bikini shoot

I just started photo editing with elements a week ago please C&C. Any advice or tips would be great.

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The darkness of the sky bothers me a bit, as well as the plant coming up near her face. Like it otherwise, though. Very nice shot.

I would also like to take this opportunity to say for the record that I am a HUGE FAN of the bikini, and would like to nominate its inventor for Sainthood.

Poor location, IMO. A beautiful model....sitting on a tree in a bunch of weeds.

I have to agree with the comments here so far. What's up with that sky? Is the model wearing a bikini because she knows the great flood is coming? That's just kind of freaky in my opinion. The model and the pose are great, but the choice of location and the lack of attention to detail really blows this shot in my opinion.

In the future my suggestion would be to remember that the shoot isn't solely about the model...you have to pay a great deal of attention to the model's surroundings if you are going to include them as part of the "set". Further more, I would also add that the model's "attire" should reflect said set/background...seein​g a lovely young lady walking thru the woods in...a bikini? Yikes! I appreciate juxtaposition as much as the next artist, but really! LOL!!! I'd suggest a more pragmatic approach next time.

Just my $.02 worth,
Jim

Yup,

A bikini clad gal in a forest? Obviously the beach would have been a better location. In addition to the other comments both of her legs are way too hot and her right leg looks amputated.

Benji

Unfortunately she is "missing" her right arm.

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