The Violinist
by judojoe

Comment:
Very nice lighting. Lovely B&W treatment. Love the angled pose and the way the lines lead up to and frame her face. Oh, and beautiful model too.

Edit to add: My pick for top 5.

Valeria
by malina

Comment:
Very lovely portrait of a very lovely girl. Beautiful lighting, excellent b&w treatment. Love the pose and expression and the use of negative space and shallow DOF. Well done!

Edit to add: My pick for top 5.

Eastern Mystery
by AlexSaberi

Comment:
LOVE IT!!! Well done on the lighting, the pose, oh, that expression (!), the sharp focus on the eyes. the b&w toning. All very well done.

Edit to add: My pick for the blue.

Disco, disco frisco..
by birnahelga

Comment:
Wish the image were bigger (remember to take full advantage of the allowed sizes for the images in the challenge). But I love the idea!

Quiet spot in loud place
by zeolite

Comment:
It's not what I consider to be a "portrait". Sorry.

délicatement
by TOY

Comment:
A very lovely image of a very lovely lady. I like the pose, the lighting, the b&w treatment. Well done.

'the entertainer'
by suemack

Comment:
Is it really him? Or a look-alike or wax dummy? You've got me intrigued. Regardless, I think the b&w conversion was done well and I love the angles in this image. Well done.

Bud & Me
by figment

Comment:
For "portraits", I prefer to see the eyes...

Glam
by Gaby_G

Comment:
Okay, I give low votes to just about every "half face" shot I see. I'm just not a fan of cropping half a face off. That said ... I *do* like her make up. That, and the sharp focus on her eyes has made this image stand out for me. Well done.

fiddler
by littledragon

Comment:
Man, it just doesn't fit my definition of a "portrait". Too far away, too many other distracting things to look at. If you didn't mention fiddler, I would have suspect I was suppose to look at the closest guy (the one on the right walking away). I would never have even noticed the fiddler (or figured out that he had an instrument in his hands).