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Looks to me like sort of a playful challenge. He's saying, "Come get some!" but at the same time he's laughing about it, probably horsing around with friends or something.
And no-one elsewanted to play. (Seriously, those were the first words that popped into my head; the links explain why.) On further examination, what BP said, with a definite possibility of drugs in the mix.
But really, his eyes say it all. "I look like an idiot. I'm not wearing a shirt. Please don't take this picture. Whatever you do, don't ever show this photo to anyone. Yes, okay, I'm posing and I'll do what you say, but God in heaven above, someone please destroy that camera right now."
I can't really answer the question, Wolfdog, because I met you once, and that colors my responses, so I'm really curious as to what brought this on. It's an evocative picture. Up to you to share, of course.
rainbaby, what I saw was ambiguity - actually, almost a Necker cube-like flip in how I would see it from one moment to the next. I find little quirks of perception like that intriguing, which is why I was curious. Plus it's just always fun seeing how different people read something that is ambiguous.
The picture elizard posted creeps me right the hell out, and that's a phrase I hardly ever use. If I were in a room with that photo I would take it off the wall, turn it face down, and put a towel over it.
Possibly amusing little detail that was cropped out of the upper left corner and could conceivably color one's perceptions of the whole scene somewhat differently.
photo by splunge
photo by TheophileEscargot
photo by Kronos_to_Earth
photo by ethylene
