dissolution (possibly NSFW - implied nudity)

Josh66 · May 3, 2013

2013042704 by J E, on Flickr

mishele · May 3, 2013

Josh, is this finally my naughty shot?
I like it in a creepy way. The motion makes you believe that she is being attacked or possessed. Very cool!

Josh66 · May 3, 2013

I have more naughty stuff than that, but I probably shouldn't post that here, lol.

TATTRAT · May 3, 2013

I like it. Looks like the cover of the next TOOL album, or something, Maynard would dig it.

Trever1t · May 3, 2013

It's rather androgynous with subtle femininity and the focus + processing is disturbing....I kinda like it!

mishele · May 3, 2013

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I have more naughty stuff than that, but I probably shouldn't post that here, lol.

No fun.

PixelRabbit · May 4, 2013

mishele said:
I like it in a creepy way.!

This, the shot definitely is creepy and unsettling. Love it!

Derrel · May 4, 2013

Looks like a scene from the crucifixtion...or at least the Zapruder Film version of it...nice one dude!

Heitz · May 4, 2013

yes very 'excorist'ish

Josh66 · May 4, 2013

Thanks everyone. I wasn't sure how this would go over here. lol.

I mean, it has some minor camera shake, and I think the focus might be a little off as well.

Derrel · May 4, 2013

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I mean, it has some minor camera shake, and I think the focus might be a little off as well.

Sounds like some of my landscapes from last weekend...

amolitor · May 4, 2013

These things are always tricky, because they always come across as a cheap gimmick.

After coming back to this one a couple times, I'll grade it "pretty successful" on my personal photo-grade-o-meter. It's the ambiguity that makes it, I think. It's not JUST a blurry grainy picture, it's a blurry grainy picture that genuinely seems to admit a couple of interpretations.

IByte · May 4, 2013

Motion for Sparky's seal of approval.

Josh66 · May 4, 2013

amolitor said:
These things are always tricky, because they always come across as a cheap gimmick.

I totally get what you mean. I like to experiment with moving the camera during exposure, or using long shutter speeds to introduce blur sometimes though. It doesn't always work... I have much more failures than successes, lol. The successes make the failures worth it though.

This one was multiple variables, each of which alone could have ruined it, and it somehow worked, lol. Long shutter speed (I forget exactly what it was ... longer than you'd want to hand-hold though), camera movement, and pushed film. And then developed in the grainiest way possible, lol!