> Curious though, is this one CRAP? http://richmason.com/utne/mooned.jpg > Or just someone making an ass of themselves? Content Looks like an industrial scene at night. Moody lighting. A woman sits on a caterpillar, laughing at a bloke with his pants half down. Why? Nothing in the picture answers that and nothing about that fact stands on its own [ooh - err - missus]. The picture has a surprising amount of content to interest the wandering eye ... but to me it lacks one important area of content: a clear point of interest. Reaction I'm not sure this provokes that much reaction in me. Actually, I wish I hadn't seen the title because it gave the game away. Approaching the image fresh the "impact" may have been more of surprise when I suddenly realised the bloke had a bare bum ... beyond that, well, it's impact is limited Aesthetics There is a clear form, pattern to the image. Is it artistic, or just a bit of fun? I suspect the latter. As a work of art it lacks cohesion. The lighting is for me it's strongest pictorial element. The bare bum almost certainly weakens it's overall score. Practice (Photographic technique, Photoshoppery, Presentation) Verticals are vertical. The lighting is good. The cropping is good (nothing is there that should have been skipped) but I would be tempted to lose some from the base (the light area at the bottom) and the right edge (to lose the red trunk). Seems to make a tighter image to me. Overall, this is not complete CRAP by any means, in other words it's good, but not great. Bob
