Frosina
by tsikakis

Comment:
I dunno... I just prefer a lighter look / mood for the ladies, especially the pretty ones. Save the dark portraits for old men with lots of wrinkles to give them character. :-)

Anyway, a lighter image and sharper focus on the eyes would get a higher vote from me.

Contemplation
by LevT

Comment:
I love playing with shallow DOF. But I personally would rather have seen her eyes in focus and unobstructed instead of her lips. It's a nice shot of her lips and all... I just don't feel like I get to know her because the closest eye to me is obstructed and the far one is OOF.

Dearest Child
by MeGoobie

Comment:
It appears that the light was too strong, or the contrast was bumped too much in post... the light on the front of the face is blown out (i.e. there is no detail left in the nose, the cheek, the forehead). Contrast that with how much detail is on her shoulders and chest and you can see the it's been blown. This was probably caused by having the light source too close to her head. Very close. Since light diminishes with the square of the distance, it would have to be very close in order to be too strong on the face, which is only inches higher than her chest.

Snow Princess
by romi

Comment:
A little more light on the eyes, and sharper focus on the eyes would get a higher vote from me.

Shelter
by scalvert

Comment:
Nice sharp focus on the eyes. Lovely lighting and b&w treatment. Nice out of focus, non-distracting background. Cute pose. Well done.

Oh! Pick Me!
by PDavis

Comment:
Thought it's not what I'm looking for (a portrait of people), I would still consider this to be a portrait (unlike some other images in the challenge). I love the shallow DOF focusing all attention on those eyes. Beautiful lighting and b&w treatment as well. Well done.

Riviera
by sanket18

Comment:
I see a b&w image ... actually, more like black and sepia. But what I don't see is a "portrait". Sorry.

Self Protrait.
by sarber

Comment:
I like how sharp the eyes are... I just feel the overall image is too bright and too much detail has been lost.

I'll look you up
by inanutshell

Comment:
Love the pose and expression. A sharper focus on the eyes would get a higher vote from me.

T H I N K
by TonyT

Comment:
Nice lighting. A sharper focus on the eyes would get a higher vote from me.