Tika

[PhilF]

fortunate enough to shoot with a playboy model.. Tika

[GB1]

Phil - Nice contrast to your photo, and looks like you got an OK exposure for mid day. However, it seems processed to me, and there seems to be a white line around the edge of her right leg, and maybe a halo around her hair. Very glamorous shot.

G

[PhilF]

Phil - Nice contrast to your photo, and looks like you got an OK exposure for mid day. However, it seems processed to me, and there seems to be a white line around the edge of her right leg, and maybe a halo around her hair. Very glamorous shot.

G

All my pics are always edited....hence processed. White line? where? No halo that's strings of blonde hair highlighted by mid day sun.

[gahspidy]

I think you did real well here, Phil. There def looks to be processing going on, but, I think what you did works. There is a white rim light/line on her right leg below the knee but it looks like a natural rim light to me. not sure if thats what GB is reffering to.
There is a nice diffused glow to her hair which I think is pleasantly affective.
The only real "concern" I have with this is the left leg knee area. There is an abrupt line where the thigh is dark and maybe overly smooth and then the kneee and below is light and much more natural. If the transition were subtle it might not attract my attention but there is a definitive line where the differences are set. That area looks noticeably proceesed to me.
All in all, this is very nice and a stunning model.

[GB1]

Yes, the white rim line along her left leg. It doesn't look probably because that part of the leg's in shadow. Looks like over-sharpening ? Yes, the halo could be natural. I think it looks good but that it would look better in a different context rather than trees behind her.

G

[Overbeyond]

This is not working for me at all and it is crying out for a studio/bedroom setting etc. The whole environment is totally incompatible with the Dolly Bird/Barbie/sexy look she is presenting you with. She looks very unrelaxed from the waist down which may be due to the discomfort the edges of that concrete bench may be causing her. Her sexiness does not come through in black and white.
These are the opinions of one who has no experience or knowledge in this area of photography.
Sorry about all my negatives on this one Phil.

[PhilF]

Yes, the white rim line along her left leg. It doesn't look probably because that part of the leg's in shadow. Looks like over-sharpening ? Yes, the halo could be natural. I think it looks good but that it would look better in a different context rather than trees behind her.

G

chose the trees behind her since its dark and she's blonde...separates her more. No sharpening done ... just highlights I guess.

[PhilF]

This is not working for me at all and it is crying out for a studio/bedroom setting etc. The whole environment is totally incompatible with the Dolly Bird/Barbie/sexy look she is presenting you with. She looks very unrelaxed from the waist down which may be due to the discomfort the edges of that concrete bench may be causing her. Her sexiness does not come through in black and white.
These are the opinions of one who has no experience or knowledge in this area of photography.
Sorry about all my negatives on this one Phil.

thank you for the comment.

[Anbesol]

I agree with overbeyond, the background is conflicted with the subject.

Her outfit in particular does some damage to the perceived dimensions of her body, making her look larger than she obviously is. This makes her torso look disproportionate to her arms and legs. It also doesn't seem to be a very flattering angle of her face, how much of that is just her face and how much is the angle, or if its only one or the other - I dont know.

Speaking as a red-blooded man, the only alluring feature of hers in this image, to me, is her legs. Which, even those seem contrarily balanced with her body and sort of mitigate the alluring qualities, she also has some extremely thin legs.

[PhilF]

I think you did real well here, Phil. There def looks to be processing going on, but, I think what you did works. There is a white rim light/line on her right leg below the knee but it looks like a natural rim light to me. not sure if thats what GB is reffering to.
There is a nice diffused glow to her hair which I think is pleasantly affective.
The only real "concern" I have with this is the left leg knee area. There is an abrupt line where the thigh is dark and maybe overly smooth and then the kneee and below is light and much more natural. If the transition were subtle it might not attract my attention but there is a definitive line where the differences are set. That area looks noticeably proceesed to me.
All in all, this is very nice and a stunning model.

thanks Gary... smoothening was kept to minimum though

[PhilF]

I agree with overbeyond, the background is conflicted with the subject.

Her outfit in particular does some damage to the perceived dimensions of her body, making her look larger than she obviously is. This makes her torso look disproportionate to her arms and legs. It also doesn't seem to be a very flattering angle of her face, how much of that is just her face and how much is the angle, or if its only one or the other - I dont know.

Speaking as a red-blooded man, the only alluring feature of hers in this image, to me, is her legs. Which, even those seem contrarily balanced with her body and sort of mitigate the alluring qualities, she also has some extremely thin legs.

thanks for the comment.

[PhilF]

fortunate enough to shoot with a playboy model.. Tika

here's the original retouched colored version...




I think ... being sexy and glamorous shouldn't only be in bedrooms and studio. If you look at glamour magazine....not men's magazine. These women still look sexy and alluring even in public places. I think it's a bit narrow minded to think you can only do it in bedrooms and studios. LOL I always believe in this type of photography one should expose oneself to a variety of interpretation and style to be in touch and updated to what is considered "NOW".

[AgingEyes]

chose the trees behind her since its dark and she's blonde...separates her more.

It works on the right side (her left) but not on the other side.

[armando_m]

I like the color version

[Anbesol]

I think it's a bit narrow minded to think you can only do it in bedrooms and studios.

It isn't that, she just has the bedroom sexy kind of look, maybe its the slutty makeup and hair, or the non-existent pants. Or maybe its the clothes which look slightly like lingerie in the BW.

*edit - yeah, its probably the hair more than anything.