Languid
by Cutter

Comment by zeuszen:
Energy/Range/Story: 7/6/7
Composition/perspective/manner: 5/6/8
Aesthetics/Technical:6/4
Presentation: 5
Total:5.8
Vote: 6

Remarks: The highlights are blinding and the obituary border knocks out both subject and title which reduces aesthetics of this shot to focus on the dated attire, an odd posture and some negligible signs of living for a good while in uncomfortable footwear.

Yet, this is an amazingly interesting image. It's interesting because it doesn't seem to fit at all into any of the several genres one would relate to it, unless, of course, one breaks out in laughter (as I did), which would make it a parody - of what, well, I could think of all those neat genres, I could think of much we have seen between, say, after 1950 and the fluorescent age in the windows or on the floors of the nation. And the weary mannequin posture is quite an accurate resurrection of the languid sadness that cannot be spent as quickly as a paycheck's pittance.

Voluminous
by Cutter

Comment by Bernard_Marx:
Echo figaro: Absolutely superb lighting and control of aperture, the latter works incredibly well with her hair.

Voluminous
by Cutter

Comment by figaro:
Absolutely superb lighting and control of aperture, the latter works incredibly well with her hair. I like the blank expression too.

Languid
by Cutter

Comment by pjangel:
Great image... love the look, the posture, the lighting... it all works.

Voluminous
by Cutter

Comment by tootsweet:
This is almost spectural and ghostly. There is a haunted look within the face and the hair swept back like it is adds movement towards the viewer. All together, this is an interesting shot to look at.

Delicately August
by Cutter

Comment by Dirt_Diver:
I thought this was just a great shot. I love the angle of this shot and the pose. Great work

Languid
by Cutter

Comment by choltmeier:
Nice lighting and desaturation. The pose leaves me on the edge of my seat because it looks so unnatural, as if something needs to happen. Interesting shot.

Voluminous
by Cutter

Comment by Jason_Cross:
Looks like Meg Ryan in a wind storm.

Voluminous
by Cutter

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
I'm not sure what you were trying to convey with this one. It's good, but not a glamour portrait. Strikes me as an illustration of the famous "bad hair day". Hope I was right with that take on it.

Languid
by Cutter

Comment by DistantColours:
I like the texture of the background on the right and would like to have seen that continued over the whole background.