marta_cajiao

Beautiful...makes me wonder who the gentleman was. No criticism but I would have asked him to pose with his hands on his lap or folded loosely at his mid-section as the arm is a bit of a distraction but a lovely photo truly and he has a wonderful face--all those lines and the grey hairs--A Distinguished Gentleman would have been a good title.

David,
I want to step into this photgraph and dwell there forever--and I feel that I can do just that--love the curves...so sensual. Congratulations!

Hi Joanna,
I would title this one Sterling Rose--because like the sterling rose that is lavender in color it is perfection as it is the thornless kind and oh,so beautiful and in this world where so much ugliness sometimes prevails there is nothing wrong with too much perfection. Great Photo,really.

Barry,
Dude. I like the grooves of the paper and the marbles...reminds me of the male and female forms...she is the path (paper) and he is the Form (marble) leading into her. Also the ebbs and flow of the ocean(paper) and the moon (marble) :Am I reading too much into this image? I am a poet who sometimes,likes to take pictures and some images like this one and turn them into words...the colors remind me of the female form and childbirth,or conception...okay enough of that! What can I say the picture moves me. :)

Marc,
This would make a good ad for Fashion mags...I have a pair of those tights and when I wear them--Look-out! I like the lighting because it gives it a quality of mystery--who's the lady? How great that she can hold the pose. Technical stuff aside,it's a good photo--putting someone who is so obviously flesh and blood in a contortionists (sic) pose and boxing her. I like it--reminds me of that S&M thing. I want to reach out and touch those legs,feel the rough texture of that second skin....like a snake shedding it's old skin,she will have to take it off some time but while it's on...the tautness is riverting...

I can almsot hear the heart beating--very nice. I like the black and white better than the color because it allows you to use your imagination and fill in what the colrs would be like but,then again I am biased towards b&W.

I don't know about all that but,I feel personally that the composition is wrong--there's too much space between the photographer and the subject. A tighter close up would have conveyed so much more to the actual structure of the photo. I didn't quite get what the message was but would have panned closer to the lady and the instrument case...I guess I would have turned the table around and taken a face shot of the lady and her instrument,or not have moved so far away--eliminated that third window closest to the photographer. Overall I liked the photo but the too-much distance between the photographer and subject makes me think that maybe they were uncomfortable with each others presence or that he is intruding on a private moment--could have been better as a side photo with the lady in profile...That's just me talking,I guess I always try to find the juxposition between the human elemnt and still life object when photographing people. Even if he had chosen to take this photo as is--closer would have been better,would have placed the photographer in the subjects realm as a welcomed element not an intruder.

Juan,
Aesthetics aside...GREAt picture and it makes me want to ask who the lady is? Not only that but what a beautiful crafted black and white photo...mere words can't convey feeling evoked! Thanks for sharing!

So cool! Ever try doing it with bedsheets--I have and the image was really nice...i folded the bedsheets and found nature grooves that made for an interesting image.