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Thank you all!

I had contemplated a crop for just the upper half of the image, but obviously just stuck with the original. Either way, she's beautiful.

Wonderful.  If I may ask, how did you go about creating the costume?  High fashion shoots always amaze me for the elaborate costumes created.  I always wonder how it's done.  Regards

My feedback will probably seem a little strange.  I like the colors of the zipper (cute!), I like the lighting, and I like the point of view.  But for some reason the blurring of the zipper makes my eyes hurt.  I think maybe it's because I find the colors of the zipper to be the most interesting and unique element of the photo, so my eyes keep trying to focus on it, and can't.

It's all a matter of taste, of course, but I would suggest the B&W.  The color version is a little "busy" with the trees' colors, so that she tends to get mixed in with the background.  In the B&W, you get clear separation between her and the trees, which gives a greater sense of depth, and narrows your focus onto just her.  Without the color, the trees fade better into a proper background.  The contrast between the rough, blurred texture of the trees and the smooth, contoured, and sharp focus of her figure becomes stronger.  Even just her own body gains depth and definition in the B&W.  She "pops" more in the B&W version.   (I'm saying, "it does this or that", but of course I'm really saying, "It does this or that for me."  It may strike others differently.)  I guess that's a long way of saying that, in the B&W, the background supports but does not interfere with the subject of the image - namely the girl.  Although with skin tones as appealing as hers, it's tough to give it up in the B&W.

Ditto.  Beautiful.  Well done.  Although the lipstick is just a smidgen too bright for me, personally.  But just a tad.

Tail light?  Visually interesting abstract, whatever it may be.

Yes sir, indeed it is!

What a fabulously lit portrait enhanced by its intriguing subject.  Portraiture worth aspiring to.

Based upon your comment, I'm guessing that the "noise" of a spank is being correlated to the "noise" added to the image?  I hope so, as that makes the joke.  I'm also probably stating the obvious.  But somebody has to be obtuse, and it might as well be me. 

I like images turned into pointillism focussed on a small part of the body.  I find it very artsy.  I hope this one finds more appreciation than my attempt.  :-)

A wonderful image where the post-processing really enhances the end result.  Fantastic!

He looks uncomfortable, she looks great.  :-)  One day I'll be able to light skin like that.  The pose, the simple background that follows the angle of her arms, even the tan lines... I don't know what you wanted the focus to be, but my eyes keep getting drawn back to the same spot.  Pushing them off-center makes a dynamic pose feel that much more dynamic.  The browns of the table and the greys also complement each other nicely.

Heyyyy, are your models talking to mine?  ;-)

Hi Jim.  I like this series.  I like the combination of body paint with fine art nudes, kept simple by using black paint on a black background.  Neat.  I like how the lighting takes a "finger painted" pattern and gives it an appealing illusion of looking very structured and formally done.  I like to say "I like", apparently.  This is my favorite out of the series so far - she's striking a dramatic but not over-done pose.  And I hate to see a nude image and, in the name of lights and paints and whatnot, ignore the fact that "I like" it because it's a very sexy picture.

Two other items I would like to comment on if I could.  Ideally, her left side wouldn't be blown out, which is what it looks like uploaded here on photo.net.  And then there's an aesthetic composition quality which is so subjective I almost hesitate to bring it up.  She is obviously intentionally off center.  I'm not sure that works for me personally in this image.  I might suggest that you break the standard image dimensions in order to crop out the left side of the image until she is centered.  This pose draws my eyes upward, stretching vertically, and I think a long, tall version of this image better focuses the attention on the model, that effect, and the impact she has.  Before offering that, I cropped it myself to see the effect and liked it.  You might want to take 30 seconds and see if you like it yourself.  Although again, that is obviously just a subjective taste.

Too many words.  "I like" the image.  :-)

Dang, how big of a fan did you need to get her hair to do that?  Is her hair extended using Photoshop?  Demonstrates your skills there if it is.  I second the notions that it's hard to believe there isn't water streaming out of her eyes and maybe her cheeks flapping from the pressure.  :-)  Maybe a little wild but demonstrates a great technical shot.  And the lighting and sharpness are superb.  That combined with a beautiful model makes this image a pleasure to look at.