me by MartaSyrko

Excellent shot, very much in the great tradition of the body as abstract form, as landscape. Because of the way you have limited the depth of field, I think this could work just as well - perhaps even better - in colour, emphasising even more clearly the delicate textures of skin and fabric.

The only criticism I have is that it might be even better (is that possible?) if you shot this with half or one stop less aperture, so that the further leg and the back were just a little more in focus. There's a point where the highlight on the thigh tends to merge into the highlight on the bed and lose its separation (but this separation would be retained if the picture was in colour).

I also like the way it's posed in a real, human setting - the "abstract" part has often been overdone - so that this is not a sculpture, but a real living person rather than a beautiful thing.

It would be interesting to see similar studies of other parts of the body, using the sweet contrasts between skin and fabric to make a similar statement about the beauties of shape and shadow - perhaps with underwear in white or a light colour, rather than black, to make the statement a little more natural and less directly "sexy."

I've only given it four out of five for originality, because it's a very traditional shot. Brilliantly captured, though, and an excellent example of the tradition.