Extreme Sports
by dixonp1

Comment by elizadeb:
Would make a great poster for extreme sports! Nice & crisp....I'm not necessarily a fan of the tight portrait orientation - I want to see more negative space on either side of the gal. But still, awesome capture! Great eyes!

Extreme Sports
by dixonp1

Comment by ArpeggioAngel:
Rockin' shot!!

Extreme Sports
by dixonp1

Comment by jusdavidtin:
Very nice pic.................I LOVE SKATEBOARDING (:

Extreme Sports
by dixonp1

Comment by molinski4611:
way too fake looking, ease up on the retouching on the face. also, if your going to over edit, might as well get rid of the skin blotches on the legs...

Extreme Sports
by dixonp1

Comment by jeger:
Very nice lighting and editing.

Extreme Sports
by dixonp1

Comment by cptpoland:
nice light, great composition

Extreme Sports
by dixonp1

Comment by K3Master:
As she hugged it close to her, she knew that it was taboo. It was unnatural they said. It was against all that they held dear and sacred.

A supermodel should never learn to skateboard and to love the sport as she did!

Think about the legs! No company would insure them if she kept up this unholy activity!

Yet she defied them all, and her love for her board became legendary.

The Look
by dixonp1

Comment by Cboydrun:
Hey from the critique club.

Ok so I guess congrats on the brown? Well to be fair I don't think you should have done last place. Although I can see why it was voted poorly. The image is (in my opinion) softened far to much. You can't see any natural beauty in the girl, as its all masked behind your softening. It is also done very blotchy on her skin, which isn't very appealing. compositionaly I think you could have pulled in one of the top corners to take the subject off center. I think it may have helped a lot if you shot down onto the model, which would give more definition to the subjects jaw and face. the sharpness is nice on the eye though. It would be nice to let the picture stand on its own instead of editing it so much. Personally I'm not a huge fan of the pose, the knee is distracting, and in the way, I find myself mentally trying to look around it. My advice is try and take full advantage of the incredible gear you have and the sharpness it can give.

The plus side? Well I like the skin tones, the lighting and she is a beautiful subject indeed.

It also may have been a bit of a stretch to fit into calender... I bet even titling the image Mrs. January or some other month may have convinced some people.

Yellow and Green Make Blue Eyes
by dixonp1

Comment by UNTITLED:
Very crisp clean studio work...nicely done!

Yellow and Green Make Blue Eyes
by dixonp1

Comment by SaraR:
I would prefer this without the blue of the jeans showing, just yellow and green. That aside, a good photo.