Irena: Bodyscapes (18+)

Nikolai

Got some time to process the last shoot.
Dgrin, meet Irena!
This is a few from our first look, "bodyscapes"

#1: IMG_4972.jpg



#2: IMG_4988.jpg



#3: IMG_4989.jpg



#4: IMG_4992.jpg



#5: IMG_4994.jpg



Enjoy! C&C welcome!

Canon 5D + 24-105/4.0 + PW + AB

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L40

No 1 is awesome.

BradfordBenn

As usual great stuff Nikolai. I am struck by #4 as it is unique and I like the selective coloring. I am wondering if a crop above the crossed legs might change the "motion" of the picture. I am still very impressed but was stuck by the upward movement before the legs scrolled up onto the screen. Still very impressive

Nikolai

L40 wrote:

No 1 is awesome.

Gracias, mate!

Nikolai

BradfordBenn wrote:

As usual great stuff Nikolai. I am struck by #4 as it is unique and I like the selective coloring. I am wondering if a crop above the crossed legs might change the "motion" of the picture. I am still very impressed but was stuck by the upward movement before the legs scrolled up onto the screen. Still very impressive

Brad,
thank you for stopping and commenting.
To crop or not to crop - it's very Hamletian question, I gues we all keep asking ourself it in this or that way - before the shoot, during the shoot, after the shoot..
Dunno. I tried it, and liked it this way better, I felt her legs create a "base" in this case.

Richard

Nik,

You know I admire your work, man, but this time I am going to play curmudgeon. Unless you were thinking of an ad for the necklace, I think these are fine executions of a bad concept. Bodyscapes are all about flowing lines, forms and textures, about light and shadow. Using selective color subverts all of those things. It becomes a matter of red and not-red, which does the rest of your work a disservice. The eye is drawn to the red.

Grumble, grumble...get off of my lawn.

Nikolai

Richard wrote:

Nik,

You know I admire your work, man, but this time I am going to play curmudgeon. Unless you were thinking of an ad for the necklace, I think these are fine executions of a bad concept. Bodyscapes are all about flowing lines, forms and textures, about light and shadow. Using selective color subverts all of those things. It becomes a matter of red and not-red, which does the rest of your work a disservice. The eye is drawn to the red.

Grumble, grumble...get off of my lawn.

Richard,
As always, appreciate your stopping by and commenting!
I hear you. I simply liked how the transluscent "raisins" glowed in the dark, eespcially in the ligh-from-behind series. I know bodyscapes are supposed to be about all those things you've mentioned, but... hey, Marc likes to add human element into his - already beautiful - landscapes, I don't see why I can't add a piece of fine jewelry into - hopefully, beautiful, too - bodyscapes ;-)

Nikolai

CyberSteak

Always a lurker in this section of the forums but felt compelled to give my opinion.

I really like this series. More so then a lot of other photos you've taken but it's probably more to do with the subject then your skills. Something to be said for natural beauty vs. surgically enhanced/tattoo'd subjects.

Regarding the issue of whether or not the selective colour is good or bad. I REALLY like it. I like that it IS fighting for my attention. Each photo is like two photos in one. It challenges me to choose what I want to look at with both (in my opinion) being equally credible subjects (the necklace, and the woman's body). Without the selective colouring I likely would have said...Hmmm...nice...next? And hey the photos clearly exposed (may be a bad chose of words) my lurkiness but making me want to comment so that has to be good.

Nikolai

CyberSteak wrote:

Always a lurker in this section of the forums but felt compelled to give my opinion.

I really like this series. More so then a lot of other photos you've taken but it's probably more to do with the subject then your skills. Something to be said for natural beauty vs. surgically enhanced/tattoo'd subjects.

Regarding the issue of whether or not the selective colour is good or bad. I REALLY like it. I like that it IS fighting for my attention. Each photo is like two photos in one. It challenges me to choose what I want to look at with both (in my opinion) being equally credible subjects (the necklace, and the woman's body). Without the selective colouring I likely would have said...Hmmm...nice...next? And hey the photos clearly exposed (may be a bad chose of words) my lurkiness but making me want to comment so that has to be good.

Hey, with 200+ posts you're not so much of a lurker!
Thank you, appreciate the comments!
Indeed, the duality of postprocessing was my point, I'm glad I hit it (at least with somebody:-)
Cheers!
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Nikolai

angevin1

Richard wrote:

Nik,

Unless you were thinking of an ad for the necklace,

And I think thats exactly the way place would work. Beautiful perspective~

Nikolai

angevin1 wrote:

And I think thats exactly the way place would work. Beautiful perspective~

It's always about the vantage point ;-)