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you have a beautiful model benny :)

great shot...!
x

as a good friend...I'm not so sure if it's just me...but I think...she is sitting in an awkward position here...she's not really comfortable...and I don't know if you can fix the lightings on her left eye...anyways...other than that...I think you did a great job overall!

She's not meant to be comfortable, she's trying to express distress, i think she did a great job doing it...
Considering the role and the situation, I quite like the lighting on her left eye...
Thanks for a sincere critique, i appreciate it!

Agree with Jamby....a bit of an awkward pose making her head look too large ...I think I prefer the lighting in the previous shot as well.Pretty model!!
Have a great weekend!!!

as if she was trying to say something at that moment...
I like that a lot...

It was more like a desperate cry...
Thanks

Different for you my friend, but still great!! :-)

Work of great photographer!

Great shot Benny, if I have had the privilege to shoot this lovely model in a studio, I would have tried to express her lovely hair with a tiny flash above her head….!!!!

Beautiful work!
But I prefer the birds! At least in photography !

Thanks for the tip Seth, Actually there was a flash which lit her hair, that's the flash who caused the flair on the left side, I kind of liked that flair and chose to leave it...
It looks a bit better in the original size...

Another great shot- been back and forward between the two and think I prefer the b+w version, maybe it's just the position or did the lighting change?

I am ok with the lighting. I just think she looks less distress in this picture. The BW looked more distressed.

beautiful one...love her expression...like she´s trying to say something

your model has lovley arms.....

yes... she is also a good actor.... I read your reply to Jamby and understand her
situation....!!

I like the way she's posed ... the way she leans toward the camera ... and the lighting also. Super shot.

The b&w I like better...I think it's not the lighting, but the pose, why the previous one is more impressive..

I like it, Benny !!!

Great shot but I preferred the B&W one. :))

That's really great studio series!

beautiful series, nice use of light

fantastic and great serie. I love this one

I like the contrasts here!

Love this one the most...wonderful!!!!

beautiful!!

i think seths right a little more defused flash to the hair and left side would lift the image/ model even more! as for the silly comments about the model looking uncomfortable .. lol maybe best i say nothing about that.. what sort of studio lighting were you using? .. when shooting models i find lighting from the back and front works better even if the lightings low to get the effect you have above just enough to bring out the high and low lights of the skin tones!

Thanks Genese, I was using 3 flashes to construct what we call the classic light circle.
There was a flash on the front/right side, a reflector on the front left/side. Another flash was on the up back/left side towards the hair, and the last one was an effect flash creating the moon on the black background.

I like the light on her face, her skin is so smooth, but the photo says nothing. It's a good pohotography, but quite useless.

deleted comment i felt the above poster was rude and unfounded ... not my place to say but comments like that are not critique and not helpful

Genese why do you think the comment is rude? Check my all comments on Benny's photos. He's a great photographer, now starting a new subject, definitely different than nature. I believe the aim of studio photography is to show, not only the model, but the hidden feelings, emotions, the photo must express something. Benny did it very good in some other pics from the session and because he's talented we (the viewers) should comment objectively to help him reach the excellence.

Gotterdammerung i read your comment and felt "useless" was neither helpful or critique but that was my humble opinion as this is yours, I feel critique is there to help people progress and words like useless can knock peoples confidence! ( my personal opinion as a photographer and teacher)
ie my critique for this photo would have gone something along these lines
benny the image has been very well taken i feel a little more lighting to the models face wouldn't have gone a miss, with the models mouth open it would suggest this was the emphasis on the mouth ( your focal point ) so maybe lighting the models mouth area would have worked better, rather than saying useless as there is no such thing as a useless image ... i would have simply said that i was not sure of the composition and choice of pose... i wasnt attacking you just simply trying to help with critique ...
another option to learn more about critique is visit www.phototopix.com as they are teaching critique there?