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July 26, 2009
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Jul 24, 2009, 11:23:05 PM
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It's one thing to use the environment as part of a photograph, but this image takes it one step further.

Everything about the image says "soft," but it's not soft in a weak way. The sheets' color and texture is both inviting and warm, but the model's fair skin and hair contrast nicely and look cool next to them, heightening the effect of both. Contrast is such a simple technique, but it's very effective, especially here.

The fabric rose in the center doesn't really distract since it it isn't just a figure of a rose. It blends into the image, is more of an optical effect, something a casual observation might miss as just a rumpled sheet.

The model is very feminine without being overtly sexual. This, combined with the other effects I mentioned earlier, combine to make a picture that is both subtly surreal, warm, inviting, and alluring.

Overall, it's a fine example of using every bit of the subject and the environment for maximum effect. While it's subtle, its more powerful the longer you study it.
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Olga shows us all that she is just as brilliant behind the camera as she is in front of it with this work. She has done such a wonderful job here on taking a silk (or satin?) bedsheet and making a lovely rose out of it, and in ensconcing her model in the midst of it. What is really im pressive, in all of this, is the way she avoids any sort of cliche by putting her model in the middle of everything, and instead putting her to the side, giving us a large sea of rose to look at.
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I like the idea of the bedsheet as the rose. :D
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Mood: Love ~Cyrux Dec 16, 2010  Student General Artist
wow she is a doll. wow
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~Abyss-Valkyrie Oct 30, 2010  Student Digital Artist
WOW!!That just is so lovely,great idea!!!

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*armene Oct 31, 2010  Professional Photographer
thank you :)
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Beautiful face, there's a story behind it. A happy memory which the rose shows (:
-Sofie Hacke
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*armene Oct 20, 2010  Professional Photographer
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`photofairy Jul 19, 2010   General Artist
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Oh wow, this is so lovely!

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