Took advantage of the girlfriend have a bath :)
Shot in Raw
Slightly Adjusted Color Temp
Converted to JPG
Little bit of clone tool
USM
Blur Tool
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Edit: Thanks to everyone who voted higly on this image, and my girlfriend would like to thank everyone for complimenting the model :) Also, just to clarify, we are both originally from very small town Saskatchewan, Canada, I saw a comment thinking we were from Iceland :) Thanks again.
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Place: 18 out of 519 Avg (all users): 6.7685 Avg (commenters): 7.5200 Avg (participants): 6.6514 Avg (non-participants): 7.0875 Views since voting: 6106 Views during voting: 845 Votes: 298 Comments: 34 Favorites: 19 (view)
Excellent idea. Has a sensual feel without even showing the body. Very well done!!
Nice lighting reflection in the water without causing glare on face. Sharp clean and well executed. Very good work. And compliment your model - the perfect expression for this image!!
The title is right - flawless! That water looks like plastic. Great angle, symmetry, expression, color etc etc etc...9. (10 if the top of the hair wasn't cropped out of shot).
She does look flawless. I love the capture, her eyes are incredible and the smile is...i guess enticing would be a good word. I originally gave this a nine but Im changing it to a 10
Really interesting. The water almost has a plastic appearance. This has a surreal sense and is unusual from the landscapes and other fare of this challenge. The placement of her face dead center works here. It would be a great study in black and white as well.
This is a awesome shot! Very sensual and seductive without needing to be a "nude" (major kudos to your model on that one! - the eyes tell it all). Lighting, textures, color, DOF are all great. I would expect to see this in Cosmo Mag or something. Great shot! <8>
Fantastic! The tones and the DOF are both beautiful. I love how she is kindda forming a heart with her arms behind her head. My only thought would be to straighten out her eyebrows, they look a little ruffled. I would say that this picture is very nearly flawless.
Very interesting twist on the standard beauty shot. Wonderful detail in the eyes and texture in the skin. Lighting is great! The waves create a nice background. Only technical questions would be:
- could you have covered a bit more of the dark lines under her eyes. They are not strong, but you would expect perfection in a shot like this.
- The area or her chest that is not covered by water draws a lot of attention, but I'm not sure why. It could be the strong line created by the edge of the water... but regardless of the reason it draws my eye more than it should.
I've come back to this a few times and really enjoy it. Love the eyes, light and colors. Something about the break of water between neck and chest. i wonder what the effect if her arms were a bit lower. Nice study, good luck ! -8-
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