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The whole picture is CGI so I don't think there's anything too brave about it! A solid job of 3D rendering, but calling it's really stretching te boundary of what one considers a photograph since no camera nor film were apparently used.

Really very striking...it caught my eye instantlly. I love the use of colour, the composition...everything. I'll definitely be checking out the rest of your work.

I really like the framing. What part of iceland is it?

I can't tell if it is just the scan or if you added that "shear cloth" over her butt in PS. It looks quite artificial and unnatural to me...but maybe that's just the scan.

Shots like this are often used as headshots especially since the photo itseld usually only fills a portion of the 8x10 and the name is then at the bottom.

 

I direct film, television, and theatre I like this shot. I see a lot of character and depth in his eyes. A lighter background would be favorable to make him stand out more. At least with that dark a suit. The contrast is fine, but for a headshot something lighter in the BG would be good. Nice work though.

Although I like the picture, I find the model in the bakground far more interesting. I think it would be a stronger image without thr woman in th foreground. The spring mattress and the partially silhouetted woman create a striking visual.

I can't see anything through the window. I would have used a polarizer if it was your intent for us to see her.

I like the motion blur, but since it was such a long exposure, the swimmer must have been in between strokes and then completed a full stroke as I see two heads, one lodged in the butt of the other body. I think if you tried a few different pics from the same position you might have found a more interesting blur out of your swimmer. Either that, or have an even longer exposure so stretches out over more space in the pool.

 

I like the composition though and the unique colours are interesting.

I personally think that this image could be interesting if you created a completely sharp and in focus version, playing off the the geometry of the chain links. Or had a narrower depth of field and more colour. I'm guessing you could shoot this with your focus set closer so you don't see as much clear detail in the BG. You could do this without bringing the foreground abstraction into focus. However, if it is more blurred I think you really need more colour in the composition.

I normally hate wildlife shots for the most part...but this one really caught my eye for it's originality. Great work.

I think I like the second exposure to the left better than the third in the bottom right.

 

I think it has a much more interesting, ghostly effect. The one on the bottom right seems to have been overexposued (I don't just mean the blow out on his chest) for the effect that you are creating.

The only eveidence of tinting is on the left side of the green bottle where the opacity seems higher and you can't see any of the red bottle. The "brush" strokes are evident. Good job though. It's tricky to deal with objects behind "coloured" glass.

 

I have to admit, I don't really know what is gained by colouring this one (as opposed to shooting it in colour). I feel that handcoloring allows for artistic freedom that the realism of a photograph cannot always capture.

 

But nice work nonetheless.

Nice shot. Definitely conjurs thoughts of the Marlboro man.

The idea is solid but I don't know if I'd know it was a hand if you didn't mention it in the caption. if the shot were wider it would define the geography better and some BG in the frame would add more depth and contrast.

Great photo and a nice use of PS. Very tasteful use of filters.

I am often inspired to take pics of people in the street. Now, other than a fear of getting my camera ripped off (I feel more daring when using my plastic Diana camera) I often feel embaressed to really go for broke.

 

In order for this image to work, or any future ones in the same vein, you will either have to be more bold and get closer or get yourself a good telephoto lens so that you can shoot from far away. But I've noticed that the best work I've seen is often the result of the photographer having the guts to get in closer.

 

This could have been a great shot, but I'm guessing you used a 50mm from like 15 feet away. If you had moved in to about 4-5 feet, you could have found something more interesting.

 

Just my thoughts from someone who is constantly reminding himself to be a little more daring.

 

 

I think that this would have been a much stronger picture if his head was just resting against the bloody splotch on the windshield. This pose looks like you are trying to hard.

Taken in the hallway of my building. I wanted to play with vertical

camera movement with a subject that had clean lines. All comments are

appreciated, but if you want to leave a 1/1 rating at least say why.

 

Thanks

Ed

I realized that I should have been more clear with my titling. The titles right now (which are nothing more than the refernces I made for myself when I scanned them) infer that these are all part of the same series. They are, in fact, mostly all parts of different series. Oops. Should have paid more attention when I was filling in the info. Live and learn.

I love the soft image, particularly Uta Barth. I've been exploring a couple of ideas with these nudes (as a set they may seem pretty disjointed but I've only uploaded a few and I don't consider them all to be a part of the same set).

 

In this picture, as in several others not posted, I've been playing with slective focus on rather unimportant details, leaving the important details obscured in the bakground.

 

I am particularly interested in doing this with nudes, where we sense an erotic form that, if we would just refocus our eye, would be clearly seen.

 

Basically what we see when we are looking at something else.

 

Also, the scan is quite poor, the colours became more muted and the image appeared grainy where the original is quite bright and fine grained.

i've been trying to create the aesthetic of impressionist painting with several of these pics (to varying degrees of success).

 

I'm kind of bored with standard nudes and am much more intrigued by impressionist and expressionist approaches as inspired by painting.

Thanks for your commenst. I intended this one to be viewed as part of a series. There are two other pictures that I think it goes well with. I've only uploaded a few from that shoot that I already had scanned.

The focus is on the edge of the table in left of frame on purpose.

 

Just because you have a limited idea of what is art, doesn't mean you need to be snarky and fill all of someone's folders with 1/1 ratings. I believe that is considered abusive spamming not to mention rude.

The grain is actually just the result of a poor scan. My scanner is a bit scratched up and does a few weird things.

 

The actual image has very fine grain.

 

 

This one is part of a series of nudes that I've been doind. I'd

really appreciates comments, critiques, ratings...especially comments.

 

Thanks

Ed