would be improved if the head were sharp - but who can say for sure? Would the movement this picture conveys be there, if the head were pin sharp and thus isolated in time? When Cartier-Bresson said, "Focus is a bourgeois concept," do you suppose he was joking? Only joking?
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I agree that increased sharpness *might* have added to the image; but in any case it's an interesting composition.
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You can feel her personality here, her joy. This being in what appears to be the bathroom mirror really gives it some context and some immediacy. I'm not sure about the little glimpse of the photographer there; at the least it's distracting - but maybe it, also, adds to the immediacy. -
To take a shot from nature and have it be fresh, and vital, as this one is, is no easy task. Anybody can take a picture of a mountain, or field, or a tree. . . but you made the tree interesting and new. I think it's the shape, or rather, the framing, along with the contrast between the dark trunk and the almost white leaves. Nice. -
Really nice. And charming. And interesting. What's even more amazing than the shot - which, by the way, is nothing if not original, not to mention just brimming with mystery - what's more amazing than the image, is that it hasn't been rated higher. (Noemi, I admire your integrity in saying, "I should have accounted for it when taking the shot.")
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The vertical lines, at a slight slant in the background; as well as the combination of colors, the red and the black (and the patch of blue on the right); and also the prosaic setting of a bus interior: these things really set the subject off in a good way here: her age, her noble profile, the white uniform, the gold cross. Even her glasses add a nice touch. This picture makes me want to head for the nearest cafe and watch people go by. -
To me, this really conveys "stray". It has a very urban feel about it, like I imagine Berlin in the 20's was, or New York today. It's amazing how evocative a somewhat blurry picture of a little dog can be. I think the dog's shadow, and that streak of light he seems to be looking at, have a lot to do with it; and also the texture and mottled pattern of the pavement. Certainly one of your strongest images. -
It's an interesting semi-abstraction; almost like the photons of light are blowing his hair back and blacking out his face.
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This could also be interesting, but the sloppy scan doesn't do it justice (and, again, the size prevents my seeing all of it at once).
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Though this has something in common with the recent vogue in "blur" shots, it does have characteristics that make it stand out in the crowd; primarily, the liquid look that it has. I only wish it were smaller (no more than 800 pixels wide), so that I could see the whole thing on my 17 inch monitor.
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Yep, this is an intriging image. I like the somewhat muted colors (your tech info says this was shot on B&W film - did you colorize it?) and the way they go together; the way her hair hangs and the slight suggestion of lips seen through the hair; the subtle but pronounced overall eroticism.
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Double ditto :-) ;~} -
A beautiful image and very evocative: I'm there!
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