Charlie in a bikini.

zoomer · August 15, 2011

d700 70-200 in natural light.

Photosbychuck · August 16, 2011

Beautiful

I would crop some off the left side so she would not be centered in the shot.

reyvee61 · August 16, 2011

Gorgeous shot of a beautiful young lady!

Yaflyyadie · August 16, 2011

She looks natural and very beautiful.
If possible, crop the left side a little bit and try to eliminate that stick on the right behind her.
Very nice.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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chrisdg · August 16, 2011

beautiful shot. Love the golden hues in the background.

Do you have any more images of her on your site? I couldn't find 'em.

anonymouscuban · August 16, 2011

Very nice Zoomer. Really like the creamy tones of this shot. And I'm gonna go against the grain here and say that the composition is just right. I like the faint leading lines behind her and I also like the way the dark lines in the BG frame her.

zoomer · August 16, 2011

Thanks appreciate everyones comments.
I will finish her shots tonight and post a link to her gallery as well as a couple more shots.
Thanks anonymous...you see the photo exactly how I see it

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briandelion · August 16, 2011

Although I love this one technically I have some issues with it. The lower legs not being visible at all make her mid- section look wide. The almost straight on view of her torso also makes her look wide around the hips. More leg showing and more angle would have emphasized the length of her body.

jeffreaux2 · August 16, 2011

Really nice light on her and wicked DOF.

Sure would be nice if those couple of tree truncks had melted a bit more into the rest of the BG.

puzzledpaul · August 16, 2011

As a bit of a mud groveller, I can't help but wonder what the result would've looked like from a ground level pov.

Great shot/light (and model) tho, nevertheless

pp

Hackbone · August 16, 2011

briandelion wrote: »

Although I love this one technically I have some issues with it. The lower legs not being visible at all make her mid- section look wide. The almost straight on view of her torso also makes her look wide around the hips. More leg showing and more angle would have emphasized the length of her body.

That was my nit with this one on first viewing. With her legs back all the weight of her thighs just spreads out and she looks large. The legs extended would have cut down on that alot.

Is it just me or does the pink top and black bottom distract?

chrisdg · August 16, 2011

Hackbone wrote: »

That was my nit with this one on first viewing. With her legs back all the weight of her thighs just spreads out and she looks large. The legs extended would have cut down on that alot.

Is it just me or does the pink top and black bottom distract?

The fact that her body is not perfect, and the angles are not so carefully arranged to "hide" every flaw is exactly what I find so compelling about this photo. She comes across as an adorable, pleasant, charming, and real girl-next-door type (albeit, sitting in the street in a bikini).

puzzledpaul · August 16, 2011

Hackbone wrote: »

Is it just me or does the pink top and black bottom distract?

No, you're not alone ... I also wondered about this.
Having been present during 'is this ok / does it match etc' sessions with my 2 daughters, I assumed there must be a good reason for this combo.

pp

zoomer · August 16, 2011

Thanks for all the comments everyone. Yeah when I saw that bikini she chose to wear I did not have a big smile on my face.

Bilsen · August 19, 2011

I like it just the way it is.

If I were to change anything at all, I'd have her extend the top leg a bit.

BTW, she is the quintessential all American girl. Beautiful work.

dogwood · August 20, 2011

Your light is perfect. Just a personal preference, but I think swimwear looks best around water or some place that makes sense to be wearing it. Again, just a personal preference. I've seen swimwear photos in cornfields and that makes no sense yet they were still pretty cool. I'd just say if you pick a non-water site for swimwear, there should be a reason. Like her yellow swimsuit matches the color of corn kernels or something like that. Yeah, I'm being extremely nit-picky here but I'm not understanding the location.

kdog · August 20, 2011

Love the light and pose, except I would have liked the legs extended instead of looking chopped off. Nobody else mentioned that so I freely admit my tastes may be out to lunch.

BTW, your EXIF says it was shot with a D3.

Cheers,
-joel

zoomer · August 20, 2011

Appreciate all the comments.
Yes she does have that all american look.
Don't need water to shoot bikini's, that would be pretty limiting. I choose locations where the model can be comfortable and that have a variety of light and backgrounds.
Ok D3...I was carrying both cameras and using them interchangeably.

Bryce Wilson · August 20, 2011

Love the skin. REALLY love the skin. No, not the amount of it showing you pervs, the tones and texture. How you do that?

And inquiring minds want to know, is the bokeh in that shot SOC or was there some PP done?

zoomer · August 21, 2011

Selected her and took 10% of the red saturation out of her skin. Evened out the bright vs. dark areas of skin with dodge and burn. Selected her face and brightened it a bit to get rid of some of the tan in her face.
Bokeh is courtesy of a background that is 50 yards away and taken at 200mm f2.8. I took this sitting on the concrete at the same level she was at.

Albert Dickson · September 4, 2011

I really like this one Zoomer, for all the reasons everyones given. It would also crop for a gorgeous head shot. as allways, Well Done.

tomnovy · September 5, 2011

zoomer I love the portrait. Perfect DoF. Love it!

Charlie in a bikini.

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