Melinda Chair II

StoneNYC · Jan 17, 2013

really nice and clear and great tone, dark skin is hard and you nailed it :smile:

pentaxuser · Jan 17, 2013

It is a great shot. This lady may or may not be a professional model but even as a thumbnail she screams "presence and professionalism" and has real impact. No matter how good the photographer is, the subject is key in portraiture.

craigclu · Jan 17, 2013

Superb! Beautiful use of materials, technique, posing and capture!

eddie · Jan 17, 2013

I like this a lot, too. It's the white of her eye that does it for me.

jovo · Jan 17, 2013

A compelling portrait. A not so small nit it that the brightest highlights (apart from her eye) are her hand, parts of her neck, and a completely irrelevant little triangle with her arm and the chair. These need to be suppressed so that her lovely face is paramount. The eye goes to the area of greatest contrast. I'm certain you did not intend the places I specified to be those.

ishutteratthethought · Jan 17, 2013

Love the light, fantastic portrait!

Trask · Jan 18, 2013

Great capture of skin tone, but what am I seeing - a sort of veiling from the middle of her chest to her right shoulder? Looks like something diaphanous -- there's a sort of line running from the middle of her throat down toward the crook of her elbow.

ignatiu5 · Jan 18, 2013

jovo said:
A compelling portrait. A not so small nit it that the brightest highlights (apart from her eye) are her hand, parts of her neck, and a completely irrelevant little triangle with her arm and the chair. These need to be suppressed so that her lovely face is paramount. The eye goes to the area of greatest contrast. I'm certain you did not intend the places I specified to be those.

It's always wonderful to have new eyes see the things I didn't. For example, I've never noticed that triangle until you pointed it out. My goal for the highlights were her eye, cheekbone, and to bring out the hollows around the collarbone. Agreed that the hand is definitely too hot; I'll need to burn that in in the darkroom. Many thanks for your insight and critique; it is definitely appreciated.

ignatiu5 · Jan 20, 2013

Trask said:
Great capture of skin tone, but what am I seeing - a sort of veiling from the middle of her chest to her right shoulder? Looks like something diaphanous -- there's a sort of line running from the middle of her throat down toward the crook of her elbow.

It's just a shadow created with her arm squeezing the pectoralis muscle and breast.

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