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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: armando_m on January 12, 2018, 20:14:29
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100+ images taken on a session and I liked this one in particular
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Are her feet nestling on the door?
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Are her feet nestling on the door?
Hi Jakov, no she is about 2m away from the door
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Nice Armando. What I often find with shot like these - is that the models frown- for some strange reason - like your model did here. Why... only they know :) I suppose it's because of the unusual position they are in
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What drives this shot are all of the different lines that run through the photo- the door, her legs framed against the door, the line of the couch cutting the scene in half, the position of her arms which leads to the triangulation of her face. When you add the soft, subtle B&W processing, the image becomes sexy and spontaneous- at least that is the illusion that is created.
Great stuff.
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The pose is nice and the image looks beautiful. But I would have liked the white-black-white background and the right corner of the sofa would be handled a bit better...
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Elsa, I took a few images of the same position and this is the one where her expression was better, it is uncomfortable to be upside down I guess that's why they frown
Rick , thank for your comment and the analysis of what works :)
Akira, Thanks for your comment, what will you call better ? avoid the sofa corner ? have the wall in the back more symmetric ? or do you mean the light ? I do appreciate to have a critique :)
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Akira, Thanks for your comment, what will you call better ? avoid the sofa corner ? have the wall in the back more symmetric ? or do you mean the light ? I do appreciate to have a critique :)
Armando, sorry to be unclear. You read my mind perfectly. :)
I do love both symmetric and unsymmetric geometries. But at least to me, this particular geometry looks just half way to either, frankly speaking.
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Armando, sorry to be unclear. You read my mind perfectly. :)
I do love both symmetric and unsymmetric geometries. But at least to me, this particular geometry looks just half way to either, frankly speaking.
Thanks Akira,
The original image was badly tilted, I had to straighten it and fill in the empty triangles on both sides, I'll try another version with more symmetry should be an easy fix
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Thanks for the disclosure, Armando. Now I see the oblique stitched line on the right side of the wall. Maybe I'm just nit-picking, but I'm looking forward to seeing another version.
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I like the model, the light and the processing, but the background assimetry disturbs me somehow.
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Content aware fill is powerful, but leaves little tale traces that need to be fixed by hand , the trick is to find all the tell tales, so if you see anything else please let me know 8)
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Wow...
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Thanks Akira, wish I had the vision at the time of the shot rather than relying on PP to get to a more interesting image
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Armando, in spite of some criticism, I do feel your aesthetic from this image that has fascinated me. Hope you will be more successful in extracting that next time!
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That is very nice. My comment is that I think the style is insufficiently defined. It could be read as a Helmut Newton-style image, with a narrative - why this woman is naked and upside down on a couch - but in that case the narrative is not clear enough because the only clue is the closed door behind her. If there is not meant to be a narrative, and this is purely an Edward Weston-style study in form, then I think the door should not be in the picture at all.
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That is very nice. My comment is that I think the style is insufficiently defined. It could be read as a Helmut Newton-style image, with a narrative - why this woman is naked and upside down on a couch - but in that case the narrative is not clear enough because the only clue is the closed door behind her. If there is not meant to be a narrative, and this is purely an Edward Weston-style study in form, then I think the door should not be in the picture at all.
Les, thank you for the comment, this is definitively about the light and shadows in her body, interestingly she did comment about the door in the background
If there was no door, then perhaps a black background would be the best choice, we could have moved to a dark background, and I would have to use artificial light instead of the window
Edit: I did some quick edits the gray background with the wall texture looks better than a black background
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I find the centered version much more appealing. The inverted cross composition works for me. Editing the background wall was a good idea. I'd suggest - sorry for nit-picking - that you also "blacken" the door; some sort of hinge can be seen in the center right. DoF might be a bit too low (low resolution makes it difficult to judge) as her feed "stand out" against the door, but seem to be blurred at the same time.
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Sweet.
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I find the centered version much more appealing. The inverted cross composition works for me. Editing the background wall was a good idea. I'd suggest - sorry for nit-picking - that you also "blacken" the door; some sort of hinge can be seen in the center right. DoF might be a bit too low (low resolution makes it difficult to judge) as her feed "stand out" against the door, but seem to be blurred at the same time.
Airy, thanks for your comment and nit-pick :), yes there is a hinge visible, and yes the DOF is not deep enough, but that in my opinion is an advantage I was not looking for precise detail but the overall light and shadows on her
Thank you Ron
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As stated I feel the play with lines is what makes this work. Puts enfasis in the living femenine curves. It happens also in the contrast of the darker surroundings that make the skin glow. Floating beauty. Just because I like it I wiil get picky too :) For me the best composition will be asymmetrical but straight with no corner on the sofa ( as the second image), darker door may work as Airy point out to get more separation fron the door. A bit more contrast?
There you go. The image put the brain to work as if it was mine.
Thanks Armando
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Paco, thank you so much for your analysis and suggestions
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I agree with Paco on this one ;)