Night cap with the lady..

[ivannguyen]

Just picking up the camera after a year and some.. let me know what you think!

 

[The_Traveler]

Ivan,

I like everything about this, especially the red lipstick in the less saturated environs.
I do find the belly drawing attention.
Have you considered a tighter crop?

 

[jowensphoto]

I do find the belly drawing attention.

Also my only critique. Very nice shot.

 

[jcskeeter]

Kinda wish the elbow wasn't clipped. What's causing the little flare/ghost ball things??

 

[Crollo]

Looks like a dirty\wet lens.

 

[Trever1t]

I like the shot, the model, the expression, the background, even the little flares of dust (?) but for some odd reson my eyes are drawn to her belly also. Not a bad thing but her face is so much more interesting, I agree with Traveler, try a tighter crop and see if it improves the image.

 

[enzodm]

I see it extremely noisy. It's me or the picture?

 

[MReid]

Clean the lens.

 

[ivannguyen]

Thanks for all the responses, you guys are rockstars.

I messed up on the framing for sure, I wish the elbow wasn't cropped. However I'm shaking a few cobwebs off my photo skills and I'll know better for next time.

I never really noticed the belly being a distraction until now and I think a tighter crop would have been beneficial however with her pose I feel showing her curves was important.

The "dust" in the photo is actually a bokeh texture I applied and manipulated. I had set up back lighting and I felt that it was out of place, so I wanted to add a midnight majestic feel to it. Girl of your dreams type thing.

Thank you for the C&C, please keep it coming!!