Anna

Yuri PautovYuri Pautov Registered Users Posts: 1,918 Major grins
edited March 3, 2009 in People
Was absent for some time, sorry...

This is Anna... if you dont't mind...

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  • justMEjustME Registered Users Posts: 209 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2009
    Love all of these. iloveyou.gif If I had to pick one it would be #2. She is lovely and you got her here. The lighting, skin, focus, pose, just perfect.thumb.gif
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  • marikrismarikris Registered Users Posts: 930 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2009
    justME wrote:
    Love all of these. iloveyou.gif If I had to pick one it would be #2. She is lovely and you got her here. The lighting, skin, focus, pose, just perfect.thumb.gif
    15524779-Ti.gif She has such beautiful skin.

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  • aj986saj986s Registered Users Posts: 1,100 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2009
    Wow! bowdown.gif

    I, too, find #2 to be a terrific capture of expression. Clearly a small nit, but the tiny bit of white showing under the black fabric is the only thing the keeps me from imagining this hanging in an art museum.
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  • AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2009
    # 2 & 3.

    Looks like an old painting from a great artist! WOW!! bowdown.gif
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  • GP ImagesGP Images Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2009
    Good to have you back Yuri! Beautiful subject and great shots as usual. My eye also was drawn to the undergarment in #2. Otherwise.....very nice.
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  • ZanottiZanotti Registered Users Posts: 1,411 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2009
    Wow! #2 and #3 are your best ever!



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  • sweet carolinesweet caroline Registered Users Posts: 1,589 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2009
    Great photos, number 2 is breathtaking! Very special.

    Caroline
  • evorywareevoryware Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2009
    When I hit the 2nd shot I knew you had a winner! You used strobe for this? Where have I been?
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  • christulkchristulk Registered Users Posts: 453 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2009
    Welcome backwings.gif
    C&C always welcomed.

    Cheers

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  • Ed911Ed911 Registered Users Posts: 1,306 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2009
    christulk wrote:
    Welcome backwings.gif

    Ditto, welcome back. Number 2 gets my vote...all are good...but number two is the one. Very nice skin tones.

    Here's a suggestion...and it's just a suggestion...blacken the pupils so that they are round...I'm not a big fan of the light source washing out the pupils. If you decide to blacken the pupils, you will want to reduce the pupil size...since they are a bit blown. If you do the above, then you might want to enlarge the light source reflection in her right eye, since it will be smaller than the one in her left eye.


    This is a really nice portrait.



    Tell us about your light set up...looks like you use a one light setup and maybe a reflector.
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  • photodougphotodoug Registered Users Posts: 870 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2009
    #3 is too beautiful for words. I think it is your best yet!
  • Yuri PautovYuri Pautov Registered Users Posts: 1,918 Major grins
    edited March 2, 2009
    Thank you all,
    dear friends!
    Yuri
  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited March 2, 2009
    Very nice, Yuri. thumb.gif

    I'm also enthusiastic about #2, though with some reservations! eek7.gif

    I think Ed911 has some very sound suggestions for the eyes. Her right eye is a little lifeless and staring, because of the catchlight.

    I also think the slightly-below-eye-level is not the best viewpoint. Higher would have been better, maybe?

    Maybe a little more separation of the head from the background, just to make it less 2D?

    There is a little bit of underclothing showing above the bodice on the left.

    And I don't quite "believe" the skin. I prefer it to be a little more touchable.

    Beauty is always your quarry, Yuri, and I do like that idea!!

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  • pete wpete w Registered Users Posts: 386 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2009
    Great Yuri,
    You have truly mastered the art of lighting.

    Wonderful shots.wings.gif
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  • ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2009
    Yuri Pautov wrote:
    Was absent for some time, sorry...

    This is Anna... if you dont't mind

    We never mind when you post photos Yuri! Great set as usual :) As always, I am entrance by the eyes :)
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