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love the coloring and the action in this picture!
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Beautiful work! Congratulations on the DD!
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Amazing picture. Love the lighting..the cool and warm tones
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Very beautiful. I love the contrast between the cool blue tones of the rain and the warm orange hues of her skin. Great job, and congratulations on the DD
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Great shot!.................I really like the lighting and theme
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I don't know if it's really on or near the streets but you made it look like it. Nice effort! It would be cool to have the raindrops frozen a little more but I have no idea if that is possible without disturbing the nice dramatic look. A flash from the front above or something 
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Well done for this being a DD, this is so beautiful and the rain is well captured in this.Β
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Good way to cool off!
Like the darkness and the pose.
--RKJ
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What a beautiful combination of rain and beauty Extremely nice
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The last several DD runs have included nude women getting wet usually out doors. Its fall YOU'RE ALL MAKING ME COLD WITH THESE IMAGES. I know its supposed to look like a serene pose under something like a spiritually cleansing waterfall (which is probably next brrrr) but... Β οΉ‘α΅α΅α΅α΅Κ° αΆΚ°α΅α΅α΅α΅Κ³ οΉ‘ Β
This isn't this artists fault as it was submitted in July but DD staff: If we must have nudes how about something tropical now and then?Β
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Its always summer somewhere in the world
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This is a very lovely piece and I don't view much human photography in general, even less the nude. However the lighting, pose, and just in all the whole picture is well put together. If our professor required us to draw from an image, I would seriously recommend this on.
Congradulations on the DD, it is well deserved
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I was really afraid nobody knew anymore what ARTISTIC nude is... but this is such a nice a beautiful shot
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Congratulations on your well-deserved DD!!!
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Could anyone give me a brief explaination of the picture? (Excluding rude bits) As I unable to view it due to maturity filter.Β
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The shot is from a side angle that allows both the back, side, and some of the front to be viewed: it is of a woman sitting cross legged arms bent at a v angle with palms open. Her eyes are closed and she has her head tilted back slightly enjoying the water. Β The background is a mix of dark colors while the water itself is very 'shiny' and stands out. Β The source of lighting comes from an area in front of the woman but cannot be seen in the picture itself. So Β there are strong shadows as well as some other you could say natural "blue hued" lighting coming from the back.
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Thankyou!
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Amazing photograph. I love the lighting, the composition and the pose of the model.
(it also looks like the rain is travelling 'upwards'? Or is that just me?)
Well deserved DD.
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That was what drew my eye as well, the raindrops are thicker at the top. I'm sure a physicist will be able to explain it for us
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I have decided there must be multiple flashes that are a fraction of a second apart in when they go off, this leads to a bright initial drop and then, as the flash fades the light reflected by the moving drop diminishes.
As humans we think of things like rockets which have a solid end and a 'tail' of fuel pushing them forwards, therefore we see the drops and see the head and a tail and perceive the apparent direction of the drops, even though it's not the actual real direction of travel...
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I just took a closer look at the image and I know see what the other person really meant by 'falling upwards' - the usual teardrop shape we associate with raindrops is inverted!Β Like you said, it has to do with the camera flash...Β But don't forget about the shutter speed of the camera!Β If that were fast enough to capture the droplets in their actual shape (spherical) then we would have never have noticed.
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Indeed. The photograph is, what it is, and we see, what we want to see.
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I am a physicist! 
I am going to have to give it some thought.
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(Didn't see your explanation further on down.Β Sorry! 
Pretty sure it's due to the way the light is shining on the rain drops.
For one thing, this isn't real rain.Β It seems like the artist is using a sloped surface is scatter the water in a semi-random fashion.Β (Think of water dripping off the edge of your roof.)Β Because of this, the water falls in a sheet, forming a plane that it occupies.Β Actual rain has no such constraints.Β This gives it an unnatural appearance as the light passes through it.
The light itself, as with any light, has a source.Β And like smoke in a laser show, the water lets us see which direction the light is coming from.Β As the light passes through the water drops, it refracts and scatters the light, but only where it passes through directly.Β This is why some drops appear larger than others - the ones refracting the light are clearly visible, while the ones that only have the ambient light are far less visible.Β And, of course, visibility translates to the perception of size (because visibility = how much light our eyes capture).
So, with the unnatural fall of droplets and the way the lighting passes through them, it could give a person the false impression of the water falling up in a still image.
How'd I do, Doc?
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That's a damn fine exam answer have an A+
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Thanks.Β Planning on putting my MGIB to work in going for a mechanical engineering degree, probably even dabble in aerospace.
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I look forward to flying in one of the space planes you have designed at some point in my future.
:-D
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Well, I'm on my way now.
I'm starting off by going for an Associate in Science, classes starting this June. Β Then, I'll go for a Bachelors in Engineering, and with any luck, I'll get into UT-Austin for post-graduate studies in Aerospace Engineering.
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Fantastic - the very best of luck to you.
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Less like luck and more like hard work - but in this way we make our own luck. Β Thanks!
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A famous British swimmer turned business woman, Sharron Davies was once interviewed about how 'lucky' she had been in business post-olympic career - she nodded and then replied "And the amazing thing is, the hard I work, the luckier I get."
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As beautiful as the image is, it is also the first thing that I noticed. Is this a great minds thing?
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I'm not often considered a great mind, but I'm happy to be in such company over this curious phenomenon.
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Phew!
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