Not a Baby's Butt
by Efergoh

Comment:
Your model should not take it personally. Calls for her to clean or wax serve to demonstrate that a little body hair really throws people. Maybe it's one of the cultural dividing factors between sensual/pornographic. Just a thought! Peace,

Jen (Red Channel)
by Efergoh

Comment:
Awesome photo. Spectacular body on your model. it's not that your model looks like Marilyn Monroe, it's that her pose is very much like young Marilyn Monroe's famous pose in (I think) Playboy.

Yellowrose
by krumb

Comment:
Definitely meets the challenge theme, but as I said in our team thread, you've now entered the dangerous world of floral photography. Why not just jump out of an airplane if you wanted a risky undertaking? :-)

I like your composition very much, and I think you did well to blur the background. Was this done with a Macro setting? To be effective I think this needs to be sharper, either with the entire rose in focus, or with a clearly identifiable difference, like "This part of the flower is the focal point, and this part is meant to be blurry." Generally the focal point should be the part the most interesting or important part. In most flowers that would include the pistil and/or stamen. For a rose, I guess it would be the center. Having never taken flower photos myself, I'm sort of talking through my -uhm- hat.

Not bad for a first entry, I can't wait to see what you come up with for week two. :-D

Mmmm - lunch
by rtse

Comment:
Astonishing clarity. The "dual yellows" work well. Good depth of field, nicely composed... a high vote from me. Best wishes,

-!--i-
by Latte

Comment:
-!--i- ooooooo!!! :-p

Pear Shapes
by stevieian

Comment:
Wonderful lighting and the composition is so pleasing to the eye. It looks like a still life (the painted kind).

Buddha
by Libertyangel

Comment:
Sorry, but this just seems like a tourist snapshot to me.

fisheye
by raish

Comment:
Nice photo, but isn't there a rule against a consisting entirely of a pre-existing artwork? Maybe that only applies to pre-existing photographs. Anyway, this is a nice painting, and you've certainly photographed it well.

daboardergirl
by joeciccone

Comment:
OOF.

pinkpixy
by brownsm

Comment:
Beautiful child portrait, just the right mix of clarity and softness, nicely lit, perhaps a bit bright at top, but that doesn't detract too much from the overall quality. A high score from me.