Curves and Stripes
by kerrywc

Comment:
A lovely example of really painting with light. I love the way the light defines her body like contour lines on a map. Is that an arm at the lower left or a fold of cloth? Either way I'm not sure about its position - I think arms above body and out of shot might be better. Also not sure about colour and contrast settings - seem to flatted it a little - though that's perhaps what you intended?
All in all an intriguing image.

Maria Di Capi
by zeuszen

Comment:
I like this a lot, with a couple of exceptions. Firstly, I'm definitely not keen on the sunglasses or the way the water ripples over her lower leg. It sort of cuts up into the flesh of her thigh too - so the shape and size of her thigh doesn't feel quite right to me.
Secondly I'd like just a touch more light on the foreground arm. Not too much, as I like that some parts of her just merge into the blackness, but a touch more would be my preference.
I love the relaxed pose and the suntan shapes...

Sandcastles
by ellamay

Comment:
I like this a lot content wise and composition wise.
I particularly love the inclusion of the skyline.
I love the ripple pattern near the model's feet and the way they direct the eye to the horizon and light lines of waves or water near that.
The horizon feels a little tilted to me - could perhaps do with a touch of rotation.
The model is neither a silhouette nor well enough lit not to be a silhouette, sort of stuck somewhere in between. Therefore my main preference would be to have some fillin light directed towards his body. Not too much, so one still gets the impression of him standing to face the sun, but just a touch to show more detail.

Free Spirit
by Sonifo

Comment:
Not what one would think of for a nude but an excellent one, nonetheless!
I love the composition of this - that diagonal leading line of little wet footprints is both "darling" and compositionally/ graphically appealing. I also like the question it raises about where she is marching off to. Her wonderful pose makes for an interesting shadow shape too.
Only minor point -ve point I'd make is that there seem to be some highlights that are a little blown out on her botton, shoulders and back of her legs, though I can see that the natural light was quite strong.
I think this is a lovely lovely entry.

Body Art
by mbardeen

Comment:
First thing that strikes me is the strong composition. I like the shapes formed by her crooked arm, body and the frame of the image. I like the way the main triangle of negative space is echoed by the triangular tattoo. I also like the way her hair merges into the darkness at the top right.
That said, I'm not sure about how much this says "nude" to me - given that one often sees this much skin just walking down the highstreet at this time of year (especially given current UK temperatures). If I could vote I wouldn't score down for that, it's just my impression, but I would say that this wouldn't strike me as "nude" if I saw it on another site, in another challenge.
Lastly, darkness: A tutor used to tell me, as I tried to work out whether I'd used a suitable exposure and contrast grade in the darkroom, to think about the white and black in the original scene I was portraying. If there were white highlights in the original then I should see some white in my print. If there were solid black areas in the original scene, I should see those in the print also. This is assuming I the scene was lit as I intended and I had successfully captured that on my negative. In this image, I assume I'm looking at a caucasian model, yet her skin seems rather grey to me. That said, maybe she has a slight tan or a darker natural skintone? Personally I'd prefer this to be a touch lighter over her arm and hand and shoulder blade areas, though it's about right at her neck.
Sorry for rambling...
:D

Untitled
by lionelm

Comment:
An image that would stand alone and that I can picture in a gallery of related images or on an arty greetings card.
Really makes me think about many things but the questions that pop up are probably different for each viewer.
Both visually and conceptually interesting.

Unanswered Questions
by karmat

Comment:
A very clever idea!

. . . About me?
by dsidwell

Comment:
Well captured concept - eye contact from listener really supports the theme as suggested by your title.
Contrast is set too high for my preference - I am not keen on the way the facial highlights have blown out to white.

Zero spot editing. How?
by kiwiness

Comment:
Underwater I am assuming - I take it that's a finger holding the base of the glass at the surface of the water and tipping it to allow the trapped air out?
Great idea and wonderful colours.
Not so keen on the line dissecting the lower area - perhaps better if it were a true horizontal.
Lovely light in the bubbles.

Unanswered Questions?
by dacrazyrn

Comment:
Forgive me if this offends - it's meant in light-hearted jest.
I think I know what the unanswered question is here?
Missing Link between modern man and our ancestors found alive and well?
(It was the hairiness that set me thinking along those lines!)
Visually the light and shadow seem too bright and too dark respectively (for my tastes). Composition works very well for me though. I like the X shape that is formed with arms and legs.