Awesome shot, Mandy! Very tastefully and artistically done.
As for the being nekkid eventually....not me, sister! I'd have to do a PS majic body lift before that would happen! You, Kelly and Judy will just have to keep up enough of the nekkid shots for me! ;-)
It's a beautiful photo in very good taste, IMO.
As it is the very modesty of the pose and overall manner which is its one remarkable attribute, I really cannot understand what could have, possibly, evoked some of the comments underneath it. I voted it a 6, not a 7+ (on a very rigorous scale at that), because I felt the subject could have benefitted from a little more detail and light on her neck and hair, mainly for contrast against the background here.
Gosh. My apologies. I didnt comment on this photo during the challenge but I did give you a 10. At first I thought it was Jutilda. She loves to get nekkid..LOL
At any rate. Its a very artful and classy shot. I love it.
Thanks for all of the comments. My comments rec where pretty interesting since I am not the only one who had their entire body in the shot along with their shadow. I am pleased with my score and I really like my picture. It is a little soft, but I liked it that way. I didn't intend on the picture being more about me than my shadow. I still don't see it that way. The shadow IS me too. As far as the rude emails go, I do not feel that this picture is pornographic at ALL. You can't even see ANY private parts. I feel that it was done in very good taste. And for those of you who know me, you know this took alot of guts for me to do this. The only reason I did do it, is because I thought that the pose and the whole set-up was beautiful and artistic, not dirty.
Nice tones and softness Mandy. I agree with Ken--a bit more emphasis on the shadow and you would have done better in the challenge, but it's a great shot in general. If you cover up some of the right side of this, just to the right of your left elbow, it shows how much stronger the shadow becomes in the composition, and still looks nice from the person point of view. (But I gave you a 7 not a 6 like that cheapskate Ken ;)
Getting more daring there Mandy! :) Gave it a six, mainly it was more about the model than the shadow - the shadow was incidental. My 2cents anyway. :)
Thats what I'm talking about!!! I really like this photo. The positioning of her legs makes this photo extra erotic. This picture has imagination, beauty, this is actually art. 10!!!!!
hmmmmmmmmmmm the shadow on the lower back is weird looking..too much body showing and not enough shadow..with the tones and grain the shadow alone could have been fabulous!
Nice and whilst I believe it fits the challenge, my eye just isn't drawn to the shadow, so I'm not sure it succeeds in the challenge. Also focus is a little off in areas (mainly the hand).