On Feb 9, 2014, at 7:54 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. :-) Yeah, I’ve been strung a little tight lately, and being too tired to stay up and too stressed to go to sleep does not improve my disposition. > > 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! > Thanks. > 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. > Thanks for the feedback, I just posted color versions of the B&W. > 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. > Or so that they can get more signed up members (for whatever definition of member) and theoretically improve their bottom line. Speaking of bottom lines, the only thing more effective than nude photos of one’s self to see how out of shape you are is trying to do gymnastics when hanging from a rope. > Back to abstractions I go … For me, it ought to be the gym. > > 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. -- 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.
