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Hi Przemyslaw,

Nice shot.

My first thought is a question " is she a good cook ?"

I own the same camera and lens, along with a few other lens of the times. The Zeiss Jena were very good lens, especially for BW film photography. Besides the 80mm F/2.8, I really enjoy my 180mm F/2.8 Zeiss Jena.

Since digital came along, I have made adapters to use both these lens on my Nikon and Canon DSLR cameras, too.

Best Regards, Mike

Beautiful nude portrait. Especially interesting to contrast this with the "Batter dumplings". Both are well done in photographic terms: the light is good, the setting is good, the light fits the setting, the composition is great for this kind of portrait. Really fascinating is the difference in pose and how different the woman seems on the two different photos. Wonderful work!!!

Emotional nude!

Very well done.

Just two questions. What's the poing of she being in the kitchen? And what's the point of she being naked, showing her body, especially since she is in the kitchen? No offense intended. It's just that I wonder those two things. It's an unusual background for a nude. The image works very well anyway.

Unusual background for nude? I did not know that there are still places that can be treated as an unusual background.

What about this one?

http://cdn.3oneseven.com/wp-content/uploads/HLIC/helmut-newton-naked-kitchen.jpg

Anyway, the answer for you questions [i believe] is included in Otto comment [2 higher]. I used to photograph one female model in portrait and later on in nude to record the differences and similarities between those moments.

I like the 'reality' of this shot. I also love the way she connects with the camera. Perhaps there is a little too much space above the head for my liking. However, this is a fine shot nonetheless.

Why didn't my kitchen come equipped like that? Makes me hungry.

A super environmental nude! I like it very much...
-r-