Defining Beauty
by arnit

Comment by bcoble:
Well done.

Defining Beauty
by arnit

Comment by hughletheren:
Beautifully captured image - great lighting, great idea. Tiny little nitpick - relax the fingers on her right hand. 9

Defining Beauty
by arnit

Comment by aznym:
Very well controlled, beautiful lighting. Bit unsure about the balance of the presentation, but it's not like I have brilliant ideas :) Well done.

Fortress around your Mind
by arnit

Comment by lastef:
Well done!!! Congrats! Is this going to be a trend to have one Icelander getting a ribbon each week?

Defining Beauty
by arnit

Comment by NinjaMom:
Not sure I really could believe the whole naked girl selling jewerly thing. However, the photo is techincally well done. 8

Fortress around your Mind
by arnit

Comment by arnit:
Thanks for all of those great comments. And the bad ones as well :)

Regarding the composition I wanted to to something differend. Some of you didn't like how she was looking out of the picture. But I liked it and thought it looked all right.

Regarding the up the nose shot. People have noses and after looking through several Vouge's and other magazines in more than half the pictures you could see up the nose of the model. I don't like it when you can see nosehairs but seeing a nose and black hole isn't that bad I think.

Here are some links to picture of famous women taken by famous photographers when you can see a litle up the nose:
Marilyn Monroe
Madonna on a Vogue Cover
Up the nose shot of Dali by Philippe Halsman

I agree about taking the ring out of her ear.

Some people said the tacks were facing the wrong way. But if you read the title "Fortress around your Mind" the tacks are supposed to face out to protect the mind. That was the plan.

Thanks again for all of those great comments. Glad so many of you liked it and saw what I was trying to show you :)

Defining Beauty
by arnit

Comment by admart01:
model looks very familiar ;) - you got the font just right, really like the black background, very eye-catching composition, would like to see the jewelry better (closer) ... as presented one of my favorites

Defining Beauty
by arnit

Comment by smilebig4me1x:
great photo...i think i would've put a darker stone on the model to "highlight" the jewelry better( just my opinion tho)...great photo

The Pirate's Bride
by arnit

Comment by grandmarginal:
I love that shot. Looks very surreal. The lighting is very interesting. Good luck!

Defining Beauty
by arnit

Comment by mpemberton:
Very nice, the Jewelry needs to be more the focus in the shot. Hard to see what it looks like.