Ellen

• psvensson

• May 30, 2007

Great light and printing. I didn't think about the arm until I read the caption, so I wouldn't worry about it.

 

• mw4

• May 30, 2007

I agree with psvensson...the arm issue doesn't bother me. I think the light and her expression are so captivating and stunning that your concern did not even enter my mind. Great image...I can't wait to graduate into large format one day.

 

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  matti

• May 30, 2007

It adds to the unreal feeling. As her feet. They are as big as her head. I like it.
/matti

 

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  brummelisa

• May 30, 2007

Thanks all. It's great to hear that you don't think her hand is strange.

Matti: I had dropped the front standard of the camera, but since the fron and back was parallell with Ellen, her face and feet is in focus. Maybe her feet just is big

/ Marcus

 

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  Paddy

• May 30, 2007

I find the arm a bit disconcerting, especially the hyperextension at her elbow. I'm assuming you used a shorter focal length lens. i.e. 150mm or less, and that this is causing the for shortening distortion. Otherwise it's a nice image.

 

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  Sportera

• May 30, 2007

Wow, amazing, she seems to jump right of the photo!

 

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  Troy

• May 30, 2007

What I notice is the lightness between her fingers. Did you burn the background all the way around her?

 

• grahamp

• May 31, 2007

A touch of surrealism never hurt. Emphasising the hand and the bracelets makes them an important element. Intentional or not, as a viewer I feel I am being asked something.

 

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  jd callow

• May 31, 2007

I love the length of the arm, but I am unsure of how I feel about it being out of focus. Had you stood up and stated loudly that it was not only your intent, but the crux of the image, I probably would have got in line and agreed wholeheartedly.

 

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  brummelisa

• May 31, 2007

Troy: She had played in the "mud" before I took this image, so her out of focused hand was a bit dark, so I lighten that a bit and probably the background too But I didn't touch the background around her, just the hand.

/ Marcus