Intensity
by dunces

Comment:
Cool! Very dynamic, different and interesting.

Game Face
by alanfreed

Comment:
Great colors. Nice DOF. Nice facial expression.

Shy
by saintaugust

Comment:
When I look at this picture, I don't think 'shy', more like 'stubble'. :) Anyway, I don't know about the neck/chin shot. Maybe a face shot would communicate the 'shyness' better?

Assistant's Mile Long Legs
by flip89

Comment:
You lucky dog, you. To have her for an assistant.

The red on the yellow is great but I think the white of the skirt throws off the groove a bit. I wish the skirt was gone. (Yeah, that way would be great! but just a different cropping or something would work too.) :)

Stubborn!
by atsxus

Comment:
Brilliant. This shot has a lot of emotional power.

Pyromaniac
by peete

Comment:
Ah, the old take-the-cover-off-the-lighter-and-dial-up-the-flame-to-insanely-high-levels trick. A favorite of mine as well. :) I love his facial expression and eyes.

Bleak
by BigZenDragon

Comment:
Cool setup. The eye has a lot of grain though which is pretty distracting to me. I love the overall shot though other than that.

A Grandmother's Look
by skief

Comment:
Nice dramatic B&W. I like the contrast and tones.

Devil-ish Attutude
by debitipton

Comment:
Cute. I like the combination of pose and framing.

Brown Eyed Girl
by lizzyc3

Comment:
Great expression! I'd like to see more of this model. The lighting is interesting but the hair on the left side of the frame is a touch too dark, especially relative to the hair on the right edge, on the other side of her face. Also, there is a slightly distracting reflection on her forehead right at the edge of the frame. Like I said, the light is interesting but, probably as a result of the dramatic angle and hardness of the lighting, and also the B&W conversion process, perhaps more skin imperfections are showing? I certainly couldn't say without seeing a color version and/or seeing her in person, but just a suggestion. Softer, more diffused light would hide pores and other textural features of the skin. Playing with the channel mixer can either amplify or hide things like freckles and other color-related features of the skin.

Anyway, I still like the dramatic look of this photo and the detailed textures here. It's really different than a lot of the portraits you see of females.