Hi Phil. Thanks for your comment - no offence taken. In terms of light, the levels are as shot with a single strobe through brolly with no backlight, hence the light fall off from front to back.

It's a valid opinion on the lighting and editing. I deliberately shot this to create an even light, as I wanted an almost doll-like appearance. Arabella had incredible skin, so there's less airbrushing than you might imagine. On the high res version there is quite a bit more skin texture, pores, etc visible but I can't upload that here sadly.

Thanks again for your comments, much appreciated.

Thanks all!

And an Editors Choice award to boot! Woohoo!

Beautiful shot Martin. Keep meaning to get back out there but struggling to find the time recently. Worth making the time though if I can get anything a tenth as good as this.

YYou know me Martin, always up for a bit of cheating with these things! And some excellent cheating it is too! Great final image

Mark

Belter Martin

Beautifully exposed as ever Martin. I'm just not sure about the square crop in this instance - can't give a constructive reason why tbh, it just doesn't look quite comfortable to me somehow.

Cheers, Mark

Terrifically lit and processed. The pose looks awkward, but I suspect that is exactly what you were going for - creates a strong tension in the shot. Nice one.

Mark