Here’s the Photo of the Day.
Like it or not? I’d love to know, and it would be good for everyone if you told me why.
[BTW, this image is from our “OGI” file. What’s that? Well…when Scott and I are editing photos after a shoot, combing through thousands to find the select few that see the light of day, we employ a practice that I can’t recommend highly enough. That practice is to put those surprise images–the unexpected happy accidents that have merit, but maybe aren’t relevant to the job we’re editing–into a file of their own with other like-minded (bizarre, unique, etc) images. We call that file “Otherwise Gifted Images”. That’s sort of what I meant by the title of this post. It’s got a double meaning… in one sense, like this image or not, the practice of saving random, unexpected stuff to a common file, or tagging it a certain way, is a good practice. In another sense, I do want to know if you like this photo or not. I’m bias, but I love it. In fact, I took a spin through that whole file last night and fell in love all over again with about 40 photos.. I’ll be sharing more of them over time.]
I agree with Optic Bard. I’m not a big fan of this. It was kind of cool when I realized what was actually going on, but the more I look at it, the more I find it hard to look at. Cool concept though. I really feel it would be more appealing for me if it was oriented naturally, because it would still be a cool photograph and maybe not so hard to focus on.
I dig the shot, composition is uber cool…theres just something about the model that i don’t connect with, feels like john cougar meloncamp which reminds me of the 80’s, to wit i was a uncool pimply nerd when people made fun of me….so this photo makes me feel like its making fun of me… 🙂
I don’t care for it. I find the background distracting and the depth of field seems off to me.
I like the rotation as it is. I think part of the appeal is the initial head scratch reaction where you have to give pause and figure out what is actually going on with the photo. Great idea with the OGI file!
Technically it’s cool, the way the water distorts the range of the lens and makes him look closer underwater vs. above water. Other than that, it’s just a goofing-around snapshot that belongs in a family photo album and an outside viewer would have no connection to. That’s how I see it anyway, doesn’t mean I’m right.