this is my first attempt at anything remotely glamorous. i have a gorgeous model and happen to conveniently live close to several amazing beaches. Was just trying to see if i could pull it off
The good things are the pose, the expression of the model, the water washing over her, the location and the time of day. That pose would make a nice "covered" nude pose.
I notice the tilt right away. The mind wants to believe that water will lie flat. So usually when there is a body of water in your pic, level looks more natural.
The face of the model seems to be flat and evenly lit, maybe lacking in contrast.
nice model keep up the practice....I agree with the water not being more straight but overal not bad at all...if you can try the flash off camera so your lighting will
not be so flat...you had a very good start....Robert
I like the location, pose, lighting. I agree with the tilt and looks also like the focus is on her right hip, her face looks a little soft. Lucky you with that location!
Before i get to responding to everyone's amazing input, i would just like to introduce myself. I am currently a Junior, TRYING to get his degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences with a Psych Major. For me, photography is about expressing and capturing all those fleeting moments and thoughts that i know i would like to be eternal. but over the years, my passion for photography inter-mingled with my love for psychology and i started to experiment with how to use unconventional settings in conventional photographs. So, most of the times when i take a photo, i try to break through one of the 'standard rules' of photography (although none are set in stone) and of psychology.
THAT is the reason for the titled 'water body'. My initial thought was to have the water body be flat and the model pose in a way so that she seems to be at a tilt (basically the water and the model switch poses, if that makes sense )
Being a poor college student with no formal training in photography, i am still trying to pick up the ropes with whatever equipment i have. I use a 40D with a Tamron 17-50 f2.8 lens along with a 580 EXII. within the first week of owning the EXII, i realized that i needed to get the flash off the camera if i wanted good/dramatic/effective lighting. however, my options aer quite expensive (though i am now considering another EXII and then using them on a wireless setup)
The model's pose! oh dear... she actually hates me for putting her through what i did for this shoot. the water was FREEZING cold and yet, she was a sport and lay down for me. since the sun was setting behind her, her body was pretty much taken over by shadows (VERY LOW contrast) and for some reason, my camera would not focus on her. i wanted to shoot this photo with the wave receding back so as to add some texture and with the lack of an auto-focus, manual focus limited the number of trials i had.
These constraints popped up when me and my model were in that moment, shooting. had i known of these issues before hand, i would have prepared myself better. I think apart from the photographic lessons, i learned that planning in advance is VERY important!
So thank you all for taking the time out to go through the photo and replying with your valuable feedback.
So usually when there is a body of water in your pic, level looks more natural.