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First attempt with this style lighting. Thoughts?

I do like this lighting. How did you manage it? Was it done in PS?

 

 

Chris...

Thanks. It was done with one head with barn doors about 5.5 feet off the floor to the right and slightly behind the model, shot throught a 30x72 inch diffusion panel just outside the frame. A black panel to model left to absorb light. A second head shot though a narrow grid on the BG.

 

In hindsight, maybe the light could have been softer, maybe with a softbox or another layer of diffusion.

Very nice! I think some more light on the back wouldn't have damaged your pic!

James, the combination of camera angle, lens choice and lighting makes this a unique variation on a common pose. Very well done, thank you

 

Bill

Kudo's on the lighting - I particularly like the way you lit the background to offset the shadow side. Good job.

I like the pose and the overall image. A few suggestions / nitpicks / comments... Crop her neck out completely. Her breasts are slightly washed out. Her pubic area looks recently shaved and a little irritated. The undulations on her left hip add a realism to the image often lacking in nudes. The change in background from right to left helps the image in ways I don't understand.

The lighting is on the way. Pretty good. I would suggest a large, thin reflector on the right to kick a highlight along her back and butt. A lot of the problems pointed out by previous posters would be eliminated, or subdued with this converted to black and white. The hand is what bothers me the most, but that's not from the pose, it's from the 50 mm lens.

It's beautiful James.

Very nice. I live in Seattle, and for some reason I haven't met her yet? Beuatiful!

Simple, good shadows, good use of her figure. The colors are natural. Well done.

I would have liked to see less DOF, throw that background out of focus...

Great Lighting and a beautiful body to photograph, excellent!

Well Done

Nice light and lines in this image. Well composed and I like the balance of light on the bg