cambriaman Loc: Central CA Coast

Contrary to popular opinion, I think you have achieved exactly what your objective was....! You have created an image to scare the observer. After all, isn't photography all about images? Certainly not my kind of lady and not a pin-up poster image for my wall but an excellent image for the intended purpose.

RonBoyd

Yeah. I don't understand the comment either.

srfdude Loc: San Diego

Just wow! Like a gun is going to jump up and start shooting. If your position had any validity, there would be no cars either, since auto "accidents" cause a similar number of fatalities each year.

bbrowner Loc: Chapel Hill, NC

Is that the best that you have? We hear that all the time. How about an original theory instead of the Usual party line.

yhtomit Loc: Port Land. Oregon

What are you looking for browner? You obviously don’t have the ability
to appreciate art. The artist wins every time you post. Did you know that?
You don’t get it....

bbrowner Loc: Chapel Hill, NC

If that is what you call “art”... the boat has sailed and you missed it.

Harry0 Loc: Gardena, Cal

All cats are grey ...
She still makes a good spinner.

picturesofdogs Loc: Dallas, Texas.

I think an A1, A2 or M4 would have been a better choice.
And i see nothing wrong with using a properly cleared actual rifle in a photo.

papakatz45 Loc: South Florida-West Palm Beach

I am amazed when people post something then when the negative comments come in the tell us we do not know art. This post is not art. It is a snapshot and not a very good one.

RonBoyd

The dictionary defines Art as the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

or

Art is often considered the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations and ways of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture and paintings.

This image seems have appealed to your emotion(s). How is that not Art?

papakatz45 Loc: South Florida-West Palm Beach

Ok, to go by your dictionary definition, this is art. But by this definition a chi!d's sidewalk chalk drawing or finger-painting is art. So if you want to put the OP in the same category as a child's finger-painting then so be it. To me it is still just a snap-shot, and not a very good one.

bbrowner Loc: Chapel Hill, NC

To glorify an assault weapon on Memorial Day... a day when we honor our soldiers who have died... many of whom by an enemy with that type of weapon... is unspeakable.

And... I would not trust a naked female brandishing an assault weapon with that look on her face.

papakatz45 Loc: South Florida-West Palm Beach

Los-Angeles-Shooter Loc: Los Angeles

"Assault weapon" is a dishonestly-used and pejorative term. As for her expression, here's a blander shot for your enjoyment.

SaR_foto Loc: Northeast Wisconsin

[quote=bbrowner]To glorify an assault weapon on Memorial Day... a day when we honor our soldiers who have died... many of whom by an enemy with that type of weapon... is unspeakable.



Rhetorical - Please your definition of an assault weapon???
Is it: a M16? M14? M1 Garand? Model 1903? Browning lever gun? single shot .22 cal rifle, Colt army 44? Musket? Bayonet? Knife? The family automobile? Covit19? They have all inflicting death on hundreds of thousands!

I stand by the op's right to post, I stand by your right to disapprove. Those are the right fought for by brave men and women, many who died defending those rights. Today is the day to honor all those who served and sacrificed. And perhaps, maybe, to illustrate in art a tool used in that defense.

Art (and this is still art) is in the eye of the beholder. It is not a piece I myself am inclined to fall in love with.

We have all expressed our opinions.

To expand into the political is no longer a discussion based on the art. Those comments belong in another forum and you are more than welcome to start a thread there!