I'm Sexy and I know it...

Challenge #34 in the Art Photography series. Hosted by MrScorpio.

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Beautiful and sexy...

by Werli Francois

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Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:	Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Submitted:	Wednesday, 16th May, 2012 09:02 (GMT)
Taken:	Tuesday, 9th August, 2011
Focal length:	142 mm
Shutter speed:	1/640 sec
Aperture:	F3.5
ISO:	100
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Galleries:	View this photo in Werli Francois's gallery

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Total comments: 17

A lovely shot of a beautiful woman.

I personally think it benefits from not being post processed a lot; the naturalness adds to the picture's attraction.

Congratulations!

2 upvotes

Thank you very much for this comment, your first comment in 8 years! Incredible!

0 upvotes

I’m surprised with the number of comments that have nothing to do with photography. In any event I find this photo to be superb. The composition, color and balance are stunning. The imperfections in the subject’s skin do not detract from the art. I personally like a less cultured rendering on models that are blessed with such natural beauty.

Comment edited 6 minutes after posting

2 upvotes

Thank you very much,,,

0 upvotes

Anke is from Holland; she is very beautiful with just few little skin marks on her face which I cleaned just briefly not thinking it would be visible on 1600 pixels. So yes, retouch is not so good, I agree.
I never expected this image to do well in the challenge as I thought it would not be sexy enough... but her beauty probably made the difference.
She is sometime sunbathing topless and the marks on her breast are from sunburns.
The picture was taken at the beach in Greece.
Thank you for choosing this image anyway...

3 upvotes

I think 2 major retouch mistakes you did on this photo is by not fixing the skin on her breast, and (the worst one) by overdoing her eyes. It looks like she's charging energy plasma and about to discharge beams of lasers from her eyes. Yeah, the eyes look very unnatural. Other than that she's very pretty.

0 upvotes

Those are her natural eyes! They are very bright because of the reflection of the sand who is in the sun.

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1 upvote

Very poor retouch. imo.

2 upvotes

She has some kind of skin complaint on her boob, which I do not find sexy at all. And she would also be in trouble if she dressed like that in Pakistan (or Brussels for that matter).

0 upvotes

The wowser-ish attitudes of some people/countries are not relevant to the quality (or otherwise) of this photo.

7 upvotes

I totally agree with the comment below. All cultures have different dress standards and sexual mores that has nothing at all to do with the outstanding quality of this photo. As far as her looks, I don't find anything at all to complain about as she's as beautiful a woman as you'll find anywhere.

4 upvotes

I clicked on this picture because it captures the natural beauty she radiates.

I find it interesting that it attracts such an ugly comment.

4 upvotes

Stunningly beautiful!

1 upvote

Thank you

0 upvotes

Beautiful.

1 upvote

Thank you

0 upvotes

She's thinking about me again.

1 upvote

Total comments: 17

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