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Shayna
Shayna
Tygerr


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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: Feb 27, 2009
Aperture: f4.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Studio
Date Uploaded: Mar 10, 2009

This wasn't my own idea. Another South African photographer who goes by the name of Hotlens had a shot like this up on his MM profile. I had an exercise ball like that lying around (sadly not used as much as it should be...) and I really wanted to try out the concept. I'm quite happy with the way the shoot turned out.

Statistics
Place: 328 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.8969
Avg (commenters): 6.6618
Avg (participants): 5.8817
Avg (non-participants): 5.9868
Views since voting: 2513
Views during voting: 1111
Votes: 524
Comments: 72
Favorites: 3 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 10:58:21 PM
Awesome use of light! Love it!
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03/17/2009 09:43:02 PM
Great composition and light! Beautiful model! Good luck!
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03/17/2009 06:25:49 PM
Nice modelling shot!
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03/17/2009 05:27:25 PM
Wow...Shayna sure is one beautiful sexy young lady. Very tastefully and creatively executed image. Lovely curves, tones and skillful lighting. 9
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03/17/2009 10:26:21 AM
Nice symmetricsl pose with a comfortable look on the pretty model. How did you get the bright ball?, a bright lamp behind an exercise ball?
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03/17/2009 06:37:08 AM
Beautiful girl, very interesting light, nice simple composition.
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03/17/2009 12:45:05 AM
Beautiful girl, and the lighting is good too. I've never seen one of those light balls before.
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03/16/2009 10:56:16 PM
Very unattractive pose, in my opinion. She's beautiful... you've done a great job with her skin and keeping it natural-looking and the lighting... but that ball... I don't know... it's just not working for me.

Ask the guys. *grin*

Not voting yet.
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03/16/2009 08:42:38 PM
ok as a chick, this really doesnt appeal to me. but it is done very well, great lighting and detail, so you get my good vote:)
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03/16/2009 02:11:50 PM
Beautiful picture, good lighting and sharpness
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03/16/2009 01:29:43 PM
looks like she has some plutonium in her panties!
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03/16/2009 05:30:42 AM
Nice view :) 10
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03/16/2009 03:07:49 AM
Cool studio/model shot. Symetrical comp works well here. Like it.
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03/16/2009 01:08:03 AM
Very cool image - could easily be in a fashion magazine.
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03/16/2009 01:00:14 AM
great prop underneath, lit up enough, exposure on her is great.
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03/15/2009 11:18:54 PM
I don't know what to say...

Great portrait, lovely model.
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03/15/2009 06:58:33 PM
Beautiful shot.
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03/15/2009 06:42:39 PM
I bet you have had hardly any views on this image.
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03/15/2009 04:04:55 PM
Unique lighting choice. Makes it stand out from a lot of other model type photos.
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03/15/2009 12:09:48 PM
What a great superpower- the ability to turn things on underneath her! Nice.
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03/15/2009 12:02:16 PM
I am not liking that pose at all, to me it borders on cheesiness. She is lovely and I think you could have portrayed her in a nicer way.
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03/15/2009 08:37:27 AM
very nice lighting
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03/15/2009 05:21:00 AM
great light




regards
brano
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03/15/2009 02:00:27 AM
Where the heck did you find a glowing bean bag like that? ... Er, I mean beautiful model. Great lighting too. :)
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03/14/2009 08:08:35 PM
Looks like she's having a ball.
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03/14/2009 07:45:05 PM
Great PP job - love the tone - keep up the good work
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03/14/2009 06:47:38 PM
Beautiful model. Interesting pose. Suggestive yet clean. Nice work.
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03/14/2009 05:36:34 PM
Love the side lighting and the beige tones.
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03/14/2009 05:33:40 PM
This is too strange - is she birthing a light bulb?
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03/14/2009 04:45:40 PM
Not the best of poses but the skin tones and light add to make it a good shot.
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03/14/2009 12:56:40 PM
interesting idea
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03/14/2009 12:47:33 PM
a unique prop you are using here, nice potrait, 7
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03/14/2009 11:32:43 AM
Interesting presentation of the subject. Is the light hot?
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03/14/2009 10:47:58 AM
Excellent shot, great lighting.
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03/14/2009 09:14:58 AM
Great shot, love the lighting effect. I am resisting trying to think of what to call the thing she is sitting on :)
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03/14/2009 07:53:37 AM
Unusual, sexy, a gorgeous model, all add up to something special. A smooth floor or even better a roll background right through to the foreground might improve but that's being picky. Congratulations on a very memorable image.
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03/14/2009 05:39:01 AM
nice.....
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03/13/2009 08:38:30 PM
Technically beautiful, a lovely model, but for some reason it just doesn't do anything for me, and I plan on coming back to it to try to figure out why. (not voting until I figure it out :) )
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03/13/2009 08:22:56 PM
great looking model, nice skin tones
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03/13/2009 06:17:32 PM
The model is pretty and I like the idea of the lighted ball, but I must say, this pose kinda looks like she is sitting on an egg. I'm not trying to be rude, and maybe this is high fashion (that I don't know anything about), but I don't think this pose does anything for her.
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03/13/2009 01:31:40 PM
Beautiful model and good use of lighting. A great portrait
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03/13/2009 12:21:40 PM
Never have I wanted to be a glowing orb so much as right now. Love the lighting and gorgeous model.
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03/13/2009 03:05:25 AM
What a fantastic effect! I am going to have to try that!
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03/12/2009 11:20:04 PM
Great lighting and good expression. Seems pretty confident about herself.
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03/12/2009 10:33:00 PM
Great shot!
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03/12/2009 09:51:58 PM
WOW this is great
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03/12/2009 08:12:12 PM
great studio work.....
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03/12/2009 02:20:23 PM
Very interesting, different, sexy. The lighting really is perfect and the pose is casual but alluring at the same time.
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03/12/2009 01:51:31 PM
This is what happens if you swallow too much bubble gum. :P

Seriously, though, I like how the ball is illuminated, and the lighting on the rest of the shot is subtle but effective.
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03/12/2009 12:59:02 PM
I don't think you're keeping that egg warm enough...
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03/12/2009 02:08:43 AM
Very Britney Spears like feeling to this shot
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03/12/2009 01:57:32 AM
"you know you want me but cant have me"
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03/12/2009 12:04:08 AM
She might want to have that hemorrhoid removed..;-) Beautiful model, interesting concept and well lite.
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03/11/2009 11:26:59 PM
the lighting is nice (damn was that hot to sit on??)
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03/11/2009 08:43:31 PM
Great model, pretty. Well done congrats.
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03/11/2009 08:24:14 PM
well, sorry...not my cup of tea...
03/11/2009 06:24:05 PM
This shot could be in Maxim!
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03/11/2009 04:17:12 PM
Is it wrong that I find the globe to be the most interesting part?
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03/11/2009 02:29:34 PM
Beautiful portrait. I am not too hot about the lamp/ball, as it illuminates all the wrinkles on the floor cover and gives a weird halo to her legs. I also find the light on the her knee a bit hot. I'd probbaly score it higher if it was just the face or a crop that did not include lower body. Having said all that, this is still a great image. 6.
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03/11/2009 02:05:07 PM
She's got really nice lines - I can definitely see the potential here.

My thoughts: the lighting is too harsh on her right side. She's also leaning a tad to the left which affects the symmetry . Would have been good if her shoulders appeared a little more open (relaxing them would help).

Still a nice, solid shot.
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03/11/2009 01:54:32 PM
nice light, and composition, the wrinkled floor makes it a little distracting, nice shot
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03/11/2009 12:10:26 PM
Lovely model and an interesting concept.
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03/11/2009 11:47:58 AM
love the lighted ball! would've worked better with a smooth floor, or a continuous background. A little more light from her left (frame right) might have helped. Her right knee is a little too hot. But cool concept, nonetheless!
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03/11/2009 09:53:05 AM
near perfect. good pose (could be exactly straight, though) and expression. her right knee is a bit hot and the "horizon" is rather distracting
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03/11/2009 09:12:49 AM
Provacative.
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03/11/2009 08:03:38 AM
Very cool. I dont like the background and floor. It takes away from the artistic effect of the pose knowing its so studio done but I love the lit ball.
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03/11/2009 06:49:14 AM
illuminating - v. nice
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03/11/2009 04:43:56 AM
Nice light and figure. Some detail in the white ball would be nice.
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03/11/2009 04:25:35 AM
very pretty girl
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03/11/2009 02:52:38 AM
Very adept handling of the light! She's a beautiful young lady.
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03/11/2009 02:49:30 AM
nice use of light
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03/11/2009 02:21:52 AM
Great control over lighting, nice portrait work!
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