Leslie
by yanko

Comment by yanko:

Originally posted by agenkin: What I see is an photo of a transvestite looking ridiculous. He is acting, and the photographer merely records the act, quite sloppily. An attempt to combine three frames within one didn't work (the guy looks quite detached from the background), but even if it did, what would it accomplish? What I would like to see is a photograph of the same person that doesn't show him as a laughing stock (even though he seems to be happily obliging).

It was a quick edit. I stitched them together and blurred the last frame a little just so it matched the other two.

The point of the three frames was because I felt it told what happened better than any single frame did. I was walking. He was walking. I brought my camera up to shoot as he walked by and he did what he did. In short I simply captured what happened. Nothing more nothing less. Frankly, it would be rather difficult to capture him being anything different.

Message edited by author 2007-05-05 19:57:09.

Leslie
by yanko

Comment by agenkin:
What I see is an photo of a transvestite looking ridiculous. He is acting, and the photographer merely records the act, quite sloppily. An attempt to combine three frames within one didn't work (the guy looks quite detached from the background), but even if it did, what would it accomplish?

What I would like to see is a photograph of the same person that doesn't show him as a laughing stock (even though he seems to be happily obliging).

Leslie
by yanko

Comment by slickchik:
Well, I love the way you put these 3 pics together but the subject is disturbing. I think the freckly butt is nasty

Leslie
by yanko

Comment by colorcarnival:
My first reaction was: click on the thumbnail! Someone tell the poor man that there is a skirt that goes with that outfit! And what's the whistle for? lol

Is this three shots layered into one? Very neat shot and quite a character capture.

Red White and Blue
by yanko

Comment by h2:
very strange, yet effective. good post-processing, choice of colors works very well. should be in top10

Leslie
by yanko

Comment by posthumous:
I think just a little more variation between pose 1 and pose 2 would make this a really striking work. but then it's pretty striking as it is. Or perhaps spanking is a better word.

this photo gives me a lot to think about, whether I want to or not. One thing I find myself doing is comparing what he looks like to what I imagine he wants to look like, or thinks he looks like.

i like that he is his own parade, sharp and colorful amid a grey motion-blurred crowd.

and how exactly could this NOT look weird? :D

Leslie
by yanko

Comment by Jutilda:
He is a trip isn't he? Hadn't seen him in awhile. Great capture.

Leslie
by yanko

Comment by bucket:
holy crap...one is plenty! you really are trying to torture us huh? a great way to express just how overwhelming this guy must be...

Leslie
by yanko

Comment by sevilduvarci:
my first reaction: my eyes might have been able to handle one but not three of them at the same time :~D
the contradiction of his quite masculine looking face and his dress is making this guy an interesting character to examine. i wonder why he didn't choose to make his face look more feminine. may be he has a life as a normal looking male during week days and becomes a drag queen only in the weekends? many questions as such come to mind.
i have to agree with rina on that pink flower, doesn't go with those flip flops and also those red socks. i personally don't like the combination of pink and red much.
agree with tim, i wish this was your triptych entry, i would have loved to see people's reactions and read the comments left on this during the challenge.

Leslie
by yanko

Comment by timfythetoo:
Oh my! My first reaction if I had allowed it to follow through would have entailed me having to detail out my keyboard because of the technicolor yawn that would have happened. This just isn't right. Like the selective desat though. But boy this shot creeps me out. It should have been your triptych entry.