There are two things that really bug me about this image, firstly the curve of the bench is cropped on the right – should crop the left two I think.  Secondly it looks like Cat’s only got one foot.  There is an image there, crop just below the bum and tight around Cat and really boost the contrast (or the shadows at least).
 
Nice, one of those lovely figure studies that works well in colour or black and white – though it’s pretty much monochrome anyway.  I’d like to just crop …

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Because the lightbox setup we had produces a lot of light from below you have to be careful how it lights the face.   I’m not unhappy with the light here, just something to be aware of.  
What bugs me …

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OK, I’ll be honest here – this prop I have never successfully got a standing posed shot I like with it.  It looks great – looks like it ought to be interesting – just never works for me. 
I …

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Really nice composition and pose.   The diagonal frame created by the elbows is terrific, keeps the eye contained within the image.  Nice tonality across the image too.  Would like to see the very bright hair on the right …

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The desaturation on this is very interesting.  I would tend to go for a high-colour because of the contrast between the cloth and Iveta.  However I really like what you’ve done.
As for the shapes, they are just terrific, …

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