A sense of humor

​A sense of humour and a little lack of respect:
that's what you need to make a legend survive.
— Karl Lagerfeld

​When I first took this picture, I liked it because I don't take many photos that imply spanking or submission and sometime's it's hot. There was just enough about the picture to make me keep it and think it had potential, but there was also a lack of finesse and some other element - maybe the inclusion of my hands would have helped? - to make it a finished piece. And the lighting was really problematic and almost unfixable.

The longer I looked at it, the more I thought it looked like an amateur porn outtake. So I tried to enhance that feel by brightening and flattening the lighting, which also brought out the somewhat wonky perspective of the fireplace in the background. And now... does it just look weirdly unintentionally amateurish? Like maybe I don't realize it's not that great? I can't tell. Doing something not great on purpose is tricksy and I don't think I nailed it here.

Either way, I posted it because sometimes we shouldn't take ourselves too seriously. 

Happy humpday! Only one more day of FebPhotoFest, can you believe it? We almost maaaade it...