A subtle patience
by heida

Comment by strangeghost:
An absolutely great entry. Your model is stunning, and I love the choice of BW and background. The soft lighting is very effective, especially on her face, where the look is positively otherworldly! The position of her left arm looks a little forced and posed (pushing the right breast a little?), but the overall impact is very powerful. Great job!!

A subtle patience
by heida

Comment by justine:
Pretty girl, pretty lighting and focus. Keeper!! Congrats.

A subtle patience
by heida

Comment by kosmikkreeper:
This is my 10 of the Challenge!Beautifully lit and I'm a sucker for the bodies of pregnant women! The curves are fantastic.

A subtle patience
by heida

Comment by claudia26:
I don't like the title but the picture is very well-lit and composed

A subtle patience
by heida

Comment by photom:
Great lighting. Your print quality is excellent - strong blacks, whites and a great tonal range. May be better if the model was looking at the lens. A very strong contender.

A subtle patience
by heida

Comment by vadvirag:
Wonderful shot! I love the soft, fine lighting on her, the most important body parts highlighted. Really expressive, a tasty representation of the beauties of pregnancy! I also love the environment. Maybe her expression is a little bit scared, and due to the title she looks a bit impatient, but if it was on purpose, you got the effect well!

A subtle patience
by heida

Comment by Natator:
Excellent shot. I spent yesterday doing photos of a friend with 4 weeks to go and couldn;t get the lighting quite the way I wanted it for her. THIS is how I was trying to get the lighting. I hope you describe how in the notes.

A subtle patience
by heida

Comment by jonpink:
A nice shoot here overall.

I think the idea and lighting is great - her hand position equally as good. The things that let this image down is the face position and softness. To me she looks very uncomfortable bending her neck like that - it's putting a strain which shows in her face. If she was in perfect profile I feel this would be much stringer composition wise.

Apart from that, i do like it, and I like the edge burning bringing your eyes into the middle.

A subtle patience
by heida

Comment by tyt2000:
Excellent portrait of pregnant woman! The lighting is spot on...

A subtle patience
by heida

Comment by Loki:
I love the lighting on her body, I just wish there was more or less light on her face. This is very well composed. 9