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by theodor38

Comment by frisca:
it looks like a painting. its awesome. If this were a large print, I would not hesitate putting it up on my wall. I love it.

edit: I thought I would come back and leave a proper critique:

Colour, Composition, Contrast

There has been some comment that more face and less nipple would be better. To me, that's a different picture all together, and I like the emotion and feel of this one (though more face and less nipple could also be a very nice picture). You can see the outline of her lips, nose and chin if you gaze into the photo, and the nipple is beautiful without being pornographic. She is a beautiful, mysterious and exotic woman. I would not change a thing about this composition.

I also love your very unique colouring of the photo. The grain and the colouring give it a renaissance painting feel and the look is magnificent.

focus and lighting:

If you get the chance, post some details about how you took this shot, I am very curious as to what you started with originally and then what you did in post processing.

The fading of the shot around the edges adds to the warm and mysterious feel. I do think the highlights (on her knee especially) is a little blown out, but in the context of a "painting-like" photo, its completely in line. The vignetting works extremely well for the type of finished product you have created and I know you must be proud of it!

Message edited by author 2005-01-07 14:29:16.

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Comment by samtrundle:
This is exquisite. Rarely have I come across better post processing.

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Comment by menardmam:
wow

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Comment by Prime_Time:
Should have done the ears also.

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by theodor38

Comment by theodor38:
2 layers in photoshop. one is the picture monochrome. second is a symetrified picture of a cloud i took.. mix them together and voila!

Message edited by author 2005-01-04 19:43:22.

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Comment by parrothead:
That really is cool! A true piece of art!

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Comment by petrakka:
quite dramatic. how'd you come to get this image?

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Comment by Joey Lawrence:
Reminds me of "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind." Picture...

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Comment by dsidwell:
Fun stuff from you, Mehmet. I like the John Caponigro look to it!

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Comment by samtrundle:
Would have made a great hidden faces entry :) (though Im not sure that editing is challenge legal - what have you done - duplicated one side of the photo, flipped it and affixed it to the same side ??). I like the tones here but the symmetry is a bit much for my taste. Looks a little too artificial, but jeez, you have some serious photoshop skills.