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Published: 2004-11-14 19:55:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 2796; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 454
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This is the first in a new series of my Elemental photos. My previous Elemental series focused on feminine shapes and curves. This will focus on masculine shapes and curves. My challenge to myself in this series was to break down the male form into abstraction and beauty. The model is Max. He's perfect for the series. I hope you enjoy these.Related content
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nice lighting. it created beautiful shadown over the skin. abstract, yes. looks like a landscape almost. sand dunes. i want to imagine camels marching across, but that would kill the serious aim wouldn't it.
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i don't think it necessarily kills the seriousness. it really depends on what the camels are doing
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Ladies are nice and all, but I'm glad to find some photography like this focusing on the male form. I don't think theres enough of it and you've done some lovely work, not just with this shot, but the others as well. I'm espically enamored with the shadows you've managed. I can never get those quite right.
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Wow, I love the skin texture and light. COmposition is amazing.
Wow.
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this is all kinds of awesomeness. A very funtastic series indeed 
.maggie
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this is beautiful
i love the abstraction of this shot an the way the lighting is soft and harsh and still brings out the masculine-ness of the shot
i've always wanted to photograph male shapes, but have yet to find a willing model and not to mention any knowledge on lighting indoor shots
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My favorite of the three for whatever reason. I don't know, I just really dig the angle of this one. Excellent use of light and shadows. Composition is rock solid. Just a great piece of work.
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thank you. this one is quite different from the others. i'm glad you liked it!
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You get the feeling of stretching with this one, but little else. It isn't quite as dynamic as Max Elemental 3 (my personal favorite). I think it's the fact that it takes up such a small ammount of space in the picture area and it's along the bottom at a rather shallow angle. Lighting is bright, but a little timid. Doesn't have your usual multi-colored aspect to it. If you were going for a nice, calm feeling to this, you got it. I'm not sure though, seems more like you wanted a hint of energy in this series.
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I can't understand why this would lack for comments and favs
it is an extraordinary exercise in lighting. The way you have captured the surface texture of the model's skin, composed it in such a way I'm struggling to orient which bit of his body it is, but still managing to convey a masculine strength....all just marvellous
can I ask what lights and filters you used to get such an interesting tone? it's almost purplish on my laptop monitor
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yes, this one has a blueish tone. i didn't use any fancy filters to get that effect. the lighting is provided by one flash with 24x36" softbox suspended directly overhead. the color comes from the processing of the camera RAW file. i processed it with a color temperture different from the light i used to shoot it. this gives it a blue color
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I've had people ask me why I draw/paint/sculpt women more than men, seeing as how I'm straight, and really ought to like men more...that's another discussion entirely...but the points that come up in those conversations illustrated for me that for most people, the female form is more aesthically pleasing than the male. Is it because we're taught from a young age that ladies are pretty and men are strong?
Anyway, back to the art....as always your light is fantastic, and the image is a standout amongst your recent work. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the series.
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oh i agree with you about how we're taught to appreciate the female form. also, i think men are taught to be more homophobic than women. so men--especially young men--have a hard time admitting that a male form can be beautiful too. so, basically that makes the audience that appreciates beautiful female forms roughly twice as big as the audience that appreciates beautiful male forms.
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i really like it.. u captured the beauty of his body down to the littlest detail, yet made it mysterious in a way.. excellent. leaves ur mind wandering, wanting to see more.. possibly drooling over him lol
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I don't think its bad and should have more views. Its a bit unfair I think that us guys don't get as much attention as the girls, oh well. I looked through the other comments and personally I think its pretty obvious what part of the body it is even in your journal. Anyway I also wanted to say it remindes me of those bowflex commercials. Then again I understand that femininity is just very sexually, its very close to the same for me at least.
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The lighting is of course perfect and this is aesthetically very pleasing to the eye... But I think my problem is that I'm finding it hard to understand what bit of a man this is. Could it be that I've just never encountered a man with shapes quite like this. 
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yup. this was the goal of the image... to break the body down to abstract forms only. but, if you must know, from left to right it's tricep, deltoid, trapezius.
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Ok so at least my hunch was right. 
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hehe ok. gotcha. 
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I'm not a big fan of the male form, but what you've done here is really fabulous.
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woohoo! then i've achieved my goal 
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I hope you'll be posting more of this series.
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I look forward to seeing them.
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Oh, this is very aesthetic! I really like it! The lack of smoothness, the shadows and contours, the professionalism. Great lightning, colour and contrast settings!
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It is really nice to see a good study like this. A fascination of curve. Wonderful work.
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yes my friend this whole masculine thing is not gonna be as easy as women, 'cause women are just prettier by definition!
you know it
The right choice of models will dedfinitely help though
awesome job. When you see this photo separately from the rest of them it's much more alien. Good choice to post it first.
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Oh wow .. that is beautiful. Such strength, I'm used to thinking of men as hard lines but this is all curves.
So abstract, and the lighting
You are a master.
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thank you
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I know .. I was shocked 
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looks like a alien landscape.. did u have to edit it in photoshop to get that lighting soo nice? and just right ?
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no sir. no editing in photoshop for me!
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I love the male form. Unfortunately very few portray it well and it seems to always result in some level of cheesiness but through your exceptual technique of drawing down to the elemental nature of people you've once again (and again.. and again) impressed me with your ability to illuminate the beauty often overlooked.
This shot is so deeply profound, in that it accentuates his obvious muscle tone but also lends itself to resembling a rough terrain with it's hills and valleys. It seems fitting this area is around his shoulders and arms, one that generally carries our tension and stresses, the weight of the world for lack of a better cliche. It reminds me of atlas, a perfect model of strength and endurance.
Absolutely gorgeous.
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I look forward to seeing the rest of this series. I love the abstractness of the shot. The way the ripples of muscle catch the light are so different than the soft, smoothness of light you would see on the female form.
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haha i have no doubt you'd like him quite a lot. you'll see more of him soon.
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i think maybe he is. i'm not sure though. i'm a photographer, not a dating service!
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I love how yeh can see the texture of his skin... And barely the hair. Such fine detail. Very cool shot.
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