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This is not Nude photography. This is porn. Please take it off this site. 

Clever

The model's physique, expression & stance are brilliant; a beautiful, intelligent woman who thoroughly understands the intention of the shot.

Very well done Mr Amelkovich and partner. 

Am I the only person who thinks this girl is a bit young?

It is an immense shame that no-one was praying on the pew where the light hit, but still, it is an arresting image. Not the most original shot of course, but there are precious few of them left.

This is incredibly classy.

My goodness!

Cold shower for me.

Very nice, if a little heavy-handed in the processing.

What is wrong with you? Do you like annoying women? What a sad little man you are. As sad as all your misogynist mates cheering you on. If you are incapable of photographing humans with respect, move on!

This is one of those that you've just got to take if you see it. Kudos for neither messing it up nor trying to do too much with it. As they used to say, "simple is efficient"

I've looked at this for a long time and I still don't know what I think. Perhaps it is because I can't decide whether these people have their dignity and I moreover have no idea whether this is a function of the capture. I think the main subject looks a little to put on the spot for my taste. A micromoment later might have changed the whole feel. But you're certainly making the effort.

I notice you spend a lot of time photographing strangers. Have you ever thought of learning how to do Street Photography?

I think I need a lie-down now.

What can you say? Lovely shot. Artistic, sexy and abstract.

Great work.

If your goal was to ensure that any sensuality and grace of the model was erased to flatter your juvenile idea of art, you have done well.

Yeuch!

What is this? Reader's Wives?

Come on

You can do better than this.

For inspiration chck out Lukmanism on Flickr

Mr Ragland, it is a privilege to view your work. I do not often praise others' photography. I am rarely inspired by it, thinking "I could have done that" or "I'd have done this differently". Your portfolio, however, is wonderful and leaves me thining "God, I wish I could have done that". Not only technically very good, it is full of heart. allowing us to witness the humanity in others living lives so different from our own. I know you have worked very hard to get these images, have walked for miles and spent a considerable amount of money.

It was all worth it.

It doesn't take much to make kids act silly or play up for the camera. Often, simply having a camera will do it. It's possible the artifical nature of the image vis a vis PP would become more apparent in a full-size print, but at this size, it made me smile, which is what it's all about a lot of the time. I am 99.9% certain the kids didn't start crying the moment the shutter had clicked and that the photographer didn't say "OK you peasants, come here and get your pathetically tiny amount of money while I go off to make a fortune from this exploitative image."

OK, every heterosexual male likes to look at nude women, but the sheer quality [if I can use that word] of this lady's physique goes beyond any notion of titilation or eroticism and goes straight to outright admiration. The pose would be right in Ancient Rome. I do however, feel the photographic treatment lets this stunning model down. I'd have far preferred to see warm, human tones and a neutral background.  She is already a Goddess, no need to make the image a pastiche. Sometimes less is more.

I've tried on several ocassions to capture an old door or two and I've only rarely succeeded.

That bannister is a shame. I'd have shot closer to get it out of the frame. But it's a good subject, well exposed.

It looks like you've made an effort but unfortunately this smacks more of "Reader's Wives" than an artistic nude.

Come on David. This is simply not good enough.

I feel the foreground subject detracts from the impact of the mountain and the abnormal saturation/wb is un-necessary. A very powerful scene like this needs little photographic  manipulation. Just get it onto the sensor!

This is perfectly nice- good colours, in-focus etc, but there's something missing. It reads like a shot I would have taken on instinct, then deleted and spent a while trying to do something more with, moving in close to one of the boats or checking the position of the sun to get behind the harbour down low or something like that. Of course, if one is in company on the way to lunch or havng a nice romantic moment, this is not possible!