Would love to do more spot editing but hopefully i have met the basic editing rules this time. no vignetting was used in raw which would have helped considerably. so just have to do. convert from raw with changes to shadow, brightness and contrast curve. In PS, B/W, followed by colour balance and a couple of curves, all without masks. A duplicate layer on the background, and then applied gaussian blur and noise, which are apparently allowed in the basic editing. crop and resize
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I cannot say that this really fits the challenge. Even the long title does not really successfully shoe horn it in.
First Impressions
My very first impression is 'I wish I could see the model better'. I fell like I am in a dimly lit room at dusk and everything is murky. I think there is much potential to this image, but it seems lost in the low-lit, noisy image. Her skin tone appears to be lost amongst the image noise. It cries out for contrast and sharper focus.
Composition
The pose is interesting, but perhaps the focal length seems to magnify the model's butt a bit. There is a drama and movement to the pose which I like.
Color
The color balance is interesting but in combination with the lack of image sharpness seems to detract from the model's skin tone.
I think this image has potential, but I am having a hard time getting past the image noise and lack of sharpness to fall in love with this one. I keep wanting to see it in black white with enough contrast so I do not have to work so hard to appreciate what I am looking at.
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You meant 'book smarts' right? Interesting choice of pic but the angle makes it look a bit like she's mooning me. I think a profile view would have proven a bit more flattering, this seems bordering on the gratuitous... not that I'm against that kind of thing you understand.
Also, i think it needs a bit more contrast to give it a bit more depth, or curves, or something extra.
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