#80 Round 4

travelways

Today I thought to use my very old and simple point and shoot camera and broke a very basic rule of politesse (along with some photography rules, like noise and quality...) :rolleyes

Invading a bug's life

#1



#2



#3



#4



What do you think?

angevin1

What...No Post Coital Cigarette? Broken Rule!

travelways

angevin1 wrote: »

What...No Post Coital Cigarette? Broken Rule!

What is that supposed to mean? :oogle

travelways

I searched for the term used above and this is what I found:



I never thought that those innocent, candid shots I took, could ever be the subject of such a comment.

"The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters." said Goya at the time he was hunted by the Inquisition of Spain (the dark age)

I guess this other image bellow is as unacceptable as the others:



No further comments from my side. I was so proud and happy to show what I could do with no macro lens, but just with a simple P&S.
It's a shame that my shots were received this way!

Froch

angevin1 wrote: »

what...no post coital cigarette? Broken rule!

lol!

SeascapeS

Tatiana - it was a joke between 'friends'. I thought the same thing. Insect sex isn't porn. It is my favorite of the four though. They are all cool!

I STILL prefer the window washer. That guy is stuck in my brain. I thought it was awesome and made my jaw drop.

travelways

Thank you Sandy, I appreciate your intervention.

I'm not a narrow minded person and I often taste spicy jokes, especially when they are addressed to others

However, after I waited looong, and noticed that my post had a lot of views and no comments at all, I started to worry about possible misinterpretations…

At that point, I went and edited my post, by changing the title from: "Invading their privacy" to "Invading a bug's life".

- still no comments at all, and the nr. of views were increasing.

… until I had one - BAM!!!

Amazingly, the comment was made by the same person who doubted the morality of my work on the Kubrick contest….
this makes me think that the "joke" was not just a simple "joke between 'friends'."

All this, by the time the fifth image was receiving kudos in the dailies:

http://allbiz.smugmug.com/Photography/Daily-Photography/Photo-of-the-day-2010/6464803_UmdP9#1375178721_KtSStsv

… it seems that the people there more tolerant...

I know you and others liked my window washer, but I worked and re-worked on it, trying to make it more interesting, and I got so bored with that shot!

I'm also excited about getting more creative with this theme that allows so much liberty of expression, so I thought to come up with those unfortunate bugs.

I really like the fifth one and thought to just go and upload it to the gallery in despite of all things, but then I thought again that it may be disqualified because of the subject.

There is not too much time left and also my shooting conditions are quite limited, so I really don't know what I'll do, especially that at this moment, I don't feel comfortable to post any other work here for a review…

Thank you again,

ic4u

I still like the window washer best

GretaPics

Tatiana - After all this I still like #4 and the window washer! GP

WhatSheSaw

The bug shots are cool. And I like the title - Invading a Bug's Life - because Japanese beetles are an invasive species (that do a lot of damage). I like the focal point on the first the best.

But overall, I still like the B&W of the window washer best.

travelways

Thank you so much Karin, Greta and WhatSheSaw (sorry I never knew your real name)

I had the chance to do some more shooting yesterday evening, and I'm quite excited with what I got

I will make a separate thread with my final decisions, because I don't want to carry the unpleasant situation above, all over...

dlscott56

Tatiana, these are nice shots but I think I prefer your window washer images that you've entered best for the challenge. Great job!