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If only all statues were this life like... chris

Wow. Mention that the model will be following the threads and you get an enormous amount of response. Of course John tends to get a considerable amount of responses on his prolific works regardless. Good work on this one. I like the placement of her in the scene along with the choice of the background pieces. Her expression is very good, I can't quite describe what I like about it, it's just sort of expressionless Mona Lisa look for lack of a better description. Her body is exudes youthful beauty. She has perfectly sculpted breasts and hips. I think that cropping the image just above the base board might suit _my_ tastes better.

 

As usual, outstanding work.

Thank you Frank, she deserves every word of praise. She is a true artist in every sense. The specific mention of her was made on this occasion because she did the montage and not I though, (big smile) she may have been inspired partly by some of the work that I have posted in the past.

 

However, be assured that whereas I do not mention it every time, most of my models follow these threads when it concerns themselves. I have it as a pre-requisite always to introduce my page on PN to a model before photographing her.

 

That is why I am sometimes disturbed when personal comments are made that have nothing to do with the critique of a photograph and which have no place anyway in a serious photo discussion group such as ours.

 

Many thanks for passing by and Happy Christmas. John

 

 

I really like this pose. Great tone. There appears no pretense about the model, and the scene's capture is spontaneous in "what you see is what you get." Usually I crop above the knee, but I am not the author of this image and therefore wasn't there to interpret the scene to be presented. So, I agree with Dickey's comment re spontanaity. Personally, I think 'to crop could lose the spontanaity.' The background is well done - it doesn't detract from the main subject, rather it compliments who the model is and keeps my attention on her. I've photographed a similar looking model and found that this 'below the knee' shot actually favours this body shape - it might break rules, but heh, it works ! well done to the both of you...Geof

Great light, Pose and background.

I would have cut model's legs a little higher.

 

greetings from Italy

Alessandro

The model sent me these in response to some of the comments and suggestions made, but franky I prefer the original.

I thought I would prefer the crop above the knees until I saw it and now prefer the original, too. It's something about the positioning of the legs below the knees that gives some kind of balance to the shot and adds interest, imo.

That's exactly what I think too Kim, thank you. It looks kind of incomplete as re-done just above.

After seeing the different crops and comparing to the original, I believe it is the presence of the extra lines in the wall and the diagonal of the models lower leg that gives the original crop a solid visual base. The crop at the left gives the impression of someone with too much weight on her shoulders and the crop at the right does not warrant mentioning as a viable alternative. Very interesting study here!

Thank you Glenn. Thanks to all from the model too that followed this disucssion with a lot of interest and exchanged her views with me by mail.

I agree with Glenn, but another option is to re-balance by adjusting the background brightness ...

Best wishes to you both,

 

Jonathan

It seems boring to me. Just a nude figure posing with other nudes of her in the background. Same old thing over and over again.

simple but eye catching I for one like the addition of the pictures in the backgound, even better it being the model herself in them. Are the pictures in the background posted here in photo.net ? great work

Absolutamente bello!