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Originally Posted by rolandogomez

Jim,

Nice shot. Like the pose, it forms a great imaginary diagonal that starts from the lower right of the image to the upper left. Your use of lighting is great, whether it's yours or not, regardless of the brand. As I've said before, it's the photographer that makes the difference and since folks are talking analogies, even a horse can get you from point A to point B, though I'm from Texas, I still prefer my truck--for the record, we have ranches in South Texas so I've ridden horses and feel qualified to make that statement (grin)

Now, if I were a photo editor, which I've done over the years, here's a critique. First, the hair, on my monitor, looks like you "dodged" a part of the image and I can really see it on this Apple Cinema display. Again, the pose, skin tone all draw a great effect in the image overall. But at closer look, I don't like (on her lower right) how the stomach appears next to her right hand (viewer left). I don't like that the fingers are cropped, this is a glamour image, not fashion. The bikini strings over her buried left hand could have been avoided if she'd placed her hand over them, showing the full hand on the side.

Now as a photo editor, could I live with that, yeah sure, give you a B+ (no pun intended) but I'd also tell you now go make it better. In my recent blog post I talk about how Susan Sontag once told Annie Leibovitz, “You’re good, but you could be better.” Same applies here.

Now since that statement was taken out of context, here's the full post, http://www.rolandogomez.net/wordpress/?p=57.

On another note, I'll take a gas stove, as I love to cook, over an electric stove, it's all about control (grin) just like there is a reason a cook uses aluminum over copper and copper over cast iron and cast iron over teflon coated aluminum. Oh, and I have two convection ovens, they are electric but my stove is gas. (grin)

All the best, rg sends!

(My kitchen w/Playboy Playmate Holley Dorrough making brownies, notice it's a non-stick pan)

When I first saw this image on the back of my camera, I noticed that the light from the ring flash did not fully light her hair other than the top portion where you can see the highlight. Her hair is really auburn in color but not much of that shows. Nikki chose this image and another one very similar to it, so I might need to take a closer look to see if the crop is much different in reference to her hand and fingers. Yes this is a glamour image and I felt as though the lighting worked out ok for this situation. I might wonder how the same shot would look if it were done with a single soft box over top of the subject but am pleased with what I got overall.
I am from the Buckeye state, currently first ranked team in college football.
Although I don't have much need to ride horses these days and don't remember doing this, but I do have a picture of myself at the age of 2 on the back of a horse. I like Silverado's, but prefer my two cars. One is practical with 40 mpg and the other is not, but it will go from 0 to 60 quicker than a Mustang, GT. (Not the horse) Don't know about comparing camera equipment to cooking but I like certain foods cooked over a flame, preferably a grill.

Thanks for the constructive critique.

Jim