Chunli's fashion shot

[chunli]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3651/3476950084_3b8fb9415b_o.jpg

[Lightworks Imaging]

I really don't know what to say about this image. It's nice. Well composed, seems lit well. It's a good image, not great, not bad. I'm guessing that this was an ambient light exposure. So, it's metered well, looks focused on my monitor. Larger aperture might help blur the background and isolate the subject. Other than that, nothing to say here.

[tonydee]

Sorry to say I'm not sold on this one either. From that angle, she does seem to be angled backwards and her legs emphasised... with the knee coming up I think of thai boxing more than fashion, but then I've been doing martial arts too long. The dress seemed awkwardly tucked over her stomach and between her legs... the eye is pulled there relentlessly. And her arms look quite unnaturally squeezed in to her sides. The black necklace is also very dominant, and perhaps too far from her shoes in the frame to provide balance the way it might in real life. The coincidence of her shoulders and the stop of the blue screen is also challenging... these things do tend to compress and confuse the space and distances. All up, it isn't really holding together for me. Cheers, Tony

[bjyoder]

Sorry to say I'm not sold on this one either. From that angle, she does seem to be angled backwards and her legs emphasised... with the knee coming up I think of thai boxing more than fashion, but then I've been doing martial arts too long. The dress seemed awkwardly tucked over her stomach and between her legs... the eye is pulled there relentlessly. And her arms look quite unnaturally squeezed in to her sides. The black necklace is also very dominant, and perhaps too far from her shoes in the frame to provide balance the way it might in real life. The coincidence of her shoulders and the stop of the blue screen is also challenging... these things do tend to compress and confuse the space and distances. All up, it isn't really holding together for me. Cheers, Tony

A lot of that can be fixed by my one critique: Wait another 1/2 to 1 and 1/2 steps. The "optimal" timing for someone walking is to have their leading foot just above the ground/floor. That would have fixed the tuck of the dress and position relative to the blue screen behind.

[chunli]

Thank you all for the detail replies and suggestions made.

Cheers