Ellebook

Beautiful work and presentation ! "6".

nice composition, very good skin treatment

Lovely work Elena.  Not entirely sure why you have ratings of 4.9!!  I particularly like the look from the model in the background.  Also, her hair is nice.  Possibly could have created a few more shadows to add depth. 

Interesting question about the ratings. I'll take a stab at it, though these wouldn't necessarily be my own criticisms. It's just that I could imagine others rating under par because of it. The models' closeness to the background is very pronounced. So the background, rather uninteresting is really intruding into the photo. The change in character of the background, the horizontal line that divides it and particularly divided by a white block in the lower portion doesn't seem to have any reason in the photo. It just seems to get in the way and break things up with no visual purpose. 

There are many who simply don't like posed pictures, many who would automatically deduct because a camera is self-referentially in the shot, many who are probably prudish and don't like pictures of women clad this way. 

Some might focus in on the change of skin tone from torso to legs in the main model, where we go from a brownish cast to much more of a reddish cast in her legs (and hand). 

I don't rate, but some of these would be problematic for me, others not. Raters come in all shapes and sizes with all kinds of valid and non-valid reasons for rating as they do. Without words accompanying their rates, little can be learned.

I wouldn't expect Elena or you to agree with everything I said. (As I said, all these things don't necessarily matter to me, though some do effect how I view this). All I expect is that it is heard and whatever makes sense adds to the overall experience and might make a difference to someone who reads it.

You have the right to hold opinions. You work in a completely different style, so I'm not surprised that this photo you don't like. The art of photography can only be one score: like and dislike. Everything else is irrelevant. Thank you Sorry for my English

I'm sorry, but that's really an unpleasant and defensive response. If you don't think my critique has merit, talk about it. If the background works for you, talk about why it does. If the coloration of the girls' bodies relative to their legs is fine with you, say so. Maybe I might learn something from you if you actually bothered to discuss the work instead of my credentials. But don't try to dismiss a thoughtful critique by saying you understand why I wouldn't like it because my style of photos is different. Some very thoughtful landscape photographers have critiqued my work very insightfully. And I have the capability of looking at many different types of work. I purposely NEVER even mentioned whether I like this photo or not, yet you took constructive critiques as a matter of my not liking your photo. That's not at all the case. You know that expression "don't kill the messenger." Don't assume that a negative critique comes from someone who doesn't like or doesn't understand your photo. Just listen to the critique itself and address the points made. I don't by any means think you should agree with or find helpful everything I've said. But you haven't shown that you've even really heard a word of it and you've dismissed it not on its merits but on a very arbitrary level of thinking about whose mouth the critique was coming from. 

wonderful composition great work !

Well, for me, many considerations go into my judgement of an image... one of them being the initial "Wow!" factor. Then, as I study it longer, other considerations come into play. (I won't list them, as any good photographer/artist knows what they are.)

Elena dear, this is image has a "Wow!" factor that just f****** awesome! It is outstanding on every level, and is definitely a wall hanger. I can also see where this would be an outstanding editorial piece for the right advertiser! Job well done! Best regards, Michael

Look like very much lingerie ad in downtown windows I see. Very nice use of mute color, not black and white but subtle beige tone against the dark under things. I think well composed, and the camera a nice choice of props. In all very good and creative in my opinion. Skin tones are wirthout flaw I can see soft and mute.