Cherry chopsticks
by booboo_goon

Comment by jhazens:
I like this one but feel it would have had much more impact with just one cherry. Eliminating the clipped one and showing a little more of the fingers would have worked better in my opinion.

Cherry chopsticks
by booboo_goon

Comment by tanguera:
Lovely model and portrait, although I think the tightness of the crop detracts from it, especially the cherries. Also, some haloing around the stem, lips, and eyes, especially the corner of her right eye.

Cherry chopsticks
by booboo_goon

Comment by Focalone:
There is something about the clarity that makes me want this image to be softer. The lips stand out the most but seem done more than the rest of her make up.

Cherry chopsticks
by booboo_goon

Comment by jwaddison:
Excellent

Cherry chopsticks
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Comment by peter:
Great idea, the crop is just a little tight for my liking but nice and sharp, and love how the red pops!

Cherry chopsticks
by booboo_goon

Comment by dsa157:
I wish the model was interacting with the cherries in a more interesting way. here, they just looked like they are arbitrarily pressed against her lips.

Cherry chopsticks
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Comment by justine:
Creative idea and love the red lips, lighting, pose and her makeup. You met the challenge 100% just don't like the tight crop.

Cherry chopsticks
by booboo_goon

Comment by glad2badad:
I like the pose and the cherries. The off-white bg takes away from the presentation. I'd like to see it all white or something a little bolder maybe. Still a nice job overall.

Cherry chopsticks
by booboo_goon

Comment by Leo:
Well, the model certainly looks glamourous, but somehow the image isn't "all there" as a package. The focus and lighting are pretty good. I guess the thing that throws me off is how exactly are you trying to work the cherries into the "glam" image??? I see just the tips of her fingers and part of the left cherry is cut off; both of which is distracting from the glam concept. I'm thinking maybe you could have included more of her hand and all of the cherries. Also, the cherry is "just" against her lip. Maybe a more "seductive" (adding to the glam concept) way to incorporate the cherries (or maybe just one cherry would have been better) was to have the model pucker her lips against the cherry? The photo just seems to be missing something... But what do I know, its just my honest thoughts about the image...

Looking at it some more, I do like the way you posed the model to look off to her side. It gives the impression that the viewer was just "caught" looking at the subject; which is a nice technique.

Bored of waiting around for my friend...
by booboo_goon

Comment by booboo_goon:

Originally posted by SaraR: That is a mannequin, isn't it? Rather bizarre!

No it's not!! It's a REAL person