@neme: I don't expect her to be green or whatever in GREEN/Days, but at least for something like Sunrise/Sunset... wouldn't it be better to take a cover with the sun/beach as the background?
And that photo that shows the real background in her TA photos or whatever... sorry, I think that's like BALI HOTEL and not Bali. There's a difference. That background looks like the balcony jacuzzi of her hotel suite than a natural scenery of Bali itself.
Moreover, even if it has to be her balcony jacuzzi, why on earth must it be so photoshopped that the sea looks like a canvas painting? I can't even see the waves!
truehappiness said she could have done a lot of things at another country. I agree, but of all things - to compromise the covers for a single??? That doesn't seem like Ayu to me.
Also, I don't actually think the photoshopping are bad... I mean whatever it's just photoshop; her enlarged boobs and hot bod really look hot and I like them...
I really just hate the background and her facial expression... so much.
Though I think Ayu must be drunk to choose these 2 shots as the covers... I can't help but think the rest of the gallery isn't that good anyway. truehappiness is right again when he mentioned that Kazuyoshi Shimomura directed Ayu for photography.
Just think about it... from 1999 all the way to the A BEST 2 covers, she rarely poses with the fish mouth or whatever... why is it that the moment Kazu comes in, she starts to drop in her facial expression standard!?
And the thing I
can't stand the most is that... her facial expression looks like they are
in between actions/poses rather than being an actual action/pose.
CD: I suppose she wanted to pose like with a hand on her hip or something, but damn Kazu had to snap her while doing that.
CD+DVD: This, I think she wants to do a Rule/Sparkle cover, or even putting her hand behind her hair, even tossing it. Damn Kazu has to snap her while doing that as well.
These covers... she looked like she's in the middle of posing... which reflects really badly on the photographer imo...
And Ayu, oh God, I felt like she had no choice but to use these 2 - the rest must be butt ugly...
I think, the overall feel of the covers is so... unappealing...
-HOTLINKING COS I WANNA POST THIS BEFORE AHS BECOMES UNAVAILABLE AGAIN; I'm really sorry-
I really liked the GREEN/Days cover... shot by Kazuyoshi as well, but I feel that Ayu has made a right face (by luck maybe?) or something here, which worked.
I also know it's too early to judge since these covers are not HQ, but it's not like her eyes are gonna "smile" or that I'll see a smile on her face when it's in HQ... sorry guys.
I really don't complain much about Ayu... even the NEXT LEVEL or Rule/Sparkle covers which a lot of people dislike, I liked them.
But this is just... unacceptable.
These are really her worst covers imo, and I'm not going to change my mind, and I
hope I wouldn't change my mind in the future.