goddess

wow!

I?m deeply impressed!

 

This is a master piece where the control of light is Concerned

 

Wishing you all of the best

 

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very very nice picture .thanks photographer.and very nice gallery.

The title works perfectly, as do the light, expression and overall aesthetics. 7/7

Fantastic photo, and she is a Goddess. Beautiful in every way

Excellent portrait

I cannot think of any way in which this could be improved

Women is the delight of the World ...

Very nice lighting, pose and pretty model. One thing bothers me is the elbow and hand are too big of the proportion in the picture.

Excellent shot...

indeed she is! a very nice shot.

 

 

 

"Throwing light at lover`s eye".

I think the title of this picture says it all really! Both the image and model are absolutely stunning! I also really like the way in which you have almost split the picture in two and both halves compliment each other very well! Nice!

This is excellent photo!

wonderfull girl and very good b/w portrait. i like her eyes)

"Any suggestions left?"

Yes, less hyperbole in the title. Let us come to our own conclusions as to who or what we think this person is, or might be capable of doing. While I agree that she is wonderfully beautiful (and very well, if not creatively, photographed), I think that pre-loading our response to her with the designation of "deity" impedes the many ways another human might interpret this photograph. Besides, I rather like to contemplate the human potential she intimates (verb, not adjective), rather than lose any imaginative access to her except as a supplicant... t

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Joost, although I like this work as well as most of those in your portfolio, I find a bit of difficulty with the background in this one. It looks as if it were made by burning in the upper left corner with Photoshop. If that is true, the problem is that I should not be able to determine that Photoshop was used.

 

Secondly, I think the hair looks as if someone is holding it off to the left side of the picture. It doesn't look natural as if a breeze was making it move, but as if it were faked.

 

I know you like to crop close in on your model's head, and you did here at least at the top, but I think we should see the top. You cropped too close. I suspect that the background is the reason for cropping the top off the photo. What would that background look like had it not been cropped?

 

She is a beautiful girl and well posed in my view, but the image does suffer some slight problems. Congratulations on being chosen for this week's POW.

 

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Congratulations, Joost. This is a wonderful picture, and you have a wonderful portfolio. It's about time your work gets a bit more visitors on this site: it surely deserves it, and this POW was long overdue, imho.

 

Now, with that said, what about this picture... I read an interesting earlier comment by E.S. Shiew, saying that the elbow looked "big" as compared to the face. That's true. But to me, it's not really a weakness. I see it as a way to emphasize on the elbow's shape, the arm's beauty and grace, as well as the delicate fabric of her dress. It's a pretty unusual angle for a portrait, and it works for me, in some mysterious ways.

 

I've got to agree with Bill Tate about the top left burning. Probably not too serious, but I'd suggest to burn only very mildly in that corner. As for the other interesting observations in Bill's post, I don't quite agree with him, but that's just another opinion. The way I personally see it, the hair is flying gently just as it would be with a studio fan set at the lowest strength, and in such cases, you've got only 2 choices: either you include all the hair in the image, but then there will be a lot of "wasted" space around a fairly small model's face, or you frame the face quite tight, so as to maximize impact, and the hair will almost always look "hanging" this way. I have no problem with your tight framing with regards to the hair.

 

I have no problem either with your tight framing at top: the top of a head is rarely interesting, and by going tight you maximized the impact of her amazing eyes.

 

The fact that the model was so beautiful is of course part of such a picture's magic, but you did give full power to her beauty with this original angle, this arm, and your tight framing. It's all very well done. Regards.

Such an apt title, your image has great clarity and visually stunning to me. Best wishes Chris

Firstly let me say that I really like this portrait, the lighting is very delicate and in my mind it is damn near close to perfect except for a couple of small details which are as follows. I feel that the white background light distracts from the lighting on the face and is constant reminder that this was constructed in the studio. Don't agree? Bear with me and try this: hold your hand up to block off the white background light at the top left and see what you think. For me it simplifies the image, makes the face and eyes more the focus of attention. The relatively large white area continually pulls your gaze away from her eyes. In addition if you eliminate the loose ends of hair the image is further simplified and strengthened. I think sometimes when we have lots of studio lights available we tend to use them simply because we can but I sincerely believe that this is a case where less is more. With the background light gone I start to believe that this portrait is less of a studio pose and was taken in front of a window with natural light and as a consequence I feel I sense more of the model's true character. In any event BRAVO!

It's a compelling well done portrait. The only weakness I find is the flowing hair doesn't seem to fit & seems unnatural. The background doesn't bother me at all. As a matter of fact I feel there's too much discussion of the background & not enough of the subject. The tones are beautiful. The image is crisp, evident in the texture of her clothing. The pose & angle are very good. The 2:00 catch-light in her eyes also works, not being dead center in her eyes

Is there anything to critique in this photo. In my opinion it's perfect beautifull.....the light, the shadow, model attitude and looks....everithing is great. Congrats!

The first time I saw this one I didn't even notice that the left and right background were different. The model, the pose

and the lighting are that good. I suspect the difference in the background is the reason the top of the image was

cropped as it was, good idea, thanks. Congratulations on POTW, well deserved.

very impressive image , well done..

I am not too keen on seeing the hair blown out of the frame. What was the point of using some fanning mechanism to show movement and then suppress it by cropping it out? I don't also find the image to be 'highly erotic' as someone mentioned above. It is more sensual than erotic but then again I am a woman! I see things differently!