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Ervan and Oceane ...

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I'm very sorry Anton but I just can't "go there" with this photo. That is, there is a suggestion of implied nudity with her, and her legs around his head is not appropriate for a senior photo. I'm not against suggestive, nude, or sensual photos but I feel this is too borderline for a senior photo. His crossed leg showing us the bottom of his boot is not attractive for him or the photo. Your technical abilities are clear- you can produce a very high quality black and white photo which you should be proud of. Your portfolio has no people in it so perhaps photographing people is not your main focus. Keep working on it because with the obvious talent you have for black and white photography I think you can produce some great photos.

Sorry AR but Anton is really not responsible for the fact that your thoughts easily "go there". I haven'it seen "go there" before you mentioned it and even after I read your comment I still can't see any implied nudity here. Have you noticed her ballet shoes? These are clearly art school students, dancing/ballet class for 99% Dancers often wear leotards, body suits etc. I have no reason to doubt that she wears one, but it's covered by a huge white shirt that she choose as an outer layer. Sure she shows some legs, but again she's a dancer they are her work tool now, why wouldn't she. Also, they are not around his head, go to see some proper ballet performance or dance competition and you will see how legs around partner's head or hips look like. Figure skating would work too. I'm sure a lot of their schoolwork was much more "borderline" than this position. I personally love this photo, finally something different from the majority of images here. The situation, their position, relation, faces. It all allows... no, it even encourages you to ask questions, many of them. And then you can easily use them (questions) to build scenarios and histories about them (couple). And surprise here, none of the ones I created were about nudity or sex, but I've got a few scenarios where dusted boot is very important. At first I was going to give it 4, but then I read your comment and decided to give it 1 extra point as bonus, but after spending with this picture few more minutes while writing this way too long comment, I really think it deserves 5.

Thank you Jakub for your opinion ! Ervan and Oceane at the time I took the picture, they were students at a ballet school in Paris. Actually, the girl is wearing a ballet suit under the dress.

Great sensual photo, but as AR written I would not consider this as senior photo.

As i said the girl has a ballet suit under ... Every one has the right to opionion ...

Great photo! Ignore the prudes. It's ironic that prudes are usually the ones that over-sexualize things.

Thank you Eddie !

When I first saw this image I saw two kids in love on the bench.

Then I looked closer, it drew me in. I was wondering why he had a bow tie. Then I saw the dance shoes (sorry don't know the name).

I imagine that she had just been on stage for a show and he was there supporting his girlfriend. Then they snuck off to just soak in the nice weather and enjoy being together.

I did not see anything suggesting nudity, in fact, the shirt she threw on show a little modesty. She most likely has her dance outfit on under it.

Stunning image. 4-star.

Thank you for your comment Andy ! They are students at a ballet high school .

Wow stunning! At a quick glance while going through rating the photos in this set I thought unusual pose however it is captivating. I immediately noticed the Ballet shoes and Bow tie and thought there is some chemistry here.Immediately thought that these two have such a connection on stage preforming and how he leans his head on her knee shows to me how much the woman is of importance to him. this is absolutely one of the best photos i have seen so far.

Phenomenal job!
5 Stars

Thank you very much Donald !