An entry for the Genesis Candace skin photography contest. The task is to capture something of the spirit or essence of the skin, and one of my favorite nude images inspired this.

Model: Freyja Nemeth
Skin: Candace by Genesis
Hair: Yesenia by Bishwear
Jewelry: Autumn by Genesis
Lashes: Vanity by Sin Skins
Location: Built by me
Pose: By me
Reflected backdrop: Stock from sxc.hu

Inspiration: http://pelicanh.deviantart.com/art/Courtney7102-82799142

Technique: Reflection done with Windlight, entirely in-world. Lots and lots of fiddling needed to get the hair to come out right in the front of the body, and that's what made this image take 7-8 hours of work with a lot of different attempts until we were happy.

Warping to smooth out edges and avatar bumps as best I could, then Virtual Photographer to provide a Radiant layer set to 50% Soft Light and then a Slight Grain to give it the photo look. Finished it off with a slight vignette darkening the corners. Using an object matte, I blurred the background area for depth of field, a Gaussian Blur of about 8 I believe.