single women ~ ready to go / I like to watch
Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 09:14AM ;)
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gravitas et nugalis
Featured Comment: Sven W (no link provided) wrote: "More of a mixed bag this lot -- some strong images and some not so strong."
my response: Sven, as always, your comments are always appreciated .... however .... this comment is neither here nor there, re: my understanding of what you find "strong" and what you find "not so strong". I would greatly appreciate it if you took the time to write just a bit about a few pictures that you find "strong", a few others that you find "not so strong" and, most appreciated, the reasoning that define your choices.
This is not a set up for me to try to convince you to change your opinions. I would just really like to know, in a bit of detail, what you (or anyone else out there) think - beyond "like" / "dislike" - about those pictures. As I have stated, it would be greatly appreciated.
Reader Comments (3)
More of a mixed bag this lot -- some strong images and some not so strong.
I really like that cover shot.
Also, since you ask: one thing I noticed about this set that makes it a bit different from the others is the variation in the light in the different photos. Many of your photos have a distinctive, consistent treatment of light, and some of these feel a bit different. (Can't quite put my finger on what the difference is...) Just an observation, not a criticism.
Hi Mark, some more detail to my cryptic comment...
Overall, the images seem to be heading in a number of different directions and are therefore not consistent with the "Voyeur, women, singled out" motif. Or at least my idea of what this motif might mean and what types of images would qualify.
Some images are too ambiguous for me, to the point where I'm wondering what they are about. Sorry, I know that's that last thing a photographer wants to hear about an image.
I'll run through the images, in a terse manner. There are 21 images, which I'll number from 1, starting from the top left of your post.
#4 Young lady smoking ... same idea as #18 but I prefer #18.
#6 Young lady at stadium ... looks like an out-take. Also, this woman is at her work, so doesn't really qualify as "single". In my mind -- and I might be wrong -- I was expecting women in a social type of situation.
Having said this, #14 appears to be a barmaid but it's a great image and that's good enough for me! ;)
#7 At work
#9 At work
#11 Dark-skinned lady ... ambiguous?
#12 Two women at stadium ... ambiguous?
#13 Older lady at dining table ... ambiguous?
#19 At work
#20 Dark-skinned lady ... ambiguous?
#21 This is girl, not a woman (Perhaps you are being subversive here)
I appreciate that taking these images is a tough gig (not war zone tough, but you could get slapped).
Feel free to argue your point that all these images qualify ... not that you'll need much encouragement ;)