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If I'd processed this one before yesterday's, I would probably have put this one up instead (and may well not have bothered with yesterday's) as I much prefer it.

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3x2 + people [portraiture] + self-portrait
comment by iain at 04:37 PM (GMT) on 11 June, 2006

Yeah, looks a bit like a zebra. Perhaps a bit of yellow and some grain would make it look truely jaundiced.

comment by Ellie at 06:31 PM (GMT) on 11 June, 2006

I agree there, a bit of grain could add to this picture. Really cool, i love the lines of shadow and light, a brilliant abstract.

comment by mooch at 07:36 PM (GMT) on 11 June, 2006

Yes, well, I was going to state the obvious on the animal front but that would be repetitive. I like the effect. Did you have to hold your breath for long on this?

comment by djn1 at 07:39 PM (GMT) on 11 June, 2006

mooch: 1/200th of a second. It wasn't easy, but I managed it ;-)

comment by Thomas Solberg / Project neXus at 09:03 PM (GMT) on 11 June, 2006

Yes, my first though was that it was a zebra :-) But looking a bit closer made me realize what it was. Very unique photo.

comment by AndresB. at 09:08 PM (GMT) on 11 June, 2006

I like this one, great rythim...

comment by stu at 10:04 PM (GMT) on 11 June, 2006

Yeah, I much prefer this one. Strange how there seem to be two different planes fighting for your eyes' attention - the fuzzy belly on one plane and the contours of the stripes on the other. That effect's totally lost in the colour version.

and yay for fuzzy bellies! a sensuous photo.

comment by mooch at 11:00 PM (GMT) on 11 June, 2006

Amusing Dave.

comment by nuno f at 12:03 AM (GMT) on 12 June, 2006

Very creative, David!
It's a different way of exploring the light and the human body that resulted in a very interesting work. :-)

comment by beepbeepitsme at 03:49 AM (GMT) on 12 June, 2006

That's amazing.........

comment by miklos at 04:00 AM (GMT) on 12 June, 2006

I bet you that belly button collects lint better than the lint tray in my dryer.

comment by miklos at 04:02 AM (GMT) on 12 June, 2006

Well I hit enter on the URL field too soon and the form submitted ;) I was going to follow that up with "I know mine does" to take the edge off.. ;)

Cheers.

comment by chantal at 04:19 AM (GMT) on 12 June, 2006

this is beautiful...very provocative, intriguing, and upon closer inspection, quite sexy

comment by peter at 07:39 AM (GMT) on 12 June, 2006

Definitely much better than yesterday's pic. Black and white suits this kind of material very well.

comment by Oscar at 01:44 PM (GMT) on 12 June, 2006

FANTASTIC PHOTOBLOG

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!

Oscar

comment by marco's light opinion at 03:06 PM (GMT) on 12 June, 2006

Hello, Mr. Zebra!

I like it much more than the one posted yesterday.

comment by Sysagent at 04:50 PM (GMT) on 12 June, 2006

Yeh it looks good in B & W this David, I like the line of dots running up the right hand side of the torso, nice light effect that.

comment by micki at 04:59 PM (GMT) on 12 June, 2006

Well, I had to go back to compare, and this one is by far much better! I can imagine that you would have to shoot quickly, as standing there in a partial state of undress with arms up and a camera pointed at your belly could begin to cause a case of the giggles that has the potential of getting out of control.

comment by John Washington at 05:38 PM (GMT) on 12 June, 2006

I agree - the B+W is more striking. Works well.

comment by martin at 06:47 PM (GMT) on 12 June, 2006

I really like the use of light in here. What is addional interesting is that the athmosphere is natural not like a studio shot. Well done, David !

comment by Karl Baumann at 07:59 PM (GMT) on 12 June, 2006

It looks really like a zebra. I like the use of light and shadow. It´s so simple and the effect is that big.

comment by djn1 at 08:13 PM (GMT) on 12 June, 2006

Thanks everyone :-)

comment by flying cow at 11:51 PM (GMT) on 12 June, 2006

this one is definitely better than the one from yesterday....
very unique as well!

comment by Bonav at 09:09 PM (GMT) on 20 June, 2006

Body shots are tough. This one is great and immediatly caught my eye. Nice shot, a winner.