alabaster

I wonder if I lightened model's skin up too much (?) -- I think I like

this alabaster look -- do you?

I think these pictures look too much like pictures of Edward Weston :)

regards, Martijn

Having said that, while there are some similarities, I tent to disagree with you on the alleged excessive likeness with Weston's picture (but having said that, I do not claim to have done anything new here -- have merely copied someone else ;)   If anything, Miguel Pappan's nothing but a butt picture deserves a comparison with the one you pointed to.

Let's face it, just about everything have already been photographed, so you could say "it looks too much like pictures of [insert name here]" about almost any photograph, but so what?

Besides, there's nothing wrong with learning from the best, and there's a lot to learn by copying. Again, I didn't consciously try to emulate anyone in particular, not this time at least.