X
by Zigomar

Comment:
beautiful girl and light! is that the texture you got on our trip to the abandoned train works? gives it that nice tonal 20's look...

X
by Zigomar

Comment:
yeah friggin great portrait, amazing how you got the focus on her face! so you saw lev's work there?

Nastya
by Zigomar

Comment:
she has that uma thurman look/smile to her...
great set of shots, man, i envy you for having to deal with all the great photo opportunities and hot gals there! ;)

by Mephisto

Comment:

Originally posted by Jutilda: I love that kid's expression. Kinda makes me laugh that this is under "military." LOL

oops, thanks for the hint, it's supposed to be in the maternity gallery of course. :D

Beauty Queen
by zackdezon

Comment:
"beauty queen" is likely to be just a mask and not her personality...
good photo technically wise.

Dead Tree at Minus Three
by Paul

Comment:
simple, yet intriguing shot! love it.

Power
by cgino

Comment:
ouch that hurts to look at!
it's probably supposed to...

growth
by Mephisto

Comment:

Originally posted by bvy: Originally posted by bvy: Personality? I'm not seeing it. Sorry if that was too blunt. It's well composed and nicely processed, but in terms of meeting challenge criteria, I guess I had some very different ideas. Here I saw a nicely done maternity portrait, but nothing about her personality. The title didn't help me get there. Maybe I'm trying too hard. Just my two cents. I do admire your work.

Thanks for clarifying!

As i stated in my details, i didn't feel too comfy entering this shot either. Not because it contains nudity, but because i felt i could (and should) have gotten a better and more natural looking shot for this challenge. However i personally think it does fit the theme. Pregnancy is such a special and character building time, not to mention becoming a mom and being responsible for your child, especially in a very young age (she's my age and it's her second child btw) so i felt that this very simple yet honest photograph showed some of the flavor of that special and "moving" time. Plus her unborn child will be grown into his or her (they don't know yet) very own personality quite soon i'm sure so it was actually up to your interpretation and imagination to "see" the personality in this shot...;)

Beasts
by Siggav

Comment:
no F&%$ING way?!?! Voters are really nuts...
one of the best shots i've seen for quite a while here, and was my only 10 in the challenge.

A shadowing history
by Mephisto

Comment:

Originally posted by Zigomar: Thank you, brotha!

No, thank YOU man, for your great hospitality and time to show me your town!