Ground control to peeping Tom

jcdeboever · Mar 22, 2018

The candy is behind the shade. I am in no way a peeping tom, so don't get it twisted. I am only naming a vision I noticed prior to pressing the shutter. The curvature represents a woman in this image. @limr may have a field day with this one. Who knows anymore, she is ultra sensitive. I suppose I am going to be made out as some male pig of some sort that is pretentious and with the potential beating of a woman from my attitude.

pixmedic · Mar 22, 2018

jcdeboever said:
The candy is behind the shade. I am in no way a peeping tom, so don't get it twisted. I am only naming a vision I noticed prior to pressing the shutter. The curvature represents a woman in this image. @limr may have a field day with this one. Who knows anymore, she is ultra sensitive. I suppose I am going to be made out as some male pig of some sort that is pretentious and with the potential beating of a woman from my attitude.

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whats the source material? candy behind a lamp?
is that what the orbs are?
its a neat image, but im just not getting the title.

jcdeboever · Mar 22, 2018

pixmedic said:
jcdeboever said:

The candy is behind the shade. I am in no way a peeping tom, so don't get it twisted. I am only naming a vision I noticed prior to pressing the shutter. The curvature represents a woman in this image. @limr may have a field day with this one. Who knows anymore, she is ultra sensitive. I suppose I am going to be made out as some male pig of some sort that is pretentious and with the potential beating of a woman from my attitude.

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whats the source material? candy behind a lamp?
is that what the orbs are?
its a neat image, but im just not getting the title.

Fair enough from the question. These were taken from a M42 lens, Tair 135. The goal of the composition was the hightlights. I did notice the incidental reflections in the viewfinder, so I stopped. I purposely de-focused the shot. I noticed in pre- visualization that something was there (the curvy lady in window blind). I waited and paid attention to that, looking at my movement of metering, spot zone. I took some spot zone metered shots, 2 to understand the zone value of a difficult lighting scene. However, I needed a reason to take this. I thought, the curve is what drew me to the frame, why not take and image of a curvy woman and present it in an abstract fashion. The lens was doing the work, my imagining was producing the render, for better or for worse. Thanks @pixmedic for asking, that means a lot to me. The funky shadow line is intent.

terri · Mar 22, 2018

jcdeboever said:
The candy is behind the shade. I am in no way a peeping tom, so don't get it twisted. I am only naming a vision I noticed prior to pressing the shutter. The curvature represents a woman in this image. @limr may have a field day with this one. Who knows anymore, she is ultra sensitive. I suppose I am going to be made out as some male pig of some sort that is pretentious and with the potential beating of a woman from my attitude.

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I'm not understanding your post here, either. I see the shadowy figure, and I can follow along with your technical setup.

Where you've lost me, JC, is in this preamble for what is basically an inoffensive image - it's the preamble that is offensive, not so much the shot. Your expressed concerns about being misunderstood during this stream of consciousness rambling is a mite sketchy, at best. But you need to dial it back when you call out one of our moderators. The only one being "ultra sensitive" here is you.

And if this little ol' post counts as a "beating of a woman from" your attitude, trust me, you've been let off easy.

smoke665 · Mar 22, 2018

First the title leads me one way, then is the "curvature" really a woman, or supposed to represent one. Then you've further confused me by saying the "candy is behind the shade". Is it really candy or is that a double entendre? JC you have me so confused I don't know if I need to scratch my watch or wind my butt on this one.

Dean_Gretsch · Mar 23, 2018

After you pointed out the subject, and after I studied it for a bit, I do see your intention and get the subject. I am certain without your direction though, I would not have seen it. This one requires a bit of thought and imagination. You have a great eye if you could see this in composition JC.