james_r2

Nice! you can almost smell the snow on the trees in the meadow.
But assuming the link supplied by Walter Tatulinski is the original, why do the trees on the left side appear to be leaning to the right in the original image, but appear to be straight in this version?
And if that is indeed the original image, was the reflection in the water brought out by simple exposure adjustments only? Or is there more advanced image manipulation being applied - such as multiple layers, copy/paste/invert/smooth, etc?
Just curious

with due respect to Ton's comment about cropping the left side and that line, I disagree.

There's a zone-system character to the shading of the pillars that is very pleasing, and the far left shadows imply hidden mysteries.

Keep the far left intact, and photoshop out that diagonal

While I enjoy receiving your comments and am flattered that you would make the effort to do so I must state that... It is most unbecoming to make comments about a models physical attributes. She is who she is and she is doing us a favor by modeling. Please only make comments about the image. My models follow these posts, they have feelings, please respect this. Raymond

Raymond;

Did you actually read my comment?

Contrary to your stock reply, I made no reference to the model's appearance on a personal level:

I merely commented on the larger issue of your artistic agenda within the context of female body image.

Fair enough?

That work for you?

You appear to be using a defense tactic of deflecting any negative commentary by implying ignoble motives on the part of the critic.

Which, in my opinion, serves only to limit the dialogue to empty accolades; something this website suffers too much of.

But whatever, knock yourself out.

Mr. Ellstad

You are being somewhat disingenuous regarding this person's physical appearance: Can you honestly say that you would have selected an otherwise unremarkable image if it weren't for the fact that the subject's appearance is extreme?

You invite reaction, and then pretend offense when said reaction is forthcoming.

In the current public context regarding fashion models' body weight, female anorexia, and bulemia,

to claim otherwise merely insults our collective intelligence here, and I think you know it.

upper lateral thigh muscle texture appears blown; nose a bit lost due to lighting and surrounding material color;

would like to see more tendon detail in foot/ankle

lots of potential as sensual photo with a few tweaks;

love the toes

thanks for the image

nice to see a photo focussed (wink) on an actual study of the human form, rather than the soft porn/jerksock cliches frequently found here:

2 suggestions:

stop down and pull that knee into focus, re-inforcing your image title;

capture more of the skin surface detail, such as in shoulder and upper breast.

best of your 3 images posted

keep working

cheers

Re; Breakfast at Tiffany's

It's the opening scene of the movie.

And contains another New York classic red color; the early morning streetscape of 5th Avenue, looking south, as the sun begins to infuse the sky with a gentle rose glow, the top of the Empire State Building just noticeable in the distance...

Like Paris, New York City has a special light found nowhere else.

Well worth getting up early to capture.

Marc G said -

"what would you say about David Lachapelle's work ? The same thing, or not ?"

Not

context vs expectation

My somewhat dismissive reaction was based upon initial expectations raised by the image,

and what the phototgrapher delivered for me; casually glanced at thumbnail for a few

days, without actually viewing it

Thought the subject was already telling a story without my having to investigate more

closely - "ahh yes, the woman-as-ragdoll theme"

after checking the photographer's other work, I viewed this one full size and felt let down:

I was looking for something other than the photographer's vision - that's my fault, not

hers -

got a love/hate thing for fashion photog

the shoes are great; similar to a photo from C Berlingeri - in fact, the shoes make the

image

Fashion/editorial portraits are a minefield of interpretration (as some threads here reveal)

It's very good; as are her other ones: Technical control and lots of promise from a

relatively young talent

Somewhat derivative; There was a series of photos taken of actual dancers in similar poses

from the 70's/80's can't recall the photographer... which had far more impact

This image tries too hard in its attempt to provoke; the title, pose, expression, etc. etc.

comes across as self-conscious and technical, with no inner depth - perfect for fashion

This discussion is more interesting than the photo - I just see a party girl who got too

drunk and fell on her ass in a corner....