Jayme crosslegged...

Great "Mona Lisa" expression, good lighting, exposure. I like the streetlamp as a prop. I'm surprised that with that portrait lens the vegetation background remains as sharp as it is. It may not have been as distracting if it were a color photo.

I like the composition and she`s got good facial expression...I wonder about those pants...patterns always distract me...anyways...very well done!

Taken in openshade using a reflector. Comments, critiques and ratings?

Thanks and kind regards, m.

Nicely done. Except the pants. A solid would have done this photo more justice. Pattern clothes in portraits just don't make it

Jayme is two photos away from working with the camera effectively. Here she's getting ready to decide who's boss (not necessarily her) but hasn't crossed the line yet.

 

The left hand border of the photo is cut in such a way that it looks as if she's drawing in her feet for the photo's benefit.

 

Good exposure but a little low contrast to my taste. This *might* be better in color.

 

I also ratify what someone else said about the busy vegetation. I think if you eliminated the vegetation's business she could keep those pants on.

 

Or not ;-).

 

Looking forward to more from this series.

Those pants HAVE to go! Beautiful execution of the portrait, great lighting, wonderful facial expression... but the pants...

This is a nice shot, seems to create a small space which I like. It's nice to have such a natural model to work with, who is also so photographic.

What's wrong with pants? Nothing, in my opinion. This shot is very nicely done.

maybe I'll make a folder of all of the shots like this posted on the internet, but it would crash the server before I got 1/10 of the images loaded. Really, M... haven't you seen a million of this same shot? It's so... phony, so trite, so obviously made for the hetero guy that hasn't been hit on in his entire life! I mean if some girl looked at me this way in "real life" (whatever that is), I'd bust out laughing... t

(p.s... nice pants!... really!)

nice job, composition,light,expretion are all fine.

good.

To me the pants combine with the lamp pole. The problem is the cut at left.

I agree with Marco, I love the pose, but I think the photo would have been much better as a horizontal shot rather than vertical. This would have given her room to stretch out within the frame and give a more comfortable, natural look.

 

The pants show the personality of the girl. This is a portrait of her, and the way people dress show a lot about them.

 

Very 70's style both in the clothes and the rather obvious sexy expression (why do we have to be so cool nowadays?) but it still has a nice fresh innocent feeling to it. I think the framing is fine. ... Jonathan

look at my underarms shot...