Sensous Viv

[locography]

Hi,

Could you please comment on

1 Exposure - How well is it exposed?
2 Composition
3 Crop
4 Processing
5. Pose

This pic has received good reviews on Flickr, but I want you guys to review it.



EXIF :

Camera Canon EOS 550D
Exposure 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture f/1.8
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire

Thanks a lot

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[MrJones]

1. it feels underexposed to me. a bit muddy, it's not a real B&W but more of a grayish photo. you can fix it in PP, just add a bit of brightness and much more contrast.
2. composition - I feel it's nice. nothing to add here.
3. crop is fine, I like how you've cropped the elbows out.
4. processing - see #1, I think it lacks contrast.
5. pose - I'm torn here. I like the idea but I think you should have been taking this photo from a higher angle. you we're trying to go for the "relaxed" look but I'm not getting it from the photo. her neck muscles seem to be in work instead of relaxing. it looks like she's putting effort in keeping her chin up. another thing is the fact you got us looking straight down her nose which is a great nose but at an unflattering angle.

overall it's a nice photo but it could have been a great photo.

[Niresangwa]

MrJones is right, the conversion is way too grey and it lacks contrast. It feels like it ought to be a much higher key image with cleaner lights and more defined shadows.

I'm not a fan of the composition, it looks to be ill-considered. I would have either been dead center on everything, or if you insist on being off to one side of the center-line of her body, should have moved her over to the right of the frame, which you could still do by cropping.

I'm not a huge fan of looking right up her nose either. Everything about the shot is sensual until you realise you're looking right into her nostrils...why? That's where your focus fell. As the lines and contours (which should be the main feature here) aren't well defined because of the conversion, that's unfortunately what you're left to look at.

By dropping the chin slightly, it would decrease the prominence of her nostrils and reduce the length of her neck, which is the secondary feature I keep going back to.

Cute girl, cute concept, but the execution and processing just don't do it for me.

[justin_ing]

I like the photo

I would suggest as MrJ has, about noise. I also probably would have cropped it a little wider, cause it looks a little cramped for my viewpoint. Maybe if her chin was turned away a little bit, it would solve my issues.

Everything else, I like it

[artmindfoto]

i thought i see a nice triangle on the Pose, and its pointing up!!!
i am not trying to talk that way round (sex), but instead of conveying the idea and with your title 'Sensous v", i guess you nail it with the composition of the image.
The emotion adds the feeling. about exposure and the technicall stuff, i think i am not the guy, and our friends has done a tremendeous job explaining it to you.