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 a fraction off the top so there isn’t that gap between arm and neck at the top right.   You’ve got the angle of the body to the light just right.   The light/shadow across bust and bits, hips and tummy are perfect.

Terrific framing, this has the “decisive crop” aspect to it.   Nothing else to say – this is another spot on.

I can’t decide about these two clothes – I think I’m not convinced that the constrast to each other properly – in other words that at suitably opposing points on the colour wheel.   It’s a great image, but I think what bugs me is that the top half of Iveta looks quite dynamic and the bottom half looks quite static.  I think a crop just below the hip is much stronger.    Really like the shine on the gold cloth – wonder if there’s a tight in crop of just her leg?

Crop across the head I like – though I know others won’t.   Love the whole “lean” to this, the hand is cool.   For me I’d want to wrap brush Iveta’s tummy slightly and there’s a highlight just right and below her elbow that bugs me.   I’d like so see some more contrast in this – duplicate the layer and set the blend mode to soft-light see what that does for you.

Knobbly knees = crop above them!   It’s very light to the left and darker on the right – I feel it needs more lightness on the right to balance it out, but I do like the almost ghostly / ethereal quality on the left.

Smashing !!   Non-standard crop shape, cracking pose (in fact how does she do that and not fall over!)   The top left just needs filling I think.   It’s a little hard to tell, but it might just be slightly over exposed on her front?

This shot confirms what I was saying about arms hanging downwards “drain energy” – although the pose is quite strong it leaves a low energy image – nothing wrong with that – this is quite peaceful – especially after the previous image.

Not sure about the top crop on this one – maybe just below the nose like the previous one might be stronger.  Curious striping on the cloth??  

I like this – although in a way we’ve seen the image before the gels make it a really good twist.   I would paint out the top of Cat’s head that’s showing and I’d be tempted to add a little colour on both edges of Cat’s torso.

To be picky here, you could have posed Cat’s hands slightly to the right so it revealed “the cat” on the wall.  I like the perspective – you don’t see too many bum shots – nice use of the wide angle.   I also like the arc of the splash on the wall running around across Cat’s bum.    Don’t know if that creates a tighter crop that works.

Done a nice job on colour correction but I’d like a little more detail in the shadows – it’s a bit blocked up.  Also not sure about the black space at the bottom – that could probably go.   

Good set overall, there’s a really nice crispness to these and although I’ve given quite a few crop comments,  I appreciate the conviction of your own cropping.

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