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wind correction
- Thread starter irakly
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irakly
New member
it's not ill, it's deadly :ROTFL:
tmessenger
Member
A collage of color and imagery that spells beautiful, wow.i am in moscow now. shot in a studio a little bit... broncolor, c645, p25 and a little bit of an extension tube
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DougDolde
Guest
Looks more like she's painted with a laser through a rifle scope.
helenhill
Senior Member
Couldn't Agree More......Perfectly Put !!
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DougDolde
Guest
How about a wedding anniversary card for the ex ?
Even better
etrigan63
Active member
No, that's not a laser painting her. It's too spread out and would register as a blown highlight. Laser sights are that bright, even the red ones. A green one would damage the sensor. Looks more like a fiber optic dot sight. I know this because I have one on my target bow. For the record, I am not a bow hunter (can't bring myself to kill a deer, let alone clean it and skin it afterwards. Heck, I hate doing it to fish!), but I target shoot. Helps me focus.
HansAlbert
New member
The first impression of this image is shocking because the shadows make the viewer believe that the scope belongs to a rifle and so the question arises: Is the young woman supposed to be shot dead and why in the world? Then the two red-dot-reticles function as a peculiar catalyser for developing other interpretations of this alienating scene.
One line traces back to ancient mythology: Penthesilea, the Amazonian queen who joined the Trojan War, was killed by Achilles who fell nevertheless in love with her and lamented over her death. This motive of the chaotic mixture of violence and affection, of violent death and making love goes well with the long tradition of understanding Eros as the son of Aphrodite and Ares. But there is not only the theme of sex antagonism in the image, there is also the antagonism between rationality and libido – the two red dots – within a single subject, both combined in the allusion to the James Bond movies which appreciatively exhibit these themes with a wink, showing how the opposing couple – J.B. and his hostile female counterpart – end up in bed, thus staging the triumph of Eros: "amor vincit omnia", even the loyalty to secret services.
The other line, suggested by the metapher of the shot, leads to a self-reflection of the photographer-artist. Focussing on his model to work out the strongest expression of her nature and her potential is not only a matter of intellect but also of (sublimated) libido. The ancients had the story of Pygmalion to express this truth.
Finally, the "wind correction" can be read as an "undercover" adjustment control of libido; the image accordingly is mocking the purposive-rational action of intelligence, particularly of the intelligence service.
One line traces back to ancient mythology: Penthesilea, the Amazonian queen who joined the Trojan War, was killed by Achilles who fell nevertheless in love with her and lamented over her death. This motive of the chaotic mixture of violence and affection, of violent death and making love goes well with the long tradition of understanding Eros as the son of Aphrodite and Ares. But there is not only the theme of sex antagonism in the image, there is also the antagonism between rationality and libido – the two red dots – within a single subject, both combined in the allusion to the James Bond movies which appreciatively exhibit these themes with a wink, showing how the opposing couple – J.B. and his hostile female counterpart – end up in bed, thus staging the triumph of Eros: "amor vincit omnia", even the loyalty to secret services.
The other line, suggested by the metapher of the shot, leads to a self-reflection of the photographer-artist. Focussing on his model to work out the strongest expression of her nature and her potential is not only a matter of intellect but also of (sublimated) libido. The ancients had the story of Pygmalion to express this truth.
Finally, the "wind correction" can be read as an "undercover" adjustment control of libido; the image accordingly is mocking the purposive-rational action of intelligence, particularly of the intelligence service.
PeterA
Well-known member
Irakly - I think the term you were looking for is "windage" - only retro males who have to shoot the occasional wild pig/snake/kangaroo/feral cat/dog/scare off a 'murder' of crows or uninvited guest generally fuss about such matters.
I would imagine given the context of the shot ( get the pun?) - "windage" doesn't much
come into it on a literal or pragmatic level.
Nice pic -
I would imagine given the context of the shot ( get the pun?) - "windage" doesn't much
come into it on a literal or pragmatic level.
Nice pic -
tmessenger
Member
Being naive about all things to do with guns, I misread this one, I now get it sort of.
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irakly
New member
snipers in love is rubbish. today a new thing came out. it is actually the first issue of a new magazine-type publication in which every issue is dedicated to one photographer. until sunday i did not even realize that i was the first in the series. A3, 100 pictures, 16,000 copies, bilingual. presentation is on the 26th.