Nude form

[elsa hoffmann]

I haven't posted nudes in a loooong time
Now it's time
Different from my usual stuff - any comments welcome

[Bjørn Rørslett]

You have done well here. Tight framing helps a lot into making these excellent nude pictures. The skin contrasts are well conveyed. I liked the first two the best, but all are great.

[Erik Lund]

Yes the two first are to my liking as well, although they are very different in rendering so the first one is the the nice, second rough,,,

[elsa hoffmann]

Very interesting comments!
I dont want to influence members by what I think - as I am rather interested in what you all think.
Hope to get some more members back and commenting soon.
(Need jakov - he likes out of focus stuff haha)

[Jakov Minić]

The first one, smashing. You posted a similar one as I remember. Nice contrast on the skin tones.
Second one too sharp, you structured the skin too much for my taste.
Third one, yes, the blurry one, show everything but reveals nothing
I need to take another look at the 4th one

[armando_m]

#1 excellent, the stomach had skin smoothing ?
#2 shot after a workout before going into the shower ?
#3 love the mistery
#4 ... ok , but doesn't stir to much emotion like the other ones

[Ron Scubadiver]

There is a certain grittiness in the second one that really makes it unique.

[Airy]

First one, the difference in  age makes the picture intriguing. Could be interpreted in a nice way, or less nice (illustration of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_(Book_of_Daniel) )

Second one reminds me of certain shots by Stieglitz, just sharper.

Third one is quite to my liking . Maybe you could try the 2nd with the PP of the 3rd. (sentence corrected in editing)

Fourth, sorry but tattoos disturb me as much as tags on, say, greek statues.

[John Geerts]

These are all intriguing but only no 1 is to my liking, due to subject and post processing. 

2 looks too sharp (and contrasty)
3 I find too vague, darkness, subject and frame-wise.
4 As 3 but I feel the same as Airy about tattoos.

[simato73]

Much of the comments above resonate with me.
So:

1) I like composition, contrast, etc but like others wonder if there has been excessive smoothing of her skin? Also not a fan of the fake nails and piercing (a matter of personal taste)
2) Good, but a bit too much structure and I am not a fan of oily/water spray on skin. Also the tan line at the bottom could be cropped out
3) I like the third but would l like to see a bit more brightness from the midtones up. I like the smooth, slightly out of focus feel of this image, perhaps my favourite of this series.
4) the last is kind of a mystery. I don't know exactly what to think or suggest, but I am intrigued.

[Les Olson]

I find the implied age difference in #1 uncomfortable - so if you mean the image to cause discomfort it works for me and if you don't mean that it doesn't.

I like #3 best, although I agree that a less sharp divide between light and shadow would be better.  I think this time also that the image is improved by flipping it horizontally, because that puts the main feature on the right, where the eye does not expect to find it, and so creates a slight but pleasing visual tension.   

[elsa hoffmann]

Thank you for ALL the input

Seems no 2 is the most controversial in terms of editing:
There was water splashed over the model - which is why it might look over sharpened or highly structured Obviously I "see" the water so I look at it differently. I did not realize others would not see it -

Editing was done differently to my usual shots - which is why I wanted to know what you all think, before I proceed to show this to future clients. Never a good thing to randomly alter style unless it's worth sticking to it. Playing is great - but needs to be thought tru before presenting to clients.

I might have one idea in my head - but I "see" differently as obviously I am emotionally attached to my images. An objective opinion is very valuable to me - so I thank you all for looking AND commenting.

[HCS]

can only access the site since today, so had no chance to see your excellent images, let alone comment.

I also like all of them. However, i like #3 as best of the series, so it seems i'm out of order here 

I like, like Jakov phrases it "show everything but reveals nothing". I like how it has this veil of mystery, while still clearly being a nude.

Also, i'm not sure you've worked on the skin less, or differently, but i like this treatment much better than some others you've posted with the skin smoothed beyond the subject's natural appearance (even though i understand why this is done).

[elsa hoffmann]

Thank you Hans

Actually I like #3 best too

its kind of a "dirty editing" on that one - gritty feeling and old fashioned kind of editing. Which is why I like it - it's not as sterile looking as my usual images

Thank you for popping in!

[Akira]

Stylistically I like the renditions of last two, but the third one excels by far.  They remind me, again stylistically, of the prints from Man Ray, Edward Weston or Josef Sudek that I like.