A lovely photograph, with beautiful tonality and matching mood. Perhaps I might have prefered her to be looking at the lens or slightly more towards the lens but I really like it as is. She looks beautiful, and that is the job. Her face is perhaps a touch over edited and has lost the texture that would make it seem real but because it is in shade, you get away with that a little more than if there had been direct light on it, which would make the texture-free skin look more plastic that it does here. Still over done though.
I agree with Ian, and would only add that I would not have gone topless with this image. It's more awkward than sexy from this angle, and her right upper arm looks oddly fake.
Michael, i think you're on to something really good here. I love the tone of this image. My only real complaint is the treatment of the head wrap. it is so detailed and so sharp compared to the rest of the pic, including the face, that it really competes too strongly for my attention.
A lovely photograph, with beautiful tonality and matching mood. Perhaps I might have prefered her to be looking at the lens or slightly more towards the lens but I really like it as is. She looks beautiful, and that is the job. Her face is perhaps a touch over edited and has lost the texture that would make it seem real but because it is in shade, you get away with that a little more than if there had been direct light on it, which would make the texture-free skin look more plastic that it does here. Still over done though.
I agree with Ian, and would only add that I would not have gone topless with this image. It's more awkward than sexy from this angle, and her right upper arm looks oddly fake.
I appreciate your obvervation. But the fact that its awkward makes a difference from the regular. Creativity is what it is called.
Michael, i think you're on to something really good here. I love the tone of this image. My only real complaint is the treatment of the head wrap. it is so detailed and so sharp compared to the rest of the pic, including the face, that it really competes too strongly for my attention.
Yea Rob you right. it was an oversight after i ran an highpass filter. My bad, thank you