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Near perfect photo. Some have stated that it would be better as a B/W but the blue cast adds a bit of coolness that is very much present in beautiful women. She's engaging and guarded at the same time. A B/W would be too commercial would lack originality. Very good indeed.

A perfect photo.The model is very nice,the lighting,the hair...

I really want to know what makes this photo so original. Anyone can answer? I am not saying this in a rude or even passionate way, simply which I have seen so many this ways. All models are different though, so is it the model that makes the photo? I'm not sure that's enough but if your subjects are people (mine are) than shouldn't that be enough? I can like the effort and the beautiful model...I think I would have done more with her though.

 

I guess, she is interesting, and she, the model, makes the picture, but that can be compared to the "Mona Lisa" I don't like the painting I believe the model is interesting and everyone what's to know what she is thinking. I want to know why she was painted...I like his other work better....Then there is "Whistlers mother" (I know I miss spelled that, I am in a hurry sorry) strange woman in a chair with great wall color. They are famous images...All about the model? Or more about the artist and the other works they did...which I like more.

 

I also hate "cats" the musical by Andrew Lloyed Webber but love his other stuff. Guess I don't fallow popular culture in what I would want to be a part of..i.e. the participating viewer.

 

I think I have more questions regarding why everyone likes this so much...when I feel it isn't that interesting. Beautiful but not conceptual hey I take these all the time when marketing models?Just now as art.

I agree with Erin. It is a good student shot - technically well-done. However there is absolutely nothing original about it. The model looks great but the face has no expression. The pose is 500 years old.Can't understand why it got such high rating as far as originality is concerned.The model should have been my class-mate in college, but then that is life!

The style reminds me famous Greco`s The Gentleman with the Hand on the Chest.

 

You can feel the wind against the hair. Awesome portrait.

The similarity could be in the gesture of the hand and dark colors.

I know I'm a little late commenting on July's photos, but 9 billion years from now, a superior life form will reconstitute photo.net from space dust, and they will want to hear from me about this photo. I just know it!!

 

It's an interesting capture. Here are some secrets you might not know about, and I'll explain as I go. The models eyes are off horizontal, to the right. That makes her appear as if someone has just asked her a question, and she has received it well. The tilting specifically to the right means she intends to answer the question honestly, and she believes the answer will please the asker.

 

She's not going to give any more information than what is requested, as is demonstrated by the hand on her cloak, unless she senses masculine strength from a man worthy of her. Her pose is one of tasteful innocent reservedness; she is adored by all of Nature.

 

But, the pose doesn't draw interaction from the viewer because eyes need to be on the horizontal, or at least close for the viewer to make eye contact. When people make eye contact in real life, one, the other, or both persons needs to adjust the position of their head so their eyes will meet.

 

This looks like it was shot half a second late, or the model unintentionally moved. It works, though. Sometimes the unintended results are the best. The expression on the models face leaves very much room for interpretation of the portrait as a whole. This is good.

 

The index finger and thumb extended is the style of the early renaissance school of painting. Raphaello Sanzio used it extensively, but I have never seen a woman depicted with that hand pose in an early renaissance painting.

 

If you're going to have a hand at the center, it must be posed, but the exact pose isn't that important. It simply must not look unthought about.

 

The lighting is spectacular, although not overdone looking. It's a glamor style that doesn't make the model look like an imitation plastic candy coated gumdrop; like the models CNN uses as news anchors.

 

I don't think the finished product could be better. It could be different, but not better. I like it, because it's a good shot of a beautiful girl, and I like both of those things.

 

One footnote: The reasons early renaissance masters had a pension for drawing one hand as if it was pointing were A). This is the most difficult pose to draw a hand in; and B). The finger was supposed to be pointing at Heaven, or a deity.

As others, I can't see anything here that can be improved upon, and yet it is a fairly common look and pose. Yet, there is something very striking about this photograph - it draws the eye and sticks in one's mind. Besides, the model reminds me of Scarlett Johannsen, and she sticks in anyone's mind.

Yeap! Doug Peck is right. Images should speak with one voice only and this one has too many

and somewhat contradictory ones, in body language. There is tremendous potential ,though

in both the photographer and the model if they can achieve Synergy. I am definetily marking

this photographer as one of my interesting people.Luis