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I thought that I would post a photo that is a bit out of my comfort zone, with no fuss, no frills, and no glamour. Here I am after a day at the office, with no makeup and my hair pulled back in an untidy bun, the real me.
| Camera: | Canon Digital Rebel, 450d |
| Lens: | Canon 50mm 1:1.8 |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | bare |
| Username: | 
beckas |
| Uploaded: | 21 Jul 2009 - 4:55 AM |
| Tags: | General, Portraits / people |
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| Votes: | 88 |
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Love the "Real" you,excellent light and toning in all,number 2 best for me.
Tom.
Version 2 really works well because, for me, brings out your eyes beautifully
I love the tonal value of V2.
Very pleasing image, with nice contrast between browns eyes and green background.
Hendrik
I find this totaly refreshing and one of the most beautiful self portaits I have seen on here for years..has a warmth and softness that just gets to you.
The head tilt and eye contact just works so far past the norm it hurts.
Love this , love your work , but this is my favourite , stunning .
Sean
Each of these versions has its own merits, although V2 does make you stand forward more. What I am seeing here is a very beautiful, very natural looking, gorgeous lady. The expression is very open, sensual and divinely feminine. This is so much more than a great portrait; it's a deep and intimate insight into a very real person. Thank you for sharing this wonderful capture of YOU.
Andrew
Good for you, sometimes it's nice just to look at the canvas instead of the painting. I like it.
John 
Quote: Each of these versions has its own merits, although V2 does make you stand forward more. What I am seeing here is a very beautiful, very natural looking, gorgeous lady. The expression is very open, sensual and divinely feminine. This is so much more than a great portrait; it's a deep and intimate insight into a very real person. Thank you for sharing this wonderful capture of YOU.
Andrew
I really couldn't have put it anymore eloquently than Andrews comment.
A stunning self portrait of a naturally beautiful lady.
Andy
I love it! You just keep getting better and better. Keep them coming Rebekah. You are so brave, dont think I would dare. You have such a lovely face.
I too prefer this image and the one where you are lying on your side (a few pics before this one, but with similar tones, think it was called honey), to many of the " glamour" pics.
V2 would be my pick of the 3 for several reasons, it seems more real and fitting with the nature of the image, it has more punch and seems to have less manipulation ( not that there is anything wrong with manip). Even the central positioning works for this image.
Quote: Beautiful portrait, nicely cropped composed and presented. My only niggle to your usual standard of perfection are the neck creases.
Hi Alan. Thanks very much for the critique. I agree that neck creases are not flattering and that my neck isn't creased like that when my head isn't tilted, LOL. I was very tempted to take some of the creases out, but my point with this photo was to leave the skin alone and not to do my usual Photoshop retouching. I am not super young, in fact I have a daughter who is old enough to be a model, so I thought that I would share what is really behind the makeup and Photoshop editing.
V2 has more zing, petes mod with your head straight is good too.
I am sorry Rebekah I came to see if you had processed your last shoot,
Probably to busy answering emails from overseas,,,(Are they not a pain) Did not know I had not voted on this one
No 2 for me
William
Bare is beautiful. V2 for me and the natural look would be the one your lucky man wakes up next to. Great to see you in the flesh so to speak.
Rob
I have just seen this image for the first time. I had 5 mins to kill so had a look at your earlier PF on the back of your last upload (which I love!) and found this. All I can say, hand on heart, trully is that with this, you have shown a true, inner beauty that doesn't need PS. There is an outer beauty too that all women have, but you have captured yours magnificently. I find this image WAY more attractive than any of the photoshopped images as we can see you, nothing more, not hiding. Its special, really quite sensual, but melancholic, dreamy, but resigned, unkempt, creases and all, but showing the REAL you........I don't find this "brave" at all, as has been pointed out many times. I find this is perfectly normal and doing anything in post production is brave......that way when people look at processed images of yourself or others, invariably they say "Wow, you look great", but mean "It looks nothing like you"......why hide when you can be you?
Utterly, utterly stunning, can't believe I missed this and really quite knocked back by this......a staggering piece of photography, self awareness and beauty......if I could give my user award to this, it would get it straight away, no question. Sorry for the rant, just blown away by this really....
one of my all time favs..just popping back for a spirit uplift
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