Nude

[nede]

So...we met outside to play a little
2 versions, this one is with red filter to lighten the skin et contrast the wooden parts... hope you enjoy
(8X10 foma 100+rodinal > contact print )

[StoneNYC]

So...we met outside to play a little
2 versions, this one is with red filter to lighten the skin et contrast the wooden parts... hope you enjoy
(8X10 foma 100+rodinal > contact print )

Love the choice of background

[John Fink Jr.]

So...we met outside to play a little
2 versions, this one is with red filter to lighten the skin et contrast the wooden parts... hope you enjoy
(8X10 foma 100+rodinal > contact print )

Nicely don Nede. Very cool contrast and background.

[nede]

Thank you Stone and John

[Bill L.]

So...we met outside to play a little
2 versions, this one is with red filter to lighten the skin et contrast the wooden parts... hope you enjoy
(8X10 foma 100+rodinal > contact print )

Excellent! I love the composition and the tonality of the woman against the background.

Cheers,
Bill

[Randy]

Now, I am not one for shooting nudes, so take my initial thoughts with a grain - but I think I might of liked it better if perhaps the lady was closer to the camera, maybe throwing the background out of focus a bit. And her pose just looks un-natural to me, looks strained - but again, I don't shoot nudes.

[McCoy]

Now, I am not one for shooting nudes, so take my initial thoughts with a grain - but I think I might of liked it better if perhaps the lady was closer to the camera, maybe throwing the background out of focus a bit. And her pose just looks un-natural to me, looks strained - but again, I don't shoot nudes.

I think Nede has done very well here. I don't think Nede was trying to shoot a centerfold but a classical nude image that would be timeless and satisfy the viewer in an artistic way. I don't pretend to speak for Nede but that's my two cents worth.
-McCoy

[dsphotog]

I like everything about it, if I had to be critical, the horizontal and the vertical lines are slightly off, easy to fix.
Then it would be perfect.

[nede]

Now, I am not one for shooting nudes, so take my initial thoughts with a grain - but I think I might of liked it better if perhaps the lady was closer to the camera, maybe throwing the background out of focus a bit. And her pose just looks un-natural to me, looks strained - but again, I don't shoot nudes.

I agree with you with the pose, maybe not the most natural one.

As to the framing, I hurried too much so miss the perfect vertical and horizontal lines.
I wanted to oppose curly lines (model) and strict blocks
Thank you for your comments gentlemen

Maybe this one is "easier to feel"

[lenser]

If I were to add a preference, it would not be anything critical about the technique which I find to be both lovely and intriguing. My only thought would be be that if the same background had a normal tone that was deeper than the skin tone of the subject, the entire effect would have been a much more striking offset of subject to background. Since that wasn't available, it is still a very, very nice work that Nede has a right to be very proud of.