This photoshoot caused a pretty good arguement with my queen, so I don't think I'll be doing another Nude challenge! Not sure how this will do, but I'm putting it on to feed my update addiction.
My guess: 6.145
Wife: 5.8 - she doesn't care for the picture
Post challenge:
Thank you for all the great comments. The further away from the arguement I got the more I liked this picture. I think initially it just left a bad taste in my mouth.
Thanks again!
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Wow! Just discovered this one and love it! Composition, lighting, pose, expression - everything is perfect (oh and yes, the model is gorgeous as well).
That is an extraordinary picture. The use of softness is one thing, but the use of lighting to work on shadows is what really brings beauty to this... I wish I could fave this.
Made me go and grab my camera and show it the pic. makes me want to go out and get a beautiful wife more... :)
I added you to my favorite list...hope to learn alot from your pictures... If I can get a shot half as good as this one I'll be happy... Also she's beautiful...Great Job
Wonderful Shot!!! Had to wake up my wife and drag her out to see it....So tasteful and striking, wonderful model!!..Makes me want to learn how to use my camera a lot more.
I didn't realize at first this is your wife. All I can say is you are soooo lucky!! Hopefully she will relax on the nude picture part. Give it time. Once again I loved this one, and keep up the good work!!
Thanks.. I am a lucky man... I definitely married up!
I didn't realize at first this is your wife. All I can say is you are soooo lucky!! Hopefully she will relax on the nude picture part. Give it time. Once again I loved this one, and keep up the good work!!
I think initially it just left a bad taste in my mouth.
Probably not a good choice of words, especially if your trying to end the argument. LMAO!
As for the photo, its very pleasing to the eye. You can walk through all of these photos, and this one holds your attention. Very calmly dramatic, if that makes sense.
Now for the wife, tell'r to relax it would be a very difficult task to take a bad photo of somebody so stunning.
Hey, yanno what? You have the most beautiful models in your life ;) (Macey and the kids)
Your wife is stunning, the pose is awesome her facial expression has a story behind it and its up to us to figure out what she is feeling in the moment.. I love that.
I'm not huge on the selective desat stuff however I am thrilled to see the score exceeded both of your expectations. Congrats on the top 5!!! Sorry to hear the shoot caused some upset within your lives.. however, the result of you working together was beautiful.
I understand the argument - I have some friends whom might like to pose for a nude challenge and yet I do not go there - yet I would like to take a photo like this one day - it is real good! I gave ya an 8!
Looks like you can cross an item off your list (get another 7+. I am going to have to say that if you eliminated the people who voted this down for the selective desat you probably would have won (or at least ribboned). I do like the lighting that you used and I myself love the desat. Congrats on the top 5 finish in any event.
Very well done and added to my favorites. I really like the softness of her skin in this photo. The red really adds to the overall effect. IMHO, a very good job in finding such a flattering pose.
I don't know.. placement of her hands (sexy) doesn't really fit her face looking down (shy). crossing her arms around her breasts might have worked better for me.
I'm never too sure of the modesty poses they seem to deform the body she looks lopsided the red cover lifts the B/w but agian it seems to be on its own there for effect sorry if I appear harsh but this is one challenge where the compitition is awesome and the benchmark is high. Howevr you have a terrific model and probably better images than this 7
Certainly a beautiful shot, but a few things jump out at me. The selective desaturation works well for this particular image, but the skins seem to be overly smooth. I think you went a little heavy on the NeatImage. As far as the pose in concerned, the placement of the hands feels a little "forced". The expression is great and the model is certainly beautiful, but the forced placement of the hands takes away from the overall "pensive" feel to her expression.
The red totally kills this shot for me. The image is no longer about the expression, the light or the pose anymore, it's about that blazing red thing. You have a lovely model, the focus should be on her expression, her pose, her form and how the light plays and interacts with them.
mmm... I have some doubt for your choice for a composition in the middle. it work and the square crop is a good choice to valorize this choice but perhaps the image is too much static?
good lighting, pose and expression. don't care for the partial coloring/desat - doesn't add IMO. she seems a bit lost there in the center, wish the composition was more interesting or there was some background included. had cloned out the tattoo on the foot or presented it nicer
I know who my favorites are and this at the top of the list. The photo is gorgeous, nice contrast, beautiful color right down to the position of the model! I love it.
While not a huge fan of 'nude' photography, I find this one extremely tasteful, elegant, and aestically enticing! The red coloring is PERFECT!Bravo...a well deserved *10" from me (and my only *10* in the challenge)
Now this looks like Judi's work to me with the high key and scarlet.
I think it's a beautifully lit and composed shot. I like the tension between the high key and scarlet wrap. If I was going to nitpick I would say that the model ends up looking a little 'lopsided', but all in all a great shot.
absolutely stunning - must admit that i looked around this one for a while, and what a nice surprise to find the tattoo on her foot :) this had better ribbon!
we all know this lovely lady! I am giving you a 10 but I would add the pose of the legs seems a little awkward, perhaps one arm covering the breasts and both legs off to the side..but thats just me, I would love to see some outtakes from this shoot!
Good composition, but the excessive neatimage / overlaid gaussian blur makes this look far too unpleasantly plastic. This isn't helped by the way the image appears to have been desaturated - try using the channel mixer with more green and less red from the original image to make the skin tones look less pasty.
Awesome, tasteful, well done shot. The exposure is great, the flesh tones are awesome and the partial desaturation is very nice. Very nice contrast against the pure white background. Beautiful subject! Good luck with the challenge!!!
I'd like to see the original to see what you did to the background. and maybe you could've cloned away the veins on her arm...everything els is really nice! pose and expression are great.
The red may be too bold or perhaps over-balanced. Pulls away from the subject. Needs red at the top. Perhaps re-shoot and instead of the model covering her breasts have her holding a red rose or apple.
Very nicely done, Todd. Soft pose, perfect lighting as always. The partial desat is a little bit cliche for me, but that's a personal preference. the rest of the shot is more than good enough to make up for it...should go over well with the DP crowd :)
By the way...offer Macey my congratulations on getting the ripped bod back...no way I'd have guessed she was a mom of two if I didn't know better.
Smoking hot model, great composition, and I think the desat works well here. This shot drips sex and I think in large part that's because nothing is explicitly shown here. Well done, this is one of my favorites in the challenge. Hope you do well.
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