Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by BeeCee:
I find the lighting and colouring unappealing and the idea unoriginal.
It doesn't shock me by any means, but neither do I find any artistic merit in it.

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by glad2badad:


Message edited by author 2006-10-27 06:14:46.

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by Spork99:
My initial reaction is "that's gross" which is certainly a response, perhaps even the one you were looking for, but the image never goes beyond "that's gross" to capture my interest. I think the juxtaposition of sealife and the nude female form could be presented in a much better way. There's simply no drama, no excitement and little to hold my interest beyond the initial shock value.

If you were trying to provoke, then you have obviously succeeded. Art can provoke, but provocation alone does not imply art.

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by violinist123:
3165 views... Wow.

I don't mind the subject of the image.

Ways the image could look better:

1 - a more athletic model

2 - airbrushing/neatimaging or in some other fashion getting rid of the skin detail

3 - either using a different squid or editing the image so that there is a greater contrast between the color of the squid and the color of the skin

4 - change dof to get the whole squid in focus

5 - crop it differently and/or shoot from an angle so there is not such a wash of skin around. I see this working a hundred times better if the girl is standing upright and all you see is the squid over her nether regions.

6 - finally, and this would border on ruining the concept and would certainly negate the shock value, I wonder if this wouldn't look better if she were wearing panties. That would give more contrast to the image as a whole and solve the overall 'blah' look it has.

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by patio127:
Personally, I don't find this artistic....Creepy is the first word that comes to mind. I am a nurse specializing in OB/GYN, so I'm not shocked by it, seen better in my medical journals. I just don't care for the feeling of violation it gives me- so maybe it's porn????

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by Qart:

Originally posted by Jmnuggy: Conservative is not only a political word. You may be conservative, but also be a democrat. I wasn't referring to conservative as a political party, just an adjective. As for me being narrow minded for my comment, I disagree. I do not approve of people asking to censor this photo because of their personal feelings toward it. I was just amazed that people could be so put off by someone elses depiction of art. Inappropriate or vulgar are all in the eye of the beholder. If something is vulgar to you, don't look, but don't ask for it to be censored. If you think I am narrow minded becuase I don't respect people's complaints about this photo crossing the line, so be it.

A little shallow... go a bit deeper. Motives and intent and taste and art are not always as obvious as blacka and white. You're preaching to people that believe it or not have a bit more insight than you're giving them credit for. Good is good and bad is bad... not a matter of taste or personal stance on political, moral or whatever.
I could wear a swastika on my arm to my friends kids barmitzva and excercise my right to free expression and say I'm doing it in the name of art... but I'm still a no talent hack who's trying to provr a point no matter how much I deny it.

Message edited by author 2006-10-26 17:56:25.

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by NVPhoto:
Conservative is not only a political word. You may be conservative, but also be a democrat. I wasn't referring to conservative as a political party, just an adjective.

As for me being narrow minded for my comment, I disagree. I do not approve of people asking to censor this photo because of their personal feelings toward it. I was just amazed that people could be so put off by someone elses depiction of art. Inappropriate or vulgar are all in the eye of the beholder. If something is vulgar to you, don't look, but don't ask for it to be censored. If you think I am narrow minded becuase I don't respect people's complaints about this photo crossing the line, so be it.

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by Sapper13:
Not sure if your serious our just being stupid??? Getting people to talk is not the point of a photo....

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by CalliopeKel:

Originally posted by Jmnuggy: To the photog, nice job taking a photo you wanted to take and not caring what conservative idiots have to think. Keep up the good work.

I resent that comment. I am conservative and I was one of the ones that said I thought the photo was funny.

You have a narrow mindedness about conservatism. Sometimes art/photography trancends political boundaries.

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by thegrandwazoo:
I think you are being narrow minded at the others narrow mindedness. Seems to me by you bagging on them you are pointing the finger right back at yourself. I guess you are not an artist either ...

Seems to me all are welcome to their opinion.

Hummmmm food for thought maybe?