Untitled
by EddyG

Comment:
Lighting: the eyes have a bit too much shadow, but there are a few small spots that are too bright.
Pose: works, but I would not have cut off her elbow.
Background: too busy. It pulls too much attention from her hair. A shallower DOF would have created more separation I think.

Breakfast for Two
by OneSweetSin

Comment:
Lighting: the lighting is good, but seems to have a slight color cast.
Pose: more of a candid than a portrait. The motion blur is distracting.
Background: works.

Didi
by Rooster

Comment:
Lighting: Nicely done, but with eyes that dark I would have liked to see more of a catchlight.
Pose: nice.
Background: works, but is a bit distracting. Using a shallower DOF would have worked better I think.

The Invisible Man
by GeneralE

Comment:
Not a person, but:

Lighting: Way too dark, detail is lost in many places.
Pose: non-existant
Background: cluttered.

A Penny For Your Thoughts
by BooZon

Comment:
Lighting: Not enough light for good contrast. The eyes need a catchlight to be more expressive.
Pose: works fine.
Background: works.

Self-portrait With Flowers
by carlacryptic

Comment:
Lighting: The lighting is good, but there seems to be a bright spot on the side of your left eye.
Pose: You seem to be having fun.
Background: works very well. The flowers are a bit distracting, but not overly so.

1860's in technicolor
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
Lighting: The lighting if generally fine, but the dress appears a bit hot in places. The soft focus is over-done I think.
Pose: too stiff and rigid.
Background: Works. I don' t normally pay any more attention to a border than I do titles, but this one does not work for me.

Mayor of Dogville
by ellamay

Comment:
Not a person, but:

Lighting: Needs a reflector bouncing light up to the lower portions of the face to get rid of the harsh shadows (or at least reduse them enough to restore detail). The eyes are dark and unexpressive; a catchlight would have helped greatly.
Pose: works well.
Background: fine.

MyTootsie
by neilmwilson

Comment:
Lighting: A reflector is needed to bounce light onto the left side of the face, and it really needed to have been toned down as there are hot spots in the hair and on the nose.
Pose: The pose is not very expressive. The DOF is too shallow as the right shoulder is OOF.
Background: Works fine.

Glowing
by lizzyc3

Comment:
Lighting: The 'glow' is overexposure. This really needed a reflector on the right to clear up most of the shadows. A catchlight in her eyes would have allowed them to be more expressive.
Pose: The arm crossing her chest pulls the eye down with nothing to pull it back up to her face, which I would have liked to see with a different expression. Also, you choose a rather tight DOF for this shot, and then focused on the top of her blouse instead of her face. This resulted in most of the image being OOF.
Background: The white works well.