raffaella nude Untitled

Beautiful and sensual!!

Excelente retrato en B/w.  preciosa imagen, saludos Niki. 

A beautiful and very nicely composed shot, Niki!

Sensual!!

Very nice light & contrast, perfect crop, Niki, well done!      Best regards

Niki, I love the perspective on this. THe black and white tones are excellent. I love the way the light is on the shoes. 

Another sensual shot Niki,excellent lighting and pose,very nice  work,Harry

I mean there is some happening, emotional. mental or so! Not just a portrait!

Ciao Niki!

PDE 

Anche questa mi pace molto!

thanks to all

Hi Niki! Beautiful tones and  short depth of field. Splendid light! Regards and best wishes.

Niki, thank you for sharing this absolutely stunning piece of your work with us. The light is extra special, the pose by the model brilliant, and all in all, it is something to behold. Regards, Hannes in Cape Town.

Congratulazioni, ottimo gioco di luci e ombre con una composizione originale e ben eseguita.

I love this image... What a pose, great light and such strength... Marvelous!

bella inquadratura ed illuminazione

Niki,

You seem to have many friends that have critiqued your photograph. That is very nice. I hope you won't take offense if I offer a few comments that I think could improve this photograph.

Raffaella's skin tone looks very nice, but her left forearm and hand, the shoe on her left foot and her bottom are brighter than her face. This draws the viewer's attention away from her face. In a portrait you usually want to direct attention to your subject's face.

The highlights on her left shoe appear clipped. They are so bright that they have lost detail. You have also lost most of the detail in the dark areas. You may have done this on purpose. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Dark areas going to black can help create a nice mood. That usually wouldn't be true of clipped areas.

You have her left leg is quite a unnatural position. It is up so high that it appears the heal of her shoe is going into her head. It looks very awkward. Because her shoe and foot are so large and in such a prominent position within the photograph, they can't be thought of as part of the background. They should not be out of focus. Being out of focus draws attention to them. Actually, they just can't be positioned so close to her head. It looks awkward and just plain silly.

To me, it looks strange for her to be in a nice looking dress with her bare bottom showing. I suppose it could be a nightgown that is just pulled up for some reason? I don't know why she would be in heals while wearing a nightgown, but it is possible.

You have cropped too closely to her left hand -- into her shoe, her head, her bottom ... you have just cropped into her too much. It is not a natural looking crop for Raffaella. She is squished into the frame.

You have her looking at her hand or something in her hand. If she is going to have something in her hand important enough that she is going to be looking at it, the viewer should also see it. 

Her eyes are in shadow, as is much of her face. It has set up a somber mood for me. Her expression is one of sadness, despair or gloom. Perhaps she is just thinking about something, but she sure doesn't look very happy.

She does have some imperfections on her face that you will want to soften or remove.

Nice shot,

Mark

Hi dear Niki,

Very well capture with great b&w tones and wonderful pose,also.

Best regards(Bobby).

thanks to all

MARK: I do not agree on almost nothing of what you said, but I accept your opinion

Very effective portrait shot, indeed! I like the dark mood and atmosphere you created around her by b/w conversion and rich shadows. Nice work. Bravo.

Hamid.

The imperfection on her face that someone has referred to adds to the layer of sensuality. I'd like to have seen even more detail on the face as your framing is so clever in cutting out bits that one has to focus on her face. I really think that this is a very good composition.

Great work! Very beautiful! Best regards, Ilkka