Sheridan
by gajmaj

Comment:
seems like the light on her right is more reddish or orangeish, too different than the other lighting, makes her look like a redhead on one side while a dirty blonde on the other; other than that a fine portrait

Didi
by Rooster

Comment:
very nice portrait, your background is more interesting than the plain ones but nicely blurred so it isn't dominating, the color of her dress and her skintones compliment each other; since this is an advanced rules challenge I think you would have improved it by cloneing out her right earring where it shows beneath her chin, that's a distradtion at an important place in the pic

The Soul of a Woman
by librodo

Comment:
lighting is too harsh on one side of her face and it's too dark on the other, not that it has to be exactly balanced but this is just a little extreme to work for me, other than that a very good shot

Anna
by heida

Comment:
I think this would have scored better if you had brought the light forward to move the shadow line toward the edge of her face a little

Send in the Clowns
by Prime_Time

Comment:
I like the concept but it needs some more light on the face, maybe not a lot more, but some

Shy Marija
by flip89

Comment:
soft focus is cool for this type of shot but yours is almost too soft, nice shot

Photographers portrait
by birgir

Comment:
this is very nice, I like the background color and the lines, it might be a little better if the subject were positioned in the center of the spot of light behind him, and maybe another light source to put some, but not too much, light on the shaded side of his face

Janet
by redmoon

Comment:
the close crop on the left doesn't work for me, not in a portrait; other than that this is fine

The Journalist
by Imagineer

Comment:
very good photo but the lighting needs a minor adjustment to be more balanced, one side of his face is almost blown out and the other is too shaded

Untitled
by EddyG

Comment:
lightint is a bit harsh in some areas but not on the face, the background color is pretty close to her hair color, darker bg would have let the hair stand out a bit more, lipstick and the dress's color seem to match boosting both, on the whole a very good effort