paradox

I had a crazy idea last night and decided to run with it. Here's the result. In case you're wondering I didn't superimpose the photograph into this picture. First I composed the inner photograph and actually printed it out on photopaper and held it there for the big shot. (I then later snapped a picture of the printed photograph to help sharpen some of the inside image.)

I guess my original source of inspiration would have to be ocellnuri's Task Force.

Chris, I'm dedicating this one to you.

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neloqua says:

Very well donne!
( S2IS, is a great camera,indeed!)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

[ peejay ] says:

Cool photo! :D
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

fubuki says:

MARK!!! damn friend - you just took your busines to a whole new level. that is phenomenal composite work!!! damn good work
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

VonCanon says:

Holy mother... whoa.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

pochacco20 says:

Thanks for looking guys.

neloqua, what made you think I used the S2IS for this shot?

And Ty, that compliment coming from you means a whole hell of a lot to me. I hope you're feeling better.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

tf5_bassist says:

very very nice, really original! It does partially remind me of Escher, and partially reminds me of those weird-assed HP commercials! lol!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

ÐIÐËO says:

this is freakin' awesome. way creative.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Ocell says:

Dude, this murders my work. Amazing stuff here!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Girl flyer says:

is it really have three people ..but three of them look like the same people ..make me confuse ..can u explain a little bit ?
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

ungawa says:

Wicked - brings a smile to the face as it unfolds ..
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

pochacco20 says:

What HP comercials are you talking about? Is it recent?

Chris, your work can murder mine any day, but thanks for the compliment.

Girl flyer, there are actually four people in the picture, but they're all me so that's why they look the same. I should've changed outfits between takes, but I didn't actually think I'd be able to pull this off so I didn't bother... it was more of an experiment. I can't wait to try this again.

ungawa, glad I could make you smile. Your current buddy icon looks like it could use a smile. :)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

tsmyther says:

Great concept and execution! I love the way the hand holding the "snapshot" is breaking the internal frame, as well as the limitation of the edge of what you've defined as the whole piece. Really creative and fun!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

SophieMuc says:

nice idea but too blurry for me

-voted as "deleteme" (from the Delete me! group)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

michale says:

fantastic!

-voted as "saveme" (from Deleteme! group)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

짜디그노스 (Zadignose) says:

I didn't really understand the explanation of how you did this, but that's okay. I don't need to know. It worked however you did it. Good job.

-voted as "saveme2" (from Delete me! group)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

sagarmin says:

Next time you have a crazy idea . . . post it in another group. Well, maybe you had fun doing it.

-voted as "deleteme2" (from the Delete me! group)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

idg says:

nice idea - brightness is distracting for me

deleteme3
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Raphs says:

Love that idea! You really have to look a while till you get it.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Andrea Isaza says:

excelent, very creative,I liked it a lot... but just the idea!
You might try it again and improve the quality of the final result.

-voted as "deleteme4" (from the Delete me! group)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

eeloy says:

Your fingers are wiggly, but the inside image is not - but I don't care. Instead I sit here wondering what is going on. Great!

-voted as "saveme" (from Deleteme! group)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

DaveC71 says:

Nice shot - I don't have a problem with the contrast or tone, but love the dynamism of the shot. However, if I am to be picky, then I would have to point out the messy leads in the bottom right, and the fact that the photo cut's the head off of the person sitting down.

Hence, I'm remaining neutral.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

newhampster says:

Concept is great
Execution needs work
I can't give it a saveme
But I won't give it a deleteme either
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Aytena says:

the background needs to redone, is like too much to see nothing
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Navelfluff says:

Like this sort of photos, but your attempt is a bit blown out and you should better work as a barkeeper ;)
Try it one more time and add it again.
voted as "deleteme" (from Deleteme! group)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

sjameron says:

I don't think the execution is perfect. But i like the way the photo confuses me.

-voted as "saveme" (from Deleteme! group)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Owen B. says:

Well there's some picky people here isn't there! I love this shot - it took me a good few minutes at 3am this morning working out what it represented but I didn't bother thinking about how you actually did it... I love it. I think the contrast is fine as it works well with the picture, and I didn't notice any cables - at least, they didn't distract me at all. It looks very natural.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr. Mark says:

me likes.
I'll save this not necessarily because it's an awesome photo, but because I like to encourage this kind of stuff in the deleteme pool.

-voted as "saveme5" (from the deleteme group)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

ghostkamera says:

the effort alone is commendable. however, this seems a little too washed out and blurry so i cannot save it, but a valiant effort!

-voted as "deleteme6" (from the Delete me! group)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

ZEЯO says:

I like it

-voted as "saveme6" (from the Delete me! group)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

tanguero (BLOCK, rinse, repeat) says:

what agreat concept! please try it again and work on getting sharper images and i think you'll have a winner. also the guy that get's cut is annoying, but probably ok. but i don't think you want to show all of him, maybe find a more interesting way to include this aspect.
-voted as "deleteme7" (from Deleteme! group)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

nepenthes says:

Very original!
Just for the work you must have had on this one:

-voted as "saveme7" (from Deleteme! group)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Lemoox says:

I'm not impressed by the amount of work you had to go through in order to deliver this show of know-how. If you were feeling such confortable with it , the photo would nt need all the legend.
I vote a "DELETEME8" (from Deleteme! group)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Robin Thom says:

I would give this a save if not for the blurr of the hand.

Really enjoy this shot and like the overall 'feel'.

-voted as "deleteme9" (from the Delete me! group)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

pochacco20 says:

DELETED!
DELTEDED, BALETED, BEEFEATED...!

Oh well, it was fun while it lasted... no gripes here.

Thank you for your honest comments. I especially appreciate the positive comments from those of you who voted "deleteme" and those who remained neutral. Constructive criticism was what I was looking for and I got plenty of good ones. I will keep all your comments in mind the next time I decide to do something crazy like this and maybe I'll even submit it to the Deleteme group.
Thanks again.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

_mpd_ says:

Had to look at it pretty hard to see what the photo was about. Great work.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

baron samedi says:

This is insane! great work .
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Season Moore says:

WHOAH, how am I just really looking at this now?!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

f_zero_2004 says:

This Is awesome!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Sgt. Gooch says:

One day you have to show me how to do this! Of course I don't have 3 identical brothers to take the pictures with me, dang it! :-) You are much braver than me, to allow your picture to be criticized to the nth degree by random strangers. I think it's a great pic.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

tracer.ca says:

Great concept.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

EmbeaiFilm says:

I'm sorry, but this picture is just crazy awesome. so creative.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

craig_352 says:

Like this. Sod those who complain. Most of them couldn't try to be creative if he walked up next to them and begged. I like the end result. A very interesting image that requires more than 2 seconds to figure it out. This is to be commended.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

pochacco20 says:

Thanks so much for the wonderful comments. For those of you who had to take a second look, I'm glad you did and I hope it was worth it. My inspiration to be creative comes from all of your creativity that I see in your galleries all over flickr.

Tommy, we'll meet up sometime to take some crazy shots one day.

Craig, thanks for the commendation, you're great critic and a magnificent photographer.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Season Moore says:

20 favs!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Da Bunnee says:

Excellent stuff!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Elindir™ says:

Damn, man. This is so cool! Great work. :D
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

jcowboy says:

Very cool! I wouldn't know where to begin to do something like this!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Enlightened Fellow says:

Great concept, great execution.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

LULU.RE says:

When i saw your picture i just think to this other paradox:

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Velazquez.infanta .600pix.jpg

great job !
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

turbojoe (away) says:

You mentioned changing outfits between shots, but I think I like it that it's clear that all four people are the same person... pretty cool, I think.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Herschel Rubinstein says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Colored B/W, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

--
Found in a search. (?)
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Leonard Garchi says:

instant fave to me... very interesting
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Églantine says:

!:~)
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Stendhal Bomb says:

I love this paradox stuff. Very nicely done.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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