Natural Beauty
by usia

Comment:
The bright red lipstick steals attention from the image as a whole. The crop is a bit more aggressive than I would like. Moving your model a bit further from the wall will help to reduce the appearance of shadows behind her.

Divine Meditation
by SCI 009

Comment:
The composition is well balanced, but the lighting doesn't create adequate separation between your model's head and the tree in the background. Omitting the ferns (or moving them to the foreground, behind the model) and moving the camera so that the model occupies the bottom 2/3rds of right corner and the tree fills the top 2/3rds of the left corner would preserve the balance and eliminate the appearance of having a tree growing from her head. Nice use of B&W to highlight the textures.

Skin Flicked
by vtruan

Comment:
Your model has rather scaly looking skin; you might suggest that they apply lotion a few hours before they arrive for the shoot. Removing the stick that's close to your model's foot would have improved the shot. The head-down, diagonal placement within the frame adds an element of visual tension which, while effective, seems in need of a subtle complement (e.g. a diagonal element crossing underneath the head) to underscore the tension.

Bauhaus
by whiteroom

Comment:
There's obviously a story being portrayed here, but I feel like I'm missing a large part of it. I can't identify the two bright white spots on the wall above the nude figure, and as such I'm unsure whether they're distractors or clues about the scene.

~~~ Eve~~~
by Jutilda

Comment:
This image seems a touch too minimalistic. A more effective shot for your title might have been to see the apple with a bite taken out of it being clutched to her chest.

veiled
by les0910

Comment:
I love the pose: the crouched position and the framing both add interesting visual tension which contrasts nicely with the vulnerability of the nudity. The B&W do a nice job of bringing out the tonal range of the image, but I'd be interested in seeing a warm duo tone version. The fact that the model's hands are balled into fists seems a touch odd (based on her position, I'd expect to see her face resting in her palms with her fingers curled slightly around her forehead); since the scene appears to be so well orchestrated I'm inclined to believe that I'm missing the significance of this aspect of the pose. This is easily my favorite entry in the challenge so far.

Glorious Moment
by Apee

Comment:
Without the context afforded by the challenge I'd dismiss this as a bad photo; I maintain that the composition could stand some improvement, but aside from the hot spots on the hand I can't identify anything in particular at the moment. Nice job of letting the viewer fill in the missing details.

On the Prowl
by toddhead

Comment:
The model's face looks slightly fake, as though it's been retouched slightly too much in Photoshop. I would have preferred a slightly deeper DoF.

In your dreams...
by Truegsht

Comment:
The strong light in the bottom right and the shiny rings on the model's fingers are a bit distracting (to the extent that an image featuring a topless woman can have anything distracting). Something about the soft focus looks off - almost as though it was done by dodging, burning and cloning in Photoshop.

Woodland Dancer
by rscorp

Comment:
I would have preferred a less aggressive crop. This picture presents a fraction of what looks like it is probably a rather dynamic pose; however, the frame restricts my field of vision so much that the image is almost reminiscent of the Venus de Milo. Rendering this using a silhouette or fig leaf may have done a better job of preserving the fluidity of the pose.