cjmalcolm

The white of your eye seems just a little too white, otherwise Stunning!

Lovely composition, not sure if the edge lines are intended, but my eyes would find it easier to look at the image without them..

A nice image, the light area around the man and boy is very distracting though. Also, compositionally I would be inclined to have the man and boy a bit further into the frame. Cheers.

Love the distortion. I would be interested to how you achieved this effect. Did you accentuate with the Liquify tool? Congrats

i see seductive contours, maternal, in flight...

A sewerage plant that also serves as a wildlife sanctuary for waterbirds, Cape Town.

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I agree this is a impressionable shot, is the tree and/or rocks superimposed? Hate to be a spoil-sport but the light between all the elements dont seem to co-relate.

I like the original aspect too, although a little too overprocessed for my liking.

 

I'd be interested to see a more realistic version. Because I think the power of this image is primarily in the pose and composition.

 

P.S.- at a second look, the white flare leading away from the body in the background, giving a sense of motion, is nice.

Thanks folks.

 

Although I do use a lensbaby from time to time, this image was done in PS . A 3 exposure HDR and selective blurring. I wanted to bring attention on the boat house and give a surreal, detached feeling.

Neighbours need not comment....

sleek. evocative. I am looking at plastic boobies aren't I ?! In any case, I like.

Thanks Kurt, suggestions appreciated.

 

Sergey - It was 1:30am full moon

feedback welcome, thank you

Stunning Will, I can see why you bluntly state "Photomatix gives horrible results".

http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00NCEX

 

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He's reserved enough not to divulge....

nice composition, underexposed

slightly more cropped off the top would improve the symmetry

Beautiful tones and nice composition - a HDR i presume?

 

A noticable flaw however, is the blue on the rocks, I would suggest masking back the original rock or toning down and desaturation that area to give better realism.

I love the moody atmosphere but my eyes are starving for more detail. More sharpness and less darkening in the foreground might help.

To me the top half of the image doesn't deserve to be there, if it were something interesting or contextual you could justify this kind of framing, I'm sorry to be crude but the iron looks like a BBQ grid! Improvements could be to square crop and eliminate/soften the background or, being a model shot, I would love to see more of her in a horizontal format.

Yah, shadows are very tricky, I have a few constuctive criticisms:

 

From my perception the light source is coming from almost directly above and the shadow angle of the butterfly doesn't seem to corelate - my perception is the antennae should be more along the line of the depressed key and more vertical.

 

Also the shadow seems too harsh (like a spotlight) for inside lighting, try blurring it more.

 

Another observation is the white of the butterfly and the white of the ivories are out of balance. This is a most critical aspect if you are aiming for ultimate realism.

 

Keep working on this image, it's a beautiful idea.

strangely phallic!

 

I would categorize this under Nude Architecture

Spring time and the flowers are blooming, paradise for bees, think again.

full moon, industrial area, cape town.