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Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Date: Jul 4, 2007
Galleries: Fashion, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Jul 7, 2007

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This was part of a series i am trying to start of interesting lip photographs and i had initially intended on cropping them to just the lips but that wasn't working out well with the other photos but on this one it seemed to work better leaving in my neck and nose, i am not as pleased with this particular design on the lips (basil leaves and pink lip gloss) but i like the composition of the photograph as a whole

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 08/25/2007 05:03:00 AM
Interesting. I see the basil leaves as a minimalistic approach to drawing attention to the rest of the pic. True, the pattern is quite random, I believe that this is perfect for the pic. It signifies that the pic is not about the basil and encourages you to look past. And when you do look past, you see that the picture is about shapes and contours, softness and flow. Really delightful.

One of the best shots I've seen in a long time.

I'd probably like to see a bit less color in the pic, but that's a side-issue. I think this might be worthy of a few different color treatments to see where it went.... A hue-shift to turquoise/cyan tones might be fun too.
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 07/09/2007 04:26:49 PM
This is a cool idea. I like it. Since you asked for feedback, I'll lay it on ya!

Good things:
The general concept is great. I like the idea of interesting lips and/or funky things on the lips.
Cool color and processing in general.

Things I would change:
DOF seems way too shallow to me. I generally love a super thin DOF, but I think it's too thin here. I would prefer to see all of the lips nice and sharp. As it is, the corners of the mouth are already out of focus.
I think I would like to see a little bit more of the nose just to give the nostrils a bit more context.
The pose is begging to be symmetrical, yet it isn't quite. It looks like it was supposed to be and you missed by a bit.

I think that's it. Don't get me wrong regarding the changes above, I think it's a great photo!
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 07/09/2007 04:21:36 PM
I like the overall image, but like you, im not crazy about the design on the lips. I also like the idea of the series youre shooting for.
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 07/07/2007 07:10:30 AM
This is cool and quite artful!
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