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You've obviously studied your George Hurrell. Great light. Gorgeous model.

A critique? Are they kidding?

Great stuff Melissa!

I have nothing to add except: "Wow, WOW!"

I've seen this done many times, but not for quite a while. I like yours quite a bit. What's cool for me is the symmetry. Nice work!

Nice work man - makes me want to go there.

My wife was sleeping late on Saturday, so it was fun-time for Liam and I.

We were just rolling around on the living room floor and I decided that

the light looked good for some pics. He agreed. :-)

Nikon D7000 - 85mm f1.8 @ f2.8 - window light.

Thanks for looking!

Super cool! I love the expression!

Love it.

Street photography at it's best! Nice shot!

The DOF seems a touch shallow but I like the lighting.

Mostly I like that the photo makes me like HIM. I sends a good vibe.

Overall - nice work!

Critique? None! Beautiful woman, flawless photo.

No critique. Awesome image. Black and white is what was called for - and the graininess and high contrast add to the drama. Bravo!

Very painterly, I like it a lot!

I can see that you might see it that way, but Keena has been messing with my wife's makeup since she was three or four - with uneven and sometimes hilarious results. Like here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robmulliganphotography/5169301081/ and here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robmulliganphotography/5458588096/in/photostream

Hope those made you laugh!

Anyway, we're definately not raising any pageant babies here, just having some fun...

Rob

Shot this photo of my daughter Keena at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum.

We were walking down a path and suddenly were in a shady spot with

the river inlet in the background. Perfect!

Shot with a Nikon D7000, Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm wide open, and an SB-

600 shot through a Lumiquest Softbox III, controlled by an SU-800. Hair

and makeup courtesy of my wife Yan. Yan held the flash and diffuser on

a lightweight monopod high camera left for me.

Tech stuff aside, what do you think? Thanks!

Here's the deal: The picture is a little cliche, but she's so cute that she carries it. Really lovely child.

Nice and natural, good bokeh, and ya gotta love the tattoo!

No critique! I love the dark and foreboding sense you have here. Also the split tracks with no indication which is the correct choice. Really good.

Cute kid, but it's a papparazzi pic with that straight flash.  The best thing for you to do Mark, is to start reading Strobist.com and learn all you can about off camera lighting.

Good luck!

Great photo! Very Cartier-Bresson!

I have no critique, just a question: What's that thing on the ground center-right? A plastic bag?

This wouldhave been just another winter photo except for the walker in red.

That nailed it! Nice work

Beautiful photo!

I maybe would have cropped a small bit of the foreground - but then... maybe not...

I love the muted colors of the flowers, and the composition is really nice.

If it were me taking the shot, I probably would have trimmed the grass spikes in the top center of the photo, they're a little distracting. Otherwise I like it a lot.

Alex Shishin writes:

"I believe the photograph is competent. It follows all the rules of traditional academic art that would win prizes for the traditional 19th century Euopean painter. Like academic art and pictorialist photography I find this photograph artificial, trite and dead."

Oh Please....

I just looked at his portfolio. Nothing there that my five year old couldn't shoot.  Keep up the good work Michal.

Those who can, do.

Those who can't, teach.

Those who can't teach, critique. 

I'll reference you back to the first critique by Peter.

Very painterly. Very Dutch masters. Outstanding.