These two photos are of the same person in
the same place taken a few weeks apart.
Male back - whipped with a single-tail tipped with a leather cracker
Most of the welts were produced with a three-tailed tawse (tapered leather strap). Floggers and cats were also used.
-Whipping by Leatherback
-Photo by Leatherback, March 2000
Male back - whipped with a short single-tail tipped with a nylon cracker
Beautiful long stripes: Floggers and cats were also used. The subject actually likes wraps, so these were done intentionally.
Photo of the short single-tail used in this scene
"The impression of keen whips I'd wear as rubies" - WS, Measure for Measure, II, 4
-Whipping by Leatherback
-Photo by Leatherback, April 2000