Robeng wrote:
I thought I'll try something different, high key light with Reece sitting in color.
You've broken out of your shell (or should I say crack) with this one Rob. 🙃
Multiple skin tones offset by the dark background keep her from blending into the wall. The seat also separates from the surroundings. Her pose keeps leading the eye around & around. The only thing I might try different is to crop in towards the knee & add that space to her left, where she's looking. I know that goes against the Rule of Thirds, but it might make it feel more balanced.
Cheers! Mike
JohnFrim
Loc: Somewhere in the Great White North.
Rob, this is an excellent photo. It is a departure from your usual studio shots, but it demonstrates once again that you have great talent that can be adapted to multiple settings (see link below for more evidence). The colours are superb, with the lighting on her forehead, the streaks/highlights in her hair and the whites of her eyes echoing the beige tone of the ball. As thephotoman pointed out, the many angles and lines resulting from this creative pose and dramatic lighting force the viewers' eyes to dart all over the image multiple times; one gets to enjoy her body over and over and over again. It actually took me awhile to notice that this is, in fact, full revealing nudity, yet it is so subtle that it is not overdone, not objectionable, and certainly not pornographic. I critiqued one of your earlier submissions as being a bit too revealing and more suited to an anatomy text, but this image demonstrates how full nudity can be presented artfully. This shot is absolutely stunning and belongs in an art textbook along side your previous excellent textbook offering (
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-434006-1.html).
Great shot, pose, and lighting....it really isn't "high key", but lovely nonetheless.
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