Blonde in black and white..

zoomer

Having some fun with black and white.


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BriShay

love the location and your b&W conversion!

adbsgicom

Nice angles and processing. I really like the desat, but don't think leaving the yellow line really adds to the image.

sara505

I am quite bothered by seeing an attractive woman lying in the middle of the road.

Darren Troy C

Really like the first one! Nice lines, great contrast, good job!

Hackbone

Colors and b&w are ok but I need to see a purpose in why the photo was taken and these do not do it for me. Might just be my preferences, we all have them.

Aspecto5

#1 is awesome! I mighta darkened the two white sections on the wall, but that is a great image in my opinion.

Quincy T

Darren Troy C wrote:

Really like the first one! Nice lines, great contrast, good job!

Motion carried!

D'Buggs

HUGE fan of #1!!!
This IMO is very, very good.

1downfall

agree with others. #1 has a striking composition to it. I love her pose and where she sits with the road curving to the right. Very nice and cool idea!

dlplumer

sara505 wrote:

I am quite bothered by seeing an attractive woman lying in the middle of the road.

Next time get an unattractive woman to lie in the road

Scott_Quier

#1 FTW - hands down, I like this one the best of the set.

sara505 wrote:

I am quite bothered by seeing an attractive woman lying in the middle of the road.

sara - I don't think this is a road. I appears to be some sort of bike path/walking trail. Does that help you out any? Hope so.

zoomer

Thanks everyone, yes it is a bike path.
Appreciate the responses, my favorite is number 1 also.

sara505

dlplumer wrote:

Next time get an unattractive woman to lie in the road

This image is highly offensive to me - the position of the woman, lying vulnerably in the middle of the road, suggesting "run me over," is a concept that is degrading to women, attractive or otherwise; more-so because she is attractive, reducing her to a sex object, waiting to be run over. Really, must I spell this out?

This is a valid reaction to this image, especially #1.

Your comment is rude and insensitive.

sara505

Scott_Quier wrote:

#1 FTW - hands down, I like this one the best of the set.

sara - I don't think this is a road. I appears to be some sort of bike path/walking trail. Does that help you out any? Hope so.

Not much.

Except for the location, these are fine photographs, and that's my opinion, as valid as anyone's.

Scott_Quier

sara505 wrote:

Not much.

Except for the location, these are fine photographs, and that's my opinion, as valid as anyone's.

No question.

I mis-understood .... I thought it was the danger of posing in a blind corner of a road that was at issue. I was mistaken. Please accept my apologies.

sara505

Scott_Quier wrote:

No question.

I mis-understood .... I thought it was the danger of posing in a blind corner of a road that was at issue. I was mistaken. Please accept my apologies.

Thank you, Scott.

Quincy T

The first thing that came to my mind after the first look was how the curvature of the path, which is represented not only in the path itself, but along the walls as well, is reinforced by the curved body of this beautiful woman.

D'Buggs

.... Definitely an image that begs for some thought process. The subject and composition makes it something that is memorable, instead of something passed over. It begs for a second look, then a 3rd, then a......

Imagine if the subject matter were a baby carriage

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> Art is supposed to invoke passion(s). Which is exactly why I think this image is a winner!

dlplumer

sara505 wrote:

This image is highly offensive to me - the position of the woman, lying vulnerably in the middle of the road, suggesting "run me over," is a concept that is degrading to women, attractive or otherwise; more-so because she is attractive, reducing her to a sex object, waiting to be run over. Really, must I spell this out?

This is a valid reaction to this image, especially #1.

Your comment is rude and insensitive.

It's art. Chill. Your interpretation of the photo is just that, your interpretation ("run over me"). "Vulnerable", again your interpretation. Yes, you are entitled to your interpretations, but to criticize the art based on your personal distortions is also rude and offensive ("a sex object waiting to be run over").

D'Buggs

Every line in this photo brings you back to the start of it all; the subject. Once you look at it, you're trapped. Theres is no escape.

A great job on setting this up!
Did I mention that I like this?

Mother Goose

Note to self, don't post pictures of a woman on a path... got it. And if she was on a road, she'd be a BIG lady, being able to stretch across both lanes.

I really like #1, as did most of the other people. Great job on that one.