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A very well executed HDR image. I could tell that it was tonemapped, but that doesn't bother me as I think the execution is good and the colors and the contrast works out well. Very nicely done, this easily stands out in the best 1% of HDR work I've seen on the Web.
As for the image overall, I have to agree with observations about perspective and cropping mentioned earlier. The crop should be close to square, the foreground not being particularly balanced in the composition (light, even foreground with a rather detailed darker middle ground). The perspective has too much of a "lean" that comes from using a superwide and tilting the camera too much, but despite this I would not fully correct the lean. Rather, it would be worthwhile to experiment with a fully corrected and a partially corrected image, as full correction may lead to somewhat static compositions. I would however try to leave a little bit of room around the gas bumps in order to not make the crop too tight. A wide angle shot should retain some "airiness".
Overall a strong image that can be improved by a very simple crop, rare occurence.

Her colors are well coordinated and the moment is good. Playing with strips of hard light coming from a window (I assume natural lighting, although it doesn't affect the critique) can provide for interesting effects and not having eye contact adds to the non-conventional approach in the photo. However, I feel that there are too many shadows getting in the way, particularly the well lit background with the strong diagonal shadow is distracting.

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I prefer the original; the apparent straightness leaves a bit of an enigma in itself. The only thing that I'm thinking about is maybe a bit more of the red arc at the top?

Hard to say. You could correct in your photo editing program and compare.

Like it, but would really like it more with a head-on correct perspective view.

The blurriness works. The composition could be better (I realise this is hard with the camera between your legs, but...) The subject is certainly sexy, but I prefer erotic nudes that leave most to the imagination while being very sexy (very difficult to do that, check out some classic photographer's works). There is some idea here, but you need to work a bit on it still.

I like this the most in your portfolio, a very nice mood in this photo. Straightening is a good idea, but I like the colors as they are, as it creates just the right mood. The mist, opposite shore and rays of light really make the photo. I'd be interested to see how the scene looks with a wider lens, but it might not be as good as this, just a thought.

Nice use of color and lighting. Really makes a pretty but boring interesting with the nude standing in contrast to it. I like it.

I like the grain and the simplicity. You look a bit tense - but maybe you want it that way. Nice work.

Very good light and colors. I really like the atmosphere. Me, I take pictures of buildings and trees :-) (just kidding, I also take pictures of people)

I think the midtone contrast is not that strong, some careful curves adjustments might give more impact.

 

As for the subject, very nice. A lower vantage point might be interesting, but maybe I'm distracted by the apparent "flatness" of the contrast.

Very nice color palette. The image is somewhat reminiscient of some computer generated images while maintaining a photographic quality to it. Would you mind posting a small version of the image unedited, straight from the camera? I'd be interested to see the difference between the camera's literal interpretation and your artistic interpretation.

Nice post-processing, I like the sharp look, subdued colors and the color palette in general. My only suggestion would be a somewhat cleaner background, as now both the foreground and background are a bit restless. But the focus is good and the model looks nice.

I like this, I like it quite a bit; the silhouette works as an abstraction and the sharpness works. Seems like BW is really the right choice here.

I think this is great - you've captured the very delicate light splendidly. I do some macro in 6x7 with my view camera and 180 mm lens - at these magnifications definitely not easy. However, the thing I most like with this image is the color, along with a composition that works.

Nice, I like the colors.

Very nice, I'd be tempted to experiment a bit with the composition (the left and right sides are not as balanced as they could be), but you've captured the colors, the weather and the mist very nicely - really makes me think about those winter days (although today we had one here, but I didn't have time for photography...)

I like the blur and the composition is nice, although maybe just a bit more of his head could be shown. The only thing that I would improve would be the light and tonality, ie. "more interesting midtones" would be nice, but that's just me...

Man, this kicks ass!

I think this image would benefit from cropping a bit from the left and the right side. Anyway, keep up with the good work.

The basic idea is good, but the picture should have something to break the perfect symmetry, eg. if we're looking directly down, a human figure walking on the floor would be a nice touch. Now it doesn't really have any point of interest (it could work in a series of images, though)

I don't find the toys disturbing. One idea to try is shooting with a wideangle lens, eg. 24 mm or 20 mm, to dramatize the gently curve of the metro and the fence (I've been looking for a similar setting and haven't yet found a good one...the colors and lack of clutter are very nice in your image.)

Well said, Tony.

 

The photo is great, I would not change one bit. Once again Ian has been able to do that "classic PJ style" some much better than many others and produced something original. I have nothing more to say - let the picture speak for itself.

Very nice picture, but I too think that the desaturation is overdone. Wish I'd been there, haven't come across any lizards this summer myself!