On Feb 9, 2014, at 1:58 AM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9 Feb 2014, at 04:44, "Larry Colen" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Contributing to the parity that Frank asked for, some art knudes. >> >> A friend wanted some nudes of himself, while we were at it, I handed the >> camera to him and he shot a few of me. Comments, critiques, or >> ridicule as required. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157640707178243/ >> >> Not safe for work. > > I'll take your word for that, Larry, and go one step further in assuming that > it's not safe for anywhere or anyone with eyes in their head.
I think BobW was just being funny, with no intended offense. I looked—I'm both still breathing and still just made of cheese-whiz, not stone. :-) These three are the most appealing to me: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/12400286644/in/set-72157640707178243 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/12400293024/in/set-72157640707178243 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/12399986783/in/set-72157640707178243 The expressions … face and body language against the lighting and environment … that do it right. They're appealing without being either too romantic-squishy-sappy-arty or overtly erotic in intent. Good work! The B&W renderings seem a little sterile by comparison; something about the edge values being too sharp, the tone being too cold. The color renderings have a better 'feel' to my eye. Regards flickr.com and their rules… eh? No idea. I have no problem looking at nudes, either male or female. I have no problems looking at naked people either, although I'm not a big porn enthusiast (I just find it silly most of the time, not exciting or erotic, and some of it is just nasty crap). Lots of other folks seem to take this stuff way too seriously, which causes businesses like flickr.com to put all kinds of safeguards in place so they don't get sued. Back to abstractions I go … G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
