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I like the reverse composition where the inlet comes from top left to bottom right, and how her body, from foot to head, supplies the complementary composition. I think I might have preferred it in black and white, but it is an intriguing image nonetheless. 

This is postmodern. Actually, it reminds me of Christian Vogt's series of nudes and portraits with a crate from the 70s-80s. Much more recently Michael Ezra's scandalously inventive poses spring to mind, but this image seems to be another small evolutionary step. The use of light and control of the model and all the other elements is striking. What I like is it studiously avoids photoshop excess too often seen in lesser work.

I've never seen Bromoil with this delicacy. Fantastic.

Lovely photograph, although I feel that some of the highlights are a bit burnt. Of course this may be the fault of my monitor. Since art and politics have been bedfellows for so long, I must raise the point of national treasures being lost to tourism (photo, eco, or plain old tourists). Ayres Rock, Stonehenge, the Columbia Icefields (Jasper, Alberta), and Yosemite have all enacted procedures to limit the impact of people on these national treasures. The conundrum, which I have not solved, is similar to the Zoo question, i.e. take the animals from the wild to display for the public, or leave where they are? This specific site is becoming overrun with photographers, and will soon be impacted like Antelope Canyon has been. Still, the photograph is a grand one, and I must acknowledge the talented photographer who created this work.

Really beautiful. It reminds me a lot of Lois

Greenfield's work with dancers of the Parsons troupe in NYC. This is masterful.

 

2TU for the Kung Fu squirrel. Oh wait, this is the wrong photo site.

After reading many of the comments, I looked again at the 'distracting' Mr. Moustache in the background, and realized that there are actually two people taking up that space. This can be seen by looking at the top of Mr. Moustache's head, and at his shoulders. I'm not sure that David consciously waited until the 2 distracting passersby became one before snapping the picture, but I must compliment him on his timing. I think I finally understand what they mean by "gob smacked" - funny British term.

This really is fantastic. I have this as a favourite photo on another photo community website. One of the very best photographs of this type that I've seen. This could easily have been in the Time Life series or in Life magazine from the 50s.

Marc congratulations on the POW. I must confess that seeing this photo made me go to your other folders to get some broad stylistic background before commenting. I'm most impressed with your industrial series. Your fashion flare stands you in good stead, but I got spoilt on Andy Warhol's Interview in the 80s/90s and feel they had the best fashion I've seen. You have certainly given a lot to the photo community, and as an avid amateur, greatly appreciate the generosity of your time and talents; even when I feel that other images of yours might be more deserving of this POW.

Good first effort. I'd like to see this again with more local contrast, without flare, and cropped a bit to aid composition. The corrected photo would be a better representation of this beautiful area.

Nice work Chris. I do find the digital artifacts distracting. Did you save the image as greyscale, 8 bit? I have to give you points for standing out there on a chilly day to make that scene for us. I think I would have preferred the image if the foreground and background hills were lit the same as the background hill. Perhaps a cloud came into the scene while you were setting up.

Nice scenic. I'm impressed with what seems to be a very sharp and contrasty lens on your Yashica Electro. Very nice scene. Better than many Maritime photos I've looked at. Was that a fish popping up, or was that ripple manmade?

Thanks for the comments thus far. I actually did use a little burn in on the forehead as the quartz light created a bright spot on the forehead, and some of the same on parts of her hair. So I had to create a little extra density. The model is an old friend. The toughest part of the photo was creating the expression I wanted, and the right look in the eyes. I worked with her for several minutes on that alone. The lighting was easy.