Stranger portrait
by lobrin

Comment by albc28:
I think this is a great photo. I love the black and white and think it really adds to the photo. I'm a little at odds with the eyes. At first I thought it was some photoshop effect, but then I realize it was just a busy area behind the photographer. Really great shot. 8

Adona
by lobrin

Comment by ambaker:
This image is right at being over exposed. The highlights on the chest are at the point of burnout, and losing detail. As this is an advanced editing challenge, the bruise or mark on the skin below the arm, and just above the dress, should be edited out. The image also looks a bit over sharpened as there is a clumping effect in the bokeh of the background. Lighting and colors are well done, a relatively shalow depth of field was used well to isolate the subject from a busy background. Overall a good phot and pose. As evidenced by your above average score.

tunnel zoom
by lobrin

Comment by daisydavid:
Like the lines, looks like a seismograph printout.

reshaped
by lobrin

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First impression: Very reminescent of a nude I shot some years ago, so definitely evoked some fond memories! Though, if memory serves, that entry didn't do very well either. Nudes can be either reminescent or porn, if poorly done, or of erotica, which is tasteful, and into that category is where I would put this. What I am having trouble seeing if the correlation to science, which probably accounts for your low score.

Artistic: I like the use of the hands to protect and conceal, but there seems to be some chromatic aberration (ie purple fringing) between the fingers of the right hand. Like the tilt of the torso to add dynamism to what could otherwise be a fairly static shot. The hands look almost a little large for a woman, but I am guessing that you may have shot at a slightly downward angle.

Technical: Definitely like the composition, the tilt of the torso adds interest to the shot. Great DOF, brings out all the details, and your lighting is controlled enough that there are no glarey areas. A minor nitpick: I can see you can't have cropped out the area in question without hurting your comp, but as this was an Advanced challenge you could have cloned out that teeny bit of bg visible over her shoulder.

Overall: Your title is Reshaped, but it's hard to see. A missing breast altogether, concealed by a hand, would tell an entirely different story. I can't quite see enough to notice a scar left by breast augmentation. I think this image may have done better in b/w. Using blue on nudes just doesn't seem to work unless you're going for a moonlit shot, and as mentioned by mariuca, seems to give it a bit of a corpselike feel.

Feel free to PM me with any questions.

Susan

Street portrait
by lobrin

Comment by bmartuch:
Excellent sharpness and detail. Nice color tone.

Stranger portrait
by lobrin

Comment by signal2noise:
The eyes seem overdone and unrealistic for a b&w photo. This technique may work better in color, but it looks alien-ish here. All other aspects of the portrait are excellent.

Stranger portrait
by lobrin

Comment by pamb:
He looks alien... like an android or something. Freaky eyes.

tunnel zoom
by lobrin

Comment by Erin_Clark_007:
I love how the horizontal lines of the lights and railings contrast with the vertical lines of the shirt.

Stranger portrait
by lobrin

Comment by littlemav:
yep very strange, weird lighting, scarey eyes, but it works!!

Stranger portrait
by lobrin

Comment by ShutterRev:
Very interesting DOF here, I had to triple take and then look it over really cool B&W processing you have done here, good luck!