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enticing!

excellent forms and wonderful symmetry

of all the nudes i saw today, this one seemed to have the purest form (the human body as object) that was manipulated extremely well.

Kids have such great skin and you can take crystal sharp images like this one. Great composition here.

I wanted to light this in as natural a way as possible. The light at

the back side of the camera is window light through the birch in my

front yard. The front lighting is flash bounced of a silver umbrella.

I had to alter the lighting behind the camera to even it out. Is

this alright? What could make it better? Are the reflections

distracting? What about the black band at the top? Thanks!

I thought this was interesting from my wife's garden, but it is

interesting to others? Is it sharp enough and is there enough DOF for

a quality image?

nice capture using that wide brim for lighting control. nice details in the face.

down right "Cabra-esque" as far as portraiture goes.

kind of like the tight crop!

motherhood from the child's perspective. glowing!

a whole family perspective on what it takes to raise a child. both sets of hands and the baby alert. wonderful composition.

somewhat blurry, but overall a nice image. i kind of like the grungy background for the "classi"ical instrument.

was she in motion when you captured this? tremendous color and strong emotion in this photo. the red really brings out the intensity of Flamenco.

Howard, your crop really simplifies this even more. I do like it. My daughter wants this image printed. Mind if I take your crop?

Light under the chin would be good. I would have to use flash as this was a simple setup. No electronic lighting at all. All window light so I guess I could use a reflector for some fill under the chin. The background is simply the wall in my house. The wall is butter-colored. I thought about using a polarizer but opted not to as the reflections in my glasses was not a major distraction. There are so many other parts of the lighting and composing process i want to work on that the simplest detail was overlooked - Light beneath my chin. Thanks for the very useful critiques and suggestions.

Thanks for whatever you can suggest that would improve this

self-portrait. Lighting is window light. Camera on tripod; no

filtration. Camera in B/W mode. Minimal post processing except

cropping, sharpening and boosting contrast.

...in darker richer hues and tones.

Karl and Aaron. Nothing like a bit of talk to help clarify one's own perspective. I am certain that I like the original as the intention was to have it somewhat somber. The brighter image may have more "pop" but loses something in the transition to brighter. I still will have gamma checked on my monitor, but I have too much pleasure in the shooting and less in the viewing of the images. Luke

very interesting image. overflowing with anticipation!

nice but too centered in the frame. there is no tension or dynamism here.

Thanks for the suggestion, Aaron. It is that monitor gamma thing that seems to bug me. The calibration varies so much from one computer to another. Resized and changes made as you described.

What a wonderful graphic abstract of a flower and petals in particular. the hues add an interesting bit of information to the scenic repetition.

 

Luke

Jerry. words are so much better for me than the numbers I have received thus far. thanks for the time you gave in your succint comments. I will take them into consideration.

This feels like the best floral image I have made to date. Give me

your honest appraisal of the flower itself. I know many of you will

not approve of the crop or the framing. After all, why take a

semi-profile of a flower? My answer is simply, why not!

a tad bit soft, maybe your intention.