The Christmas Card
by SandyP

Comment:
This is spectacular.

Pierre
by nephiniven

Comment:
Very cool shot. Love the light coming over his head.

Day 26 - The beast on a beast
by xianart

Comment:
Very good dog picture. I like dog pictures.

kashmir pashmir
by whiteroom

Comment:
Very nice.

But.. I'm a BOY!!!!!
by Artyste

Comment:
"I'm a boy, I'm a boy; but my ma won't admit it. I'm a boy, I'm a boy; but if I say I am I get it!..." The Who.

taking the street by storm
by tate

Comment:
This is fantastic. I think you should have scored far higher than you did. Really nice work.

Soft Silhouette
by ivale28

Comment:
Very beautiful and sexy.

ritual
by whiteroom

Comment:
What kind of ritual is this? Powerful picture. Is he really an Indian, though? Or is he a Western hippie? His white skin makes me wonder.

Angie
by Pedro

Comment:
I can accept all that. And it IS an excellent photo -- masterfully presented. But you could make an awful lot of money marketing it to college-age men - even more if you re-shoot it with her holding a bottle of beer. And that's the thrust of my defense of Hughie's comment. I know that you, as photographer, want feedback on how well or poorly you photographed her. But you chose her for a purpose, and you posed her the way you did for a purpose. You achieved what you set out for -- which is much more than to just shoot a good photo. Your photo appeals to the core of (especially young) male sexual desire. You reached into our collective male libido and smacked us over the head with our deepest desires. If all Hughie could manage to get out was a breathless "Nice tits!", it's no wonder. His brain was probably on overload and it was all the poor guy could muster. I can't say I blame him.

And, yes, it's also because you presented and captured her attributes so damn well. She doesn't get all the credit, and neither does her surgeon! You crafted the presentation and captured the scene. Well done.

Angie
by Pedro

Comment:
Forgive me for being skeptical about some of this, but I believe that if a photographer only cares about lighting, exposure, etc..., then it is unlikely that s/he will choose a model whose physical beauty is so exceptional. You can take just as perfect a photo with what Fotomann describes as an "untraditional model." I have seen several such photos and none of them score well. Now, there are many wonderful nudes out there with beautiful models where my reaction would be more in line with what some of you are saying. I have and usually do comment on those kinds of nudes in the more socially tasteful way that some of the commenters here are asking for. However, my point here is that this photo is not such a shot. This photo, in my opinion, is the kind of thing that college age men hang on their walls as a poster. So it evokes exactly the response given by Hughie.

Nice photo. Well done photographically. But there is another aspect to this that we seem to want to deny.