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This pose has a nice mix of shyness - the hand masking her crotch, and daring - her legs up and apart...Cool..

Thanks for the comment, Nige...could you maybe recreate a bit of your long critique? I know how annoying it is when one's browser crashes at the wrong time. But landscape and IR are both new to me so I'd be pleased to hear more.
Additional info: This is a scan of a negative, no actual print exists. I actually had a photo up for a while entitled " Whats wrong with my IR landscapes?" because they keep coming out the lab all funny, like real underexposed somehow, muddy, very low contrast. If I scan the neg and tweak the levels in PS, I get this. But its odd, and while lots of folks offered ideas, no one was able to offer a real clear-cut solution about it, except that I should develop them myself. (I'm getting there.)
Also: Tilt? Its a wide angle lens, but I didn't think I was getting that much distortion? Or do you mean that I did not crop the neg absolutely evenly?
So if you have time and your browser cooperates...

Thanks, gentlemen. I don't get so many comments on my non-nude photos, but do I appreciate them...

Nice shot, James - I like the way its toned, works for me.

Everyone has an opinion...as I said, I like this picture, its one of my favorites.

I shot this with a wide angle lens on the Nikon CP950, and to my

eye it looks a tiny bit...wide-angle-y. I've actually sold a couple

prints of this image, so the distortion, if there is one, must not be

horribly offensive, but I'd like input on it.

Well, Matthew, you asked if it was interesting or not. That depends.
Its interesting to you, and your friends and family, as (I assume) a record of a trip you took. I'm sure it was an cool trip.
To other people, however, this is simply someone else's vacation snapshot. Let this one reside happily in the family album.

This is a good shot - I think I'd like it more if it was printed a little darker, but the pose and the comp is great.

 

Tom, this is very cool, I like it!

 

Tom...

 

If you like the crucifixion theme, go look at this image I put up yesterday...

 

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=249650

 

 

 

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone...

Tom, for these pictures I took white tissue paper, the kind you use in gift wrap boxes, and taped it across the crack in the door - on the not-showing side, obviously. Then I took two old Smith Victor tungsten heads and placed them behind the door, one lower and one higher. I kept sniffing the air and running into the other room to make sure the paper wasn't starting to singe! But it worked like a charm.

 

I have wondered about cropping this in more tightly. I like the

light on the ceiling and floor, I think it gives shape to the space.

But would the image be more effective cropped in?

 

I clicked on the wrong film when uploading, this is a Kodak film...

The lines and curves are really very lovely, so graceful, like the neck of a swan.

I think she is wearing glasses and if I look really hard, I can see you in them. Thats kinda cool!

Oooooh, I really like this, James! Great DOF, color - goddamn you do good color, my skin tones never look this good - the tight compostion - very cool. I'd like a print of this one.

One thing: is she wearing glasses? Whats the little thing on the corner of her face?

You really have to tell me how you get skin tones so nice...

Interesting composition- the emptiness of the sky, the columns, and the stone of building. Where was this taken?

Its not perfect but it has something. I'd like it better if her back were straighter. Even as it is, there is an edge of confrontation about it thats interesting. I like the concept, I'd work more with it since you have a couple that will model together.

I'm betting Tom knows of these books but others may not: Howard Schatz had published some very interesting books of pictures of people's nude bodies woven together in some very unique ways. If you like the idea they are worth looking at.

I chuckled at your comment...no, this is my partner's house - with central heating. But I too have had apartments that looked kinda like this.

This was taken after the big earthquake we had here, the hundred-year-old lath and plaster in this room crumbled off the walls in chunks! One night when the workmen were gone, I noticed that it looked interestingly... industrial, or something...so I took some pictures.

This is a wonderful photo - I love it!

Very cool, the water looks like glass. Was it a long exposure?

If anyone's worked with this type of film before, I'd appreciate

comments on how to get better contrast in the foilage. I have two

other shots in my portfolio as well...any input welcomed. Has anyone

done portraits in this?

Color is not considered "fine art" because its too lifelike. Or something. I mean, I don't know - but thats what it seems. B/W is a step removed from reality, and in the case of nudes, people need that distance in order to respond with, shall we say, their higher mind rather than their lower one.
Understand I am NOT telling you that this is the "correct" thing and that you should abide by this canon. I'm just telling what the convention is.
This would be an interesting question to pose in the Moderated Forum...

Nice...again, I like the "stripes". I would re-shoot this, and move the chair away from behind you and whatever the piece of furniture is in the far right side of the frame. And don't cut off the feet!
If this, like your other pictures, is also a self portrait, try taking some masking tape and marking the edges of the frame on the floor where you'll be posing. That way you know " My feet must be inside the tape..."
But a very nice effort!

Sorry, this isn't terribly good. You cut off the ends of the forks, the color of the background is uneven, and the flat presentation isn't interesting.

Patterns in art are sometimes appealing. I think you need to study framing and composition more and try again.