My best friend just before the birth of her second child, in very early labor. A last minute "Oh heck, we forgot to take a belly shot!" on NewYearsEve. I love this shot... it is just HER, a light in my life... laughing even when it hurts.
Crop, neatimage a lot of noise, burn, dodge, enhanced the shadow for modesty, fixed hair, lightened teeth a bit, blurred and darkened the background, size and sharpen for web.
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Well, it's brave and original, and a wonderfully welcome break from all the staged, sickly-sweet, "tender" mother images. Plus it's a fine image technically; it follows just enough "rules" to be photographically credible, but it breaks enough to remain delightfully unorthodox. Original thinking and confidently adventurous photographic technique: there's a rare combination! 10.
P.S. Congratulations to the model, on both counts.
I like the concept, and the general execution of it, but am not crazy about the crop on this. It feels very lopsided to me. I do like the nice warm color tone.
CUTE!!! Hope this didn't put her in labor. Great title. I like the lighting too. I might do a touch desat of the yellow on her skintones. I'd take off the watch.
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