Reflections galore (Patreon)

I went to this black beach in Lanzarote with Herodiade. But next to the black sand was this golden rock with a very shallow flat pool that seawater washed over. I’m a sucker for reflections, so I, of course, had to shoot there. The lighting was not ideal, a bit too much from the back and a bit too high, but I made it kind of work for these two images:

First, I went the classic route by having the model tilt her head toward the sun; if you look at the shadow on her breast, you can see why I don’t think it was ideal. To get the light to work on the body, she would have had to lean away from the camera at the same time at.

For the second image, I aimed for a more classic “Rembrandt” look (gosh, how I hate that term) and hid some of the shadows with her arm. I personally think that works better. What do you think?