Samantha's Challenge
by Neuferland

Comment:
A girl and her horse ... what a wonderful concept ... illustrating the bond between her and her horse! I see portraiture more as a photograph or painting showing the face rather than the whole profile and taken in a more studio-like environment. Perhaps a close up of her standing near her horse while petting the horse's face or neck ... I think that would illustrate the special bond between the two more, and also would fit the portraiture challenge.

It's In The Eyes
by K-Rob

Comment:
Good DOF, good focus on the face, good portrait. Dogs can be persons too.

Bill & Kim
by TooCool

Comment:
What a lovely couple ... nice formal portrait ... like the softness, don't care much for the background, doesn't look like it is studio environment.

All American Pug, He thinks he's human!
by hallswel

Comment:
Love that face ... just wish you didn't cut his/her right paw off. I also would have liked a tighter cropping because the background is busy and detracts from viewing the subject. That's just me though.

Kate
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
I like the lighting and the softness ... the colors are excellent too. My only beef is the loss of detail in the hair and the green tinge ...

Me and Myself
by artvet

Comment:
Beautiful pensive pose and lighting expecially on the eyes.

My Love...
by toddhead

Comment:
I am not a very good judge of portraits - but I like the skin tones and the dash of color and the highlighting of the eyes. Your viewers are readily pulled by the beautiful brown eyes. Just wished it was a little bit more off center.

The Softer Side of Me...
by aaronb532

Comment:
Of all the portraits in this challenge, this is the one that I come back to often. Composition and lighting are just exquisite ... I love that the shadows and shirt blend with the background and that the left eye is not under the shadows (seen a lot of these with what I call raccoon eyes). On the other hand, I just wished you used another model just because you're so recognizable now :-) ... no offense meant because you're an attractive model but the recognition factor might turn off some readers and give you a low score because you just won recently... wonderful job ... I hope to follow your set up someday.

Summer at the Farm
by L1

Comment:
Congratulations ... it really deserves the ribbon, handsdown the best of the lot.

She Wore Pink Shoes
by Herblacklist12

Comment:
That is one sexy photograph.