Another nude...

[windpointphoto]

This is what I was supposed to photograph with my 4 x 5, but with lots of frustration, I used a dslr, instead...

Explanation on the blog...

Another nice picture. That's the important and admirable part of your work. You're doing while most sit around dreaming and talking. If you had said you made it with your new chamonix lots of folks here would ohh and ahh and never would have been able to tell it was made with a digital camera. "Hey Claude, what kind of brush did you use to paint them waterlillies?" You're right on your blog, it's more effort, physically and mentally, to use the big cameras. And lots of times that's the fun part.

[Bill_1856]

Has she learned to use her left hand, since her right seems to have been amputated? No wonder she looks so glum.

[wfwhitaker]

Bill, uh, that's not a hand...

[windpointphoto]

Bill, uh, that's not a hand...

LOL!

[Bill_1856]

Bill, uh, that's not a hand...

Obviously, you guys see something, (nudge, nudge, wink, wink), that I don't. The composition is spoiled for me because it appears that her right hand has been amputated at the wrist.

[domenico Foschi]

You need to get an anatomy book.

[Vaughn]

Has she learned to use her left hand, since her right seems to have been amputated? No wonder she looks so glum.

While I agree that the seemingly disappearence of her right hand (first posted image) is disconcerting, I wonder if it might be more evident in the print than in the manipulated scan. The sharp straight shadow line at her wrist does not help dispell the illision of a missing hand.

I have done only one session of a nude with 4x5. It is something that takes great patience on the part of both photographer and model. I can understand the need of much experience with the subject and equipment -- mostly in refining the working relationship with the model. I will take a look at your blog next.

Vaughn

[jetcode]

A good model makes all the difference whether nude or not. She/he knows how to help construct a look. A good model is like a flexible doll in that they can be shaped within reason to match your vision. I've photographed about 12-18 models in my time and a really good model is like night and day difference.

[jetcode]

Ralph I truly admire your sense of humor - not that I'm into making your job difficult but the humor is excellent