Model Photography - C&C please

[abdeyman]

One of my favourites from a recent shoot.

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Comments?

[LBrower]

I'm getting a red x only.

[adam*]

Nice shot, the pose works well. Look forward to seeing more.

[staereo]

I like the image.

Reasons I think it works:
Hair is done well, and she has an interesting face.
Pose is done well, I LOVE angles, and her arms are posed in a way that accomplishes several goals: It loops viewers attention to the face, supports a 'presumed' position of her far arm, making the hand comfortable to come from behind that post and over her head. Her near arm is also raised high enough to show off her feminine lines, making the image pleasing to the viewer, and accentuating a postivie trait.
Focus looks good, and exposure seems to be on. Despite the fact that I keep noticing a contrast between light highlights and dark shadows. But when I put that out of my head, it works fine, so I think its just something I am imagining, the detail appears to be there, so it totally works.

The only things that I would personally consider is the cropping/framing. As a viewer, I seem to want a longer shot. Perhaps including her tummy (or a full body?) The overhead hand is what leads me to that desire.
The other consideration is her horizontal position. I wonder how this image would look with the right side bricks cropped out. Its hard for me to say, really.

But I really do enjoy this image. Thank you very much, and I look forward to seeing more!

Bruce

[GyRob]

looks good to me nice pose and color too and your virtical is vertical
Rob.

[TheManix]

This is my first try at pp, Hope you do not mind!

the image seems to be sligthly brigth on my screen so I changed in this way.
I need to know if it improved or if I screwed it up, in such a case I need to calibrate my monitor somehow.


edit:
BTW I love the shot

[TexKen]

I think I tend to like the original better than the edited one because I wonder where her other arm is now. Good pic overall.

[abdeyman]

Hey Manix,

Too much red in your image for me and I miss that arm. I like the width though :).

[incendy]

I like the crop of the edit! Great image either way

[Falkon]

I like to see the arm also.

[1grayman]

That's a nice shot! Couldn't resist "playing" with it. Hope you don't mind. These aren't better ways to do it, just different. Hope you like them. The PS work is very rough, don't have a lot of time to spare. Once again, well done.-Graham-

[TheManix]

There must be a problem on my screen, I still see these images too brigth

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[ajbalazic]

I can see why it's your favourite. I agree that the cropping is necessary. I think the pose is successful because the hands are relaxed. Nicely done.

[abdeyman]

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions.

Here is the updated image...

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