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Published: 2006-03-08 18:39:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 2222; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 416
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I shot this photo at the same time as my previous submission.I liked this one better because it felt more real.
Yet I didn't hesitate to submit the "Back to Basics" because I knew "people" would like it better since it's more mainstream.
The more I think about it the less I like it.
I wonder when did I change and start submitting photography that I think you will like and not what I like?
I will start and change this.
I will stop submitting only the "safe" pictures.
I will be brave and experiment, because that's what this place used to be about for me.
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i think it's one of my favorite piece in your gallery
her expression is really good too !
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definitely a great picture, but it's been said over and over
and, please, do as you please
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definitely a great picture, but it's been said over and over
and, please, do as you please
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I like this one a lot
the way the light comes through, the colors..
well done!
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just like she would appear in front of me...in my dreams...
lovely shot
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The pose, the attitude are just perfect. We can feel something deep and sad.
Somehow I find the colors a little bit too washed out, it works with the overal mood but I would have ssen something sharper.
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i love the diffusion of light...... ooo laaaa....
did you make a frame of her
in this light
but
looking up?
i want to see, if so.
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hehe i dont think spontaneous shoots like that can be reproduced!
i may try but the "soul" may not be there anymroe you know?
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oh i see, yess... didn't know it was spontaneous.
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i love the colors. this is amazing. I like the bleaching from the light around her and i really like the reds on her lips and cheeks. shes a wonderful model. i like how theres more blues than black and the title really emphasizes that.
incredible picture
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First I like her faces and in the way of her look/expression. Of course she is beautifull as the traditional meaning
This photo exspresses her way of acting on her everydaylife, I suppose. Is she thinking, worrying something or just working with her necktie...who cares, but she looks like beeing just herself. That tallent is one of the most important thing a good photographer (portrait-one) needs - especially with children and with old people. OK - the light and grainy surface, they are elements which are more or less the "opinions" how you deside if you like or not. But that kind of experiments gives valuable experiences...those pastell colours on her gives me kind of gauze/hail feeling...hmmm...in a way she is/might be sensitive, fragile but with great willpower...
So, I like this more than the other, you linked
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I actually like this one shot more because it's more surreal, in my opinion.
Nice, bright wash of light. Calm expression.
It makes me happy.
Not happy in the pants, per se.
Well, maybe.
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This reminds me of my silly "oh poo, no more school" moods I sometimes get into on Fridays.
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yummy men's tie and collar with wavy blond femine hair makes for exciting visual tension
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Be brave. I agree that this one is even better.
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I like the blues and overwelming whites.
so nice how she is looking down.
I like her closed eyelids and facing down.
she is focused but its almost symbolical of reflection or something else than just concentration on the tie...
do you know?
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This one has more interesting things going on in it IMO, but at the same time both pictures are great, it's just that they're different. Maybe it's not fair to compare them, just view them for their own merits. Like this one has that light showing through her hair on the right which makes it look a little odd in a way but unique in another.
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Always a push pull... submitting what your 'audience' will like... and then deciding not to. It happens to me all the time. About every third photo.
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I don't see how this is any more or less mainstream than 'Back To Basics'. I didn't even know there was a mainstream!
The photo turned out nicely. It's cool how you managed to get the backlighting to work without it turning into a silhouette.
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Great playing with light !! I like the pose and close of model...Very nice !
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it is real... where your heart is... that is what i miss about this place.
the 
the expression... not adulation, but reality made beautiful.
The art in heart.
Very nice.
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such is life,
all long through,
experiment......
risk and chance
or
stay on the sidewalk
don't cross the street
miss the chance
others
........to meet
keep enclosed
hide away
dare not utter
dare not say
no
I do not see this in your style
chance encounter
mix, stir the phial
a life that colured
reflects its charm
a life thats coloured
will do no harm
......................but to those, in lifes grey drab farm!
Charming shot, no risk, but a discovery amongst the possible rejects
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I like the mood of it, and this kind of backlit portraits that creates colored halo and unreal tones
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Good work, You have captured a real moment and your exposure control has been right on the mark.
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honestly, I did like the previous one more than this. But this is YOUR gallery and you'll upload it whatever you want, don't ask us!
I have a few photos in my gallery that some people think that they are a failure, but to me they mean everything.
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I like this one better than the other one anyways. I'm glad you're going to start posting what you yourself like.
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i take it this isnt a polaroid?
anyhow, i really do like the tones. they're like semi-cross-processed. the backlight gives the heavenly feel. painful, yet powerful.
im rambling 
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no, not a polaroid
and the "semi-cross-processed" is simply a white balance thing
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ah that explains it. i was simply astonished by the blue hues in her hair. that looked way good
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I cannot say if I like the shot or not because there are things I like and things I dislike, so my point of view is quite unbalanced.
First, things I like :
- Her hair and how it floats around her shoulders and chest
- The colour and brightness you put on it.
- I am fan of girls with shirt and tie
Second, what I dislike :
- The expression that is not clear for me : is she supposed to be worried, thinkin, shamed, shy?
- The fact that the angle reminds me a photo id but usually they come by four, maybe if you made 4 photos assembled I would have really like this.
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thanks a lot for your great comment
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i have to say i looked at this for a long time.
i don't know if it's you but i assume it is.
i hope you keep submitting pictures that you like
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ya alina you're way too safe, time to expand and open up.
I have a thing for backlit portraits too
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Well, I like this one even better than other. She looks lovely and younger than in the other picture. Not to mention that you made great use of the light in this one.
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oh, c'mon, Hesi. there were a million reasons to submit Back to basics as well.
they are just - different.
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you're right, you should post things because you like them yourself..
On the other hand, I like this shot just as much as, if not more than, your previous one
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You go girl... I see someone didn't like it because they could not read the expression.... but then from all the other comments, people are taking lots of different emotions from the shot... I hope I always try to please ME when I post shots. This one appealed to me in thumbnail and still appeals but I can't say why... maybe I relate to her grey hair heheh!
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I love many elements of this portrait: the light (both strong and soft), the colours, the lips well drawed, the expression of face... everything!
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