checkered universe
by shutterfly

Comment by darix:
Sorry.... Interesting effect but I can't see this trick for a while...

checkered universe
by shutterfly

Comment by Natator:
Love it. I like the way the squares cross over the border as well. Contents of the drops could be a little sharper, but a minor point.

lust for sale
by shutterfly

Comment by senj:
i think that if you tried a light feathered edge around the washed out spots to the lower right and left, that might solve your lightness problem and give it a little dreamy effect and shift the focus even more to emma and the money under her. or would that be too campy?

about emma's wrinkled forehead: that's a much more natural and seductively innocent expression than if you told her to try not to raise her eyebrows as she gives the ''come hither'' look. people tend to get hung up too much on wrinkles as a sign of aging, and if you're stuck on that then i guess you can argue that the wrinkles are a foreshadowing of the premature aging that will come with a loose lifestyle.

but i really believe that seeing an attractive young woman make her forehead wrinkle can be seductive, playful, and even beatiful, and can tell a story. [i would've liked it if emma's wrinkles had a more even pattern, but that's up to nature, and she's _really_ pretty no matter what. ;] ] so i think telling the model to change her expression or pose to avoid forehead wrinkles or brushing down bangs to try to hide them or worse airbrushing them or editing them away is a disservice.

joe

Milk In My Coffee
by shutterfly

Comment by amazoneea:
The lighting is wonderful. I never get my lighting right. I keep looking and looking at this one but it has to end as I still have some pictures to rate. I know anyway that I'll be looking at it for the whole next week. I hope I will. 10

Milk In My Coffee
by shutterfly

Comment by Azrifel:
Wonderful photo. The transition from highlights to shadow detail is just right. You see enough to form a picture of the scene, yet the main focus retains on the subject: milk in your coffee.

I like the lighting, the colors, the toning and composition.
The bubbles finish it off.

9

Milk In My Coffee
by shutterfly

Comment by Arlene:
boring boring

Milk In My Coffee
by shutterfly

Comment by ScantyNebula:
very nice lighting, looks very dramatic. Now all we need is a little steam rising from the cup! ;) heh
I would suggest a tighter crop

Milk In My Coffee
by shutterfly

Comment by magnetic9999:
i do like the use of the black negative space to emphasize the subject.

Milk In My Coffee
by shutterfly

Comment by the general:
nice lighting.

Milk In My Coffee
by shutterfly

Comment by vrphotos:
I like the look of the photo, just doesn't hold my interest. Nice lighting