The Kiss

[rpcrowe]

Statue located in the Embarcadero Park, San Diego next to the carrier, USS Midway CV-41, which has been turned into a museum...

[IzzieK]

Nice shot. ONe such same image somewhere is being criticized as having sexual meaning and these women faction wanted to have the image gone forever...

Sometimes...

[John 2]

Nicely framed Richard. This one occasion for me where the heavy vignette works.

[Marie Hass]

It is amazing how much discussion (and controversy) the original image generated over the years.

Nice image. Personally, I am not a fan of sucha heavy vignette.

Richard, did you crop this image? I just wonder about leaving more room around the statue? Just my humble.

'Rie

[Mike Buckley]

I'm surprised I like the vignette but I do. The low angle doesn't work for me. Was it necessary because it's a larger-than-life-size sculpture or was it your choice?

[Shadowman]

Nice shot. ONe such same image somewhere is being criticized as having sexual meaning and these women faction wanted to have the image gone forever...

Sometimes...

Sexual meaning for viewers in the forties or today?

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[Ziggy]

Like the processing you have done.

[bnnrcn]

Very nice Richard. I like the PP

[rpcrowe]

The statue is on a relatively high pedestal. There are only two ways to shoot it: from nearby which requires shooting up from a low angle OR from a distance using a telephoto lens which would reduce the appearance of shooting from a low angle.

The park was rather crowded when I shot this image and I did not have the time to set up and wait (hopefully) for a clear view of the statue.

Actually, this was just a passing shot. I was down at the embarcadero to shoot Elmer and Elsie (our two movie star rescue pups) and their new furever mom and dad who flew in from Minnesota to adopt them.

I was just playing around with the various filters available in NIK software; resulting in this image...

What bothers me about the shot (and I am surprised that no one has mentioned it) is the sailor's left hand. It sort of looks like a poor cut and paste job but, that is the way the hand looks in real life.

As far as the image, one such same image somewhere is being criticized as having sexual meaning and these women faction wanted to have the image gone forever...

The original image portrayed the feeling that swept over Americans at our Victory in World War Two! As for me, I am getting pretty darn sick of politically correctness. Should we also get rid of the images of French women kissing the American G.I.'s at the liberation of Paris...

And how about the unequal treatment metered out to female French collaborationists who had their heads shaved, after the German occupiers left? Perhaps, today's politically correct persons might think that it would have been better for female equality to punish the females the same as the male collaborationists: by standing them in front of a wall and shooting them.

[Mike Buckley]

What bothers me about the shot (and I am surprised that no one has mentioned it) is the sailor's left hand. It sort of looks like a poor cut and paste job but, that is the way the hand looks in real life.

It looks that way to me also in the original photo by Eisy.

[FrankMi]

I don't know how many of these statues were created at this size but this one is at the Civitavecchia Port in Italy.

[FootLoose]

Don't sculptors use stone anymore?

[John 2]

...................... As for me, I am getting pretty darn sick of politically correctness. ....................................

I couldn't agree more. To me it smacks of a selfish short term thoughtlessness. Here in the UK a few years ago, we had a bout of political correctness, largely from some teachers, that targeted school competitive sports because it left the less able pupils feeling disadvantaged. The result was that many schools sold off their playing fields for a quick buck. Today, we now have people complaining that we have the most obese generation of children ever. I'm sure it's not the sole reason but is it any wonder.

[IzzieK]

Sexual meaning for viewers in the forties or today?

Today, John...I just heard it at the news sometime ago...I wasn't alive in the forties, mind you... That kind of news really p***ed me off.

[Shadowman]

Today, John...I just heard it at the news sometime ago...I wasn't alive in the forties, mind you... That kind of news really p***ed me off.

Similar outcry regarding the Rosetta Comet scientist who wore a flashy shirt during a news conference. I read in another article that some old school feminist leaders thought the story was an irrelevant situation.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/13/living...ect/index.html

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...lumn/19083607/