Muchas Gracias for the feature!!!

nice mouwahahaha shot !

Very cool, well deserved feature!!

Awww Clyde...thank you! And Ana and Martine and Richard too! I am trying ....

ha ha ha :) really nice!!

The over exposed background is competing hard for attention. I think the tree and the ivy is a very nice subject, you should go back and explore it more. Maybe a low angle at a different time of day??

I like the composition, but the background is too dominant and spoils the beautiful tree in the foreground - at least, for me.

Best,
Jon

Too green for me...and a bit washed out...I am sure it was beautiful in person...hard to capture

interesting sunset attempt. the structure seems to have a personality, it looks like its energy is coming form the sun

This would have been a great opportunity to shoot a bracket and do some post tone mapping. You could either use an true HDR program or you could also blend the different exposures with layer masks. Check out this example of a similar subject done as HDR:

www.vazaar.com/user:Beamer/photos/id:32389/

Or, for an example of the more manual approach:

www.clydebeamer.com/?p=184

Wonderful image. Only the sun is a little blown out.

See here for a description.

You know Paul, you could just tell us what you want to say about your images. It almost seems like you are try too hard to drive traffic to you site. If you have something to say about the images you post, please feel free to just say it...

BTW, This one is really cool, where is it, what is the story??

@Beamer: the necessary stories and technical data are written and maintained on my photoblog, so I see no point in duplicating them. It would be considered evil by some software engineers :-) .
My main purpose is certainly not to generate extra traffic, though I admit it is a nice side effect. Leading people to my site gives them the change to see my other images and to read the story and/or technical stuff, in case they would be interested.

Why always girls? Well, unless I come with a male model myself, I don't think there are many interesting artistic nudes for me in this topic ;)

Now, serieus. It's a bit controversial, a nude in church but imo it's a creative idea. Maybe it would be more exciting if her nipples were not visible. I like the vignet-effect but I would crop something from above. Her black finger nails are distracting me, maybe a gold polish would be nice - same color of her eye make up. (Though the male visitors of Vazaar are looking to other things, so they don't bother about the nails :)

un beau modèle et une belle image de la tentation. Les ongles noirs sont un peu génants ainsi que la variation de la gamme chromatique entre le centre de l'image et surtout le bas

Your photography has justified the beauty of a woman
Background is perfect for the photograph.
The way beautiful woman is seating
& shown her body language is appreciated.

Perfect click to show Beauty of a Lovely Lady………

Dinesh Patel
India

I love the color cast and the composition. Great model!

This is a great shot and a great model, but the pose does seem a bit forced to me as well. I like how the lighting fades from the middle. That's a cool idea :) Great shot!

.moses.

Great moment to be sure - nice capture of the expression - maybe consider bouncing the flash to avoid some of the distracting shadows.

Best,
Jon

I agree with Jon, the lighting feels very harsh for this subject. Nice moment, great expression on the face.

wonderful expression you've captured, I also love the eyes, it would be neat to see a closer shot of the child's face!!!

Only critique is the flash.
Either bounce, or diffuse it to remove the harsh shadows.

Excellent expression and moment!

I agree about the harsh lighting, but the expression is fantastic! Great shot!

.moses.

I got a real kick out of seeing this sign. I wish I had the woman back further point at the sign, but I just snapped what was happening. This is at El Segundo Beach in Los Angeles near LAX. There were 2 guys there with hang gliders giving short little rides off the 30-40 foot sand cliffs.

definitely not a sign you see very often. nice catch!

I really appreciate how you have managed to find such an unlikely sign within such a typical scene. The sharpness across the frame and exposure work well here in the presentation of a strong shot that is apt for the topic.

Very dramatic sky, nicely captured. One small gripe, I would suggest painting out the light post and the dot under it.

Enhorabuena por esta fotografía. Coincido con Beamer en el dramatismo que emana del cielo. El conjunto de la composición aporta realismo a un cielo que, sólo él, parecería irreal. Felicidades. Saludos

Beamer thanks for the suggestion.
Had not even noticed it when i put it up.

juanantonio,

Thanks for the kind comment.

Cracking colours and composition here, Mike. I like the silhouetted trees in the foreground, but the light does seem odd once someone points it out. Well done nonetheless.

Okay so let me explain this photograph :

For a long time, I have planned a serie on video games, then I discovered the work of Philip Toledano with his Video gamers serie (www.mrtoledano.com/frame_videogamers.php)... and then I scream :)

Eventually, I decide to do it anyway... In art, everything is a copy of a copy of a copy...
For this selfportrait, I tried to show how a video game you play affects you. In that particular example, how the game WipeoutHD literally hypnotizes you, almost absorbs you in the screen.

Yep, he pretty much scooped you here. His are nice and very stark. I like the reflections in this guy's glasses and the bit of context we get from the back wall.

Love the expression and the composition. It is nice also Richard that you give a bit of commentary to "place" your art. Well done.

Very interesting shot.
Nice low angle and awesome subject really fit into this topic. Also really like the toning.
Would not change a thing!

I find this very nice, but still lacking somehow. The subject is great, the lighting is great. I think it may be the composition that bothers me. I think you may have included too much. I just did a scroll bar crop to loose the whole curve space at the left and about half of the dark shape, it seem then to hold more interest for me?? Is this the natural color, or is this a sepia treatment. This might look better as a strong tonal range B&W.

Amy and Mike: Thanks!!
Beamer: I see what you are saying, I will play with some crops and try to repost this again. This is sepia so I will try B&W as well, thanks for your suggestions!

Amy and Mike: Thanks!!
Beamer: I see what you are saying, I will play with some crops and try to repost this again. This is sepia so I will try B&W as well, thanks for your suggestions!

I agree with the above comments. I also like your use of dof here where you have resisted going too shallow, but have good depth through the length of the strings. The toning works well for me. Nicely done.