Evolve
by grigrigirl

Comment:
Superb Shot grigrigirl. You rock.
Congratulation on a well deserved ribbon.

Constans
by heida

Comment:
Congratulations Heida! Superbly lit nude!

Quasi una fantasia
by nico_blue

Comment:
Congratualtions! Well deserved! My only 10 in this chellenge.

Message edited by author 2005-08-29 12:04:26.

dangerous curves
by DrJOnes

Comment:
Thanks everyone for the great comments and Bravo to the winners.

Here are some of my outtakes:


And the following outtake is the one I originally submitted for this challenge...

But then I realized how much similar it was to grigrigirl's winner shot of Nude II

and I decided to remove my entry. When I shot it, the similarity with grigrigirl's shot was not intentional. But grigrigirl was the first to introduce it on DPC and won a ribbon with it, so out of respect for her and because I didn't want people to think I copied her, I deliberatly chose another entry to submit for NUDE III. And while I was at it, I decided to go "the DrJones way" , if you know what I mean. LOL!

Again, congrats to the winners. Fierce competition! ;-) And see you at NUDE IV! ;-)

Message edited by author 2005-08-29 13:10:40.

veiled
by les0910

Comment:
This is beautiful. Very nice pose of the model. Very nice crop. Very nice! :-) I just wish the lighting was a bit more punchy (ie. maybe levels modified in PS to give it slitghly more light). Nice detail on the position of the feet pointing like that. good job! 7

Jane Doe
by Nazgul

Comment:
Simple and classic. Nice choice of model for this type of pose. Good use of B&W. Nice pose. What could be improved I think: a) stretching more the model (ie. pointing her foot instead of it lying flat on the floor). b) Closer crop on the left and the right; the square crop doesn't help enhancing the feminity of the model. c) Using Channel Mixer to create your b&w would have given a bit more punch to the shot, I think. d) Some detail in the hair would have been nice, but this is just nitpicking really... ;-) Overall good shot, good job!

Constans
by heida

Comment:
Good choice of model for this type of shot. Pose seems a bit awkward to me... It feels just not totally right in the composition of the shot. Maybe it would have helped if the body was put more into a diagale (ie. pointing the left arm toward the top left corner, or something similar). Very nice lighting. Feels like there was a lot of burning to get rid of the background, which we still see some of it around the body... Don't know if it was intentional or not. Nice color. 7

Nature's perfect design
by DogAngel

Comment:
Very well done shot. Love the colors! Nice pose from the model, although her left foot seems a bit oddly placed (maybe it could have been pointy, or silghtly moved). Very nice expression of the face. Lovely environment. Very nice composition and crop. 8

Quasi una fantasia
by nico_blue

Comment:
Absolutely Stunning! I wish I had shot this photo. Excellent choice of model, superb pose, excellent composition, superb lighting. 10

Whisper in the air
by Dufus

Comment:
One of my favorites this challenge. Simple and visually very dynamic nude. I love the fact that we see some detail in the hair from the light source on the right. Beautiful sky! Colros are great. Excellent silhouette. And what can I say about the composition!!! Stunning. Can I be picky? If I may... I wish there had been a bounce used to slightly reflect light on her left, maybe from below. I think it would have been delicious to see just a hint of those curves on the body, yet keeping the overall silhouette effect. Just my two cents. Good job! 8