Focus
by elsapo

Comment by agenkin:
Nice shot, good use of DOF. Sorry, but the shot does not grab me, so not a full mark.

Jennifer
by elsapo

Comment by elee3009:
Just lovely! This shows that a great portrait can be without cute Asian faces a'la Librodo. If this is Librodo's (altho' I don't think so), even better 'coz that really demonstrates your prowess of any subject. I would have preferred a little more headroom even if it's cropped so that the eyes fall into the realm of RoT.

Jennifer
by elsapo

Comment by Dufus:
Nice tones and grate model ;) 10+

Jennifer
by elsapo

Comment by Cantique:
Love the colors here and her beautiful eyes

Jennifer
by elsapo

Comment by wmprkg:
Your series of her is outstanding. Her eyes are incredible. I look forward to more. 10

Jennifer
by elsapo

Comment by angela_packard:
10 from me....

Jennifer
by elsapo

Comment by Artyste:
Wow, this was taken in 2005? It seems like I've been seeing this photo on DPC forever. One of the stronger portraits I've seen on DPC, the sepia/desat processing is stunning. A beautiful model, and you nailed pretty much every element. No wonder it became a heavy favorite, and I'm not surprised to see it here.

Focus
by elsapo

Comment by w24x192:
Very nice. I like the warm colors and the way her hair is blowing around. I know you didn't have that much to do with the hair...well, maybe you did.

Jennifer
by elsapo

Comment by Bethra:
spectacularly well captured

Jennifer
by elsapo

Comment by kiwiness:
I remember this girl from your other work, Elsapo. I like the image you have chosen for your best work of 2005, the color tones of the hair fit well to the background. Photographically it comes over with impact. The composition is ideal, I wouldn't have cropped it any differently. The hair wildly blowing in the lower half of the frame and "cleaner" at the top is also effective. I find however that you have over-processed the eyes a little, the detail is lost in the whites of the eyes and a little unnaturalness has been introduced. And although not to drastic, the aura on the upper lip is just over borderline, I would have reduced that effect only slightly. Otherwise a super photo and one of the better I have seen amongst these 800+ entries!