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It is a unique and very good composition and an excellent B&W image. I like it very much.
I wonder, why nobody commenting on it?

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I like the B&W and mood of the image but there's a few minor things that bother me. One is the 'horizon line' (where the carpet meet the wall) is tilted to the right a bit. Two is the center position of the subject, I would have prefer that subject is off center to the left with more empty space on the right (more balance and eye leading in my opinion). Just my opinion, TFS!

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Very successful B&W tonality. There is something about the pose, that is credibly original, is that it looks forced or unrelaxed, both in the expression (she is clearly trying to create a look) and the body posture. But that may just be my subjective feeling.

By eliminating some of the upper space (making the image more into a square format), it seems to me to gain strength, notwithstanding the usefulness of space to give a mood (but not I think here). The facial skin of the subject has some plasticky looking highlights but that is not too noticeable and due probably to natural skin lustre. Oddly the front of the chair and upper part of its feet are in focus but the bottom of each foot is quite fuzzy. Not critical to the overall appreciation of a nice B&W image, but puzzling (same distance from the lens of sharp and unsharp parts).

Of his series, "Junkyard Jeep" is to me by far the most interesting for pose, composition, natural expression

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Part of my liking this image, is for reasons that are contrary to Tm J's and Arthur's criticisms of it. The "horizon line" may be slightly skewed, but the bottom of the chair is straight. Although the chair may be centered in the frame, the subject is not. And, although the chair's feet aren't in focus, neither is the floor. I agree with Arthur about the subject's posed being unrelaxed. Yet, for me, this is a strength of the image. If one notices her right hand, it is grasping the chair very tightly. Her gaze is in that direction and it appears to be quite concentrated. Perhaps she's expressing fear. Arthur also is spot on about the tonality and contrast.

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I'm just seeing a nice vintage look on there. My mind is going to walk far from here. I don't know always this type of composition touch me so much...

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Michael Linden is right. The image needed a new corrected crop, leveled and repositioned the composition. The model need more space in-front of the face, looking to the right, then in the back. IMHO...!
Regardless, the image is a very good one.
Cheers.

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