lennart goldmann - geneva

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Spot on, well done!

At first I passed by without stopping, but then I saw your name, and knowing you are not a fool with the camera, I had to take a look! It is a very original shot. I wonder if you could keep the angle but crop it differently, since the mass of light skin in the foreground disturbs me a bit - but that is only me ...

It is the kind of shot I wish I would have made!

John, you seem to get everything right! Here every detail (like the plant) is where it should be, exposed as it should be, framed as it should be. The mood is fantastic. Too many photos on this site are just a pretty naked girl (and belong in some voyeur site) or artificially artsy, yours are some of the exceptions. Congratulations!

My un-professional opinion is that it is very good (lighting, pose, dof, model), but horizons should be horizontal!

Put it in another category!

I like: the pose, the expression, the model, the necklace. I don't like: the shoe, the cutting off of the leg.

The light and atmosphere are beautiful, but I personally don't like the perspective: a big foot and small face, and looking up nostrils. Move the camera or the model, without losing the mood!

Very nice, Ben! I love the pensive mood, it is something I often try to achieve, you do it very well!

Great work, I love it. I am just a little disturbed by the straight cutting off of the right shoulder - I think if you put a fine frame around the picture it would work even better!

Good photo of a favorite topic! I am disturbed by the black shapes to the left and right, and would have preferred less cropping of the boots. Otherwise fine!

I like it! But why is it in Nudes? Still, very good, you created a fantastic atmosphere!

I like the composition, the format, the subject - but I would have preferred just a little fill-in instead of the black silhouettes. Just an opinion!

Very beautiful! Good composition in the square format. There is something to watch in every part of the frame!

Seeing your two photos, you have a very definite style!

Good lighting from the side, makes nice shadows! Well done.

Mycket fin bild, bra fotograf och bra modell! Jag hade kanske hallit bakgrunden lite mer i fokus for att undvika cirklarna, men det ar en detalj!

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Very good, dynamic, attractive + interesting use of fumes and colors! Two tips: do something about the red heels; leave some space under the shoes.

Fascinating how much comment, interpretation and arguments a photo can trigger - it really speaks for your talent!

 

I agree about taking away the guy on the left, he looks static. And b&w somehow makes it a picture rather than just a snapshot. My preferred version is the cropped one without the white shoe. In my opinion, whether you delete part of a picture by cropping or by other means doesn't make a hell of a difference, but I'm not a purist in these matters. The result is what matters!

 

Just for argument's sake: does it reduce the beauty of a painting by, say, da Vinci, if X-rays reveal that it has been amended several times? Many artists make sketches outdoors and finish them at home, so why not photographers?

 

Or, in a different art: if a poem is beautiful, does it matter whether it has been handwritten (with overwritings), typed on a Remington (with tipp-ex corrections) or on a PC (with cut and paste)?

 

In my view, documentary photos capture significant moments for the record and/or for publication. They should not be manipulated or they lose their objective value. Art photos don't have the same requirement.

 

Your photo is more art than documentary, so why not make a good photo great? It deserves it, and you deserve it!

Dear Barry, first I appreciate your honesty. And I agree with others that this is not a top photo. I looked at your nude portfolio and liked almost all better than this, particularly "Another nude and cliffs" which only got about 5.4!

I'm a new member (two weeks), but I have already decided to disregard ratings; most seem to be made by people who have no aesthetic sense (or too different from mine to matter to me). The comments are what I learn from, and I look forward to some on my entries!

Dear Roy, thanks for your comment. Just to let you know, I don't need to LEARN to retouch, I chose not to do it for this one! I appreciate your idea, though I felt a little offended by the wording ...

As you request critique ... The idea is nice and original, but I find the sharp edge of the ribcage quite unaesthetic.

Ok, you deserve a lot of respect for your philosophy, which is especially valid for documentary shots. I just hope you also respect mine (and many others'), about Photoshop: it is part of photography as a creative process, we just do at the screen what we did in the darkroom before. I find it frees my spontaneity and creativity to know that I will be able to improve later what I cannot always achieve at the speed of light! Except when authenticity is essential - does it matter that much if it is done in the viewfinder, under the enlarger lamp or on the screen ??