Lashes
by Kelli

Comment by jomari:
This is so sweet, Kelli. Such delicate treatment is so in sync with the subject.

Lashes
by Kelli

Comment by tph1:
Love it Kelli. Is this shot through the lens or waist-level finder on another camera or post? Dom't tell. Doesn't matter. Realy good.

My Child
by Kelli

Comment by David Ey:
One of a dozen excellent shots....10 Good luck.

Lashes
by Kelli

Comment by ineedauniquename:
very evocative - I like it.

Lashes
by Kelli

Comment by daisydavid:
ooba good one Kelli, embryonic.

Lashes
by Kelli

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
This one's precious! My first impression seeing the thumbnail was "Looks like a little smiley face". : )

My Child
by Kelli

Comment by jazul02:
great portrait but need retouch and postprocessing..

I grow where I want
by Kelli

Comment by manish:
I feel you went too close or have cropped it too close. The fence is not very obvious and that rusty pole(or gate)id the first point which draws the eyes. Maybe a little liberal framing would have added to it,

I grow where I want
by Kelli

Comment by Adz:
This looks a little like bear_music, DOF is great and so is the title

My Child
by Kelli

Comment by timfythetoo:
Hey Kelli. I gave this a 5. I think you have a couple things missing here that Librodo tends to have in his images. The first is the one that you pointed out - dramatic lighting. The light is pretty flat and dull which is going to cause other issues. That dramatic lighting (both caught and enhanced in postprocess) is going to help create that POP that Librodo images have. Without it your colors come off as drab and your models eyes don't stand out. Which is a bummer because she certainly has lovely eyes - great color that could be enhanced, and you have pleasing base colors in the veil. But the lighting doesn't help to take advantage of that. The other issue that I am having is with the really tight crop. You have presented pretty much a straightforward head shot where a little more room and maybe a slightly different angle (from slightly above to make her eyes a bit more open and intentionally looking) would allow for more flow in the image, that the elements of the image would lead us to her eyes rather than just being around them. Drama. Librodo images capture drama - in lighting, color, connection and flow. And in a challenge with that theme, those are the things that I was looking for. Hope that helps and that I wasn't too harsh.