The easiest backdrop

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• lilimih33 (13800)
• [2007-06-20 19:52]

Hello Robert!
Very beautiful portrait and lovely blue sky!
Perfect detail and lovely point of view!
Excellent done!
Lili

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• HeadlessGuy (1137)
• [2007-06-20 20:27]
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What a great portrait! Beautifull colours and great detail.
I really like the reflection in her sun glasses. Thats a nice touch.

Well done!

Cheers,
Jens

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• cobratan (1425)
• [2007-06-20 20:32]
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Beautiful portrait of a beatiful Model and Amazing blue sky is a plus.Did you say you bribe her with a drink?
I am having a Molson here...Cheers my friend:)
Mel

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• rychousmama (226)
• [2007-06-20 20:48]
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Meh...I am only having a water....but great shot! I really love that clear, vivid clean blue sky as the background for her. And with her wearing white and red she just pops right out. Excellent framing and composition with a horizontal framing, and her off-center. Her eyes are blue so they echo the colors in the sky. Really good point of view looking up at her, her smiling down, very natural and sincere smile. Excellent use of available lighting, and luckily she was bending down a bit to look at you so the sun did not hit a lot of her face directly, creating a nice diffused lighting effect and making her eyes and features glow. Very crisp and sharp with excellent details and the reflections in those glasses make the shot even more dynamic. I love how both simple and clean but lively this is. Even though it's good to show her arms tapering in at the bottom edge to give the hint that she is leaning her hands on her knees, bending down a bit and looking at you, I find that the slight cropping (or rather the partial inclusion) of her cleavage or breasts is distracting. When you have higher contrasts or objects partially cropped or too close to the bottom edge of a shot they tend to distract from the main focus above (in this case, her face and eyes) so perhaps, cropping barely an inch off the bottom might help to keep the focus and the composition unified. Hope that all made sense :P Really excellent capture and if I were her I would frame that shot and put it somewhere in the house for everyone to see ;) TFS!
-Lara

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• Kingarfer (2328)
• [2007-06-20 21:35]
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Hello Robert

A wonderful shot with amazing colours.The composition is well done.The reflections in the sunglasses are superb.A HQ image.Masterfully done.TFS

Rob

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• Fisher (5662)
• [2007-06-20 22:14]
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Hi Robert,

Very nice work, excellent capture. You should be proud.
Cheers

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• Beger (15131)
• [2007-06-20 22:47]

Bonjour Robert,
Quelle portrait ensoleillé!
Et quel naturel!
Superbes couleurs et acuité des détails. Tu as su gérer la lumière d'excellente façon. Les reflets dans les lunettes solaires sont un plus. Un hymne au bonheur d'être ên vacances! Bravo au modèle et au photographe! Annie

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• allanbarredo (6824)
• [2007-06-20 23:12]
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Hi Robert,

The exposure on this one couldn't be more perfect! The light that time must be really good. Beautiful portrait. Thanks for sharing.

Allan

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• tanbinh (3138)
• [2007-06-21 2:07]

hello ROBERT.
exellent portrait de MARTINE sous le soleil de CUBA.
bonne lumiere naturelle.
amitiés ensoleillé....aldo.

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• PierreFrigon (15457)
• [2007-06-21 7:33]

Superbe porrait. Excellente netteté et détails.
C'est vrai que le ciel fait toujours un excellent BG.
Merci
Pierre

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• frans273 (1923)
• [2007-06-21 10:48]
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hi robert,

surprising to see how much detail you have on the skin. the dark blue with the polarizing filter is not a surprise because that is what you expect. a shot at the beach .. looking at the sunglasses of your wife. could not discover you but I suppose you pushed the shutter. nice sunny portrait. regards frans

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• kfreud (2471)
• [2007-06-21 11:27]
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Hi Robert,
very fine portrait
amazing colours and a nice smile
Karl

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• riverfriends (6678)
• [2007-06-21 13:58]
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A Beautiful lady she IS, and that makes the background look good:)
David

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• EOSF1 (17677)
• [2007-06-21 18:40]

Excellent portrait Robert, avec le contrejour, l'exposition est parfaite. Bravo et merci!

Mario

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• Kilted-Arab (8805)
• [2007-06-22 20:07]
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What a happy shot, Robert - a lovely smile and a well-composed shot. I particularly like the reflections in the sunglasses.

The red/white/blue makes a very vivid and attractive colour combo as well - great shot all round!

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• tomek_wap (4565)
• [2007-06-23 7:41]

Indeed is is the easiest backdrop.
Good and clean.
Nice portrait.
And good reflections onto the beach on the sunglasses.

Tom

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• TheMystic (5762)
• [2007-06-28 13:54]

Spur of the moment shots, that's what it is all about, Robert! They are wonderful memories to keep. Your holiday activities describe the same actions as ours. Great keepsake shot with a tender and intimate pov.
Cheers
Otto

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• anducina (7554)
• [2007-06-30 6:46]

Excellent and natural portrait. I like the intense colors-red, blue, white-and the light-shadows play.

TFS,

Andreea