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  1. Thread: Nude

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    Re: Nude

    Great image.
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    Re: June 2013 Portraits

    Love it.
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    Re: Latest about Lensfielders.com?

    They are a great company, extremely knowledgable and helpful. I am a repeat customer and would not hesitate to reccomend their services. Please note I have no relationship with the company other...
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    Re: November portraits

    Silverfast does a great job at removing the majority of these type of artifacts fyi.
  5. Thread: Nude

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    Nana, let me first say your work is first rate and there are many stunning images. Your figurative work is very creative and slick. You certainly have it going on. I thought I mentioned that I...
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    Great and thoughtful comments on the consideration of the nude in photography.
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    This thread should be renamed to the "beautiful naked women thread." The depth in exploring the nude here is very thin. Why no old people? Why no fat people, why no sagging skin? Why no flaws,...
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    Re: Images of mistakes - good or bad..

    What is interesting in many of the images is that I don't perceive the photographers opinion of mistakes. This simply shows that the creator of an image doesn't own its ultimate meaning. Some of...
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    The majority of photography is subject driven. The use of lens type is secondary to the theme. At the same time, most discussion seems to be about some technical aspect of shooting or the implied...
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    Re: Everybody wants to be a photographer

    http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/07/27/female_engagement?page=0,21

    These are some very meaningful photos shot of US female soldiers in Afghanistan. Many possess the elements of profound...
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    Re: How much for a Model?

    Paying in trade would not be so bad for some of your models Frank.
  12. Thread: Nude

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    LOVE IT. Some strange sort of take on cubism. Also love how you cut off the head in just the wrong place and just above the knees.
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    It appears your art school studies may have ended with the French Academics of the 19th century. While I enjoy the era of Gerome, David and Poussin, many ideas have been expanded since this time...
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    Me an expert on morality - hahaha. Discussing the unclothed figure has nothing to with moral attitudes. I do feel bad about objectifying women into body parts. A vagina and big boobs does not a...
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    Wow, this is one sexy photograph! Beautifully executed.
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    What is your point? You know its OK to say something sucks in your opinion. If you think it sucks please explain how and why. To me, Veiled discussions and criticisms serve little point and its a...
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    The work below is a painting and Im sure to get in trouble again for posting a non photo image. The original painting was shot using large format as well as other photographic formats.

    This...
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    Leigh perhaps you should take the time to spell correctly and string a sentence together. You obviously have nothing to say other than "my name is troll".
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    Well the beaver shots are simply little boy fantasies - whether its shot using a large format camera, a cell phone or a bad manga drawing. They are all universally uninteresting and bad. Go over to...
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    Re: In Praise of 5x7... Post'em !

    Now this is brilliant. There are many extremely competent photographers on this forum but few have a strong and unique artistic vision. This work is one of the few. Technique and subject are...
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    Re: Post your Pixies! :)

    Thats quite a tribute to Andres Serrano. Instead of Piss Christ, yours is Pixed Christ.
  22. Thread: Nude

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    Well one thing is certain. This is my final post. I will no longer make any more comments or contributions - although I may occasionally lurk. A troll cut my head off and its no longer any fun to...
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    Final example of many famous paintings with their photographic reference and then I will remove all posts of mine - if I can figure out how.
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    David

    Your understanding of the legal and ethical rights surrounding the creative process are thin and brittle. May I suggest you spend ten minutes tapping away to research these issues?. ...
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    Embellishment and interpretation is common and accepted practice in any creative field. I have had my paintings used as a reference for photographic images as well.

    Plagiarism as defined in the...
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    Mdm is merely a troll and a simpleton. I was moved by the image. It is a tribute to the photographer and young man who posed. It takes a tremendous amount of courage for a young person to face...
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    Re: December 2010 Portraits

    Love it. She looks like a miniature woman.
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    I was so taken with this image that I took the liberty of using it in an oil painting just completed. I know its not LF nonetheless derivative of this most powerful of images. I have named it...
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    Lovely image and use of light. Very painterly.
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    Noooo. Pleeaasse. Watermarking will destroy them. The images are tiny here anyhow. I just hate it when people watermark their images. Its easy to prove who owns an image if its for financial...
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    Re: December 2010 Portraits

    Frank, your images are always interesting. You have a very mature vision in your work. This is not to say I think you are old, fat and bald. Those discussion points are best left to the models who...
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    What a lovely image you have created. Her hands are so large compared to the rest of her body. She would be the perfect model for the Renaissance artists.
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    Re: December 2010 Portraits

    Tbeaman

    Very nice capture. I strongly you not crop the photo. The composition is technically correct and it allows the figure to breathe in the environment.
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    Gandolfi your works are consistently creative and interesting. Pushing the boundaries of the medium is always an enjoyable viewing experience.
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    These works are not particular outstanding compared to others I have created but rather related to the question of the use of the nude in imagery.

    My medium happens to primarily be painting,...
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    I am glad you asked Peter.

    Image 1 is a hybrid photo/painting. The Tiepolo is a photo I took within the Getty museum. It is the platform on which the work was created. I was playing with the...
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    Re: December 2010 Portraits

    [QUOTE=jp498;661912]George, your self portrait looks like 3 Stooges meets Animal House, sorry if that's not the entertainment comparisons you wanted. The girlfriend photo is very nice or course.
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    It isn't the subject that is the issue. Its the shutter clicker who treats young women as breasts, vagina's and pretty faces. Sticking a woman in a landscape makes about as much difference as...
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    Portrait of Janet at 50.

    My girlfriend asked me to shoot a few photos of her for the big 50 birthday. I must admit, she is THE most beautiful 50 year old woman I have ever seen. No surgery, no face lifts, fake boobs, tummy...
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    Self portrait getting hit in the head

    I don't generally use photography as an end result but mostly as photographic reference for my painting. The higher the rez the better for ref purposes. I had some hair brained idea that never...
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