Ice Princess
by markwiley

Comment by Neat:
Aghh yes I loved it then, and I still love it now. Amazing how all three people have the same stance, the woman in the middle is a show pony, the child is caught in between, wonderful, one of my top picks.

An Armload
by markwiley

Comment by MadMan2k:
She looks about as thrilled as my wife looks when the terrible-2 monster awakens.

His world turned on end
by markwiley

Comment by ArnaMarie:
I bet this is a lovely image also when it is not upside down

Ice Princess
by markwiley

Comment by Melethia:
What a view she has from her throne! Her subjects appear curious, but loyal.

An Armload
by markwiley

Comment by Melethia:
And no one is happy here, not even the guy heading the other way. Makes one wonder where the joy in the world has gone. All grays and blacks, no glimpse of daylight or color.

Playful Grace
by markwiley

Comment by posthumous:
This actually looks like something that could be in a magazine, advertising jewelry.

Playful Grace
by markwiley

Comment by MadMan2k:
Nice. Excellent details and tones, and exciting composition. I'm wondering if you had something blowing her hair back, or is it gravity and it was rotated?

Playful Grace
by markwiley

Comment by Elaine:
Interesting, but something bothers me about her eye.

An Armload
by markwiley

Comment by ShutterRev:
This must be the post-countdown...1....2....3!!!! FINE, YOU ARE GETTING ON THE TRAIN LIKE IT OR NOT!!!
We have all been that child.
Great capture!

Playful Grace
by markwiley

Comment by Lydia:
I love this idea! And I love the hair blowing!

I'd have cropped the top to the middle of the eyebrow... or even crop it to the middle of her eye...and made the earring be the brightest spot in the image to draw attention to the jewelry you're trying to sell.

The little bit of shadows where I assume her mouth is starting are a bit distracting, but if you crop in the horizontal middle of her eye, you could take off some of the right of the image too and that would get rid of those mouth shadows. I'd also have cloned out the little bit of slit in her ear hole that makes me think the earring is going to be too heavy and cause slits in my ears.

I sound like I really don't like it, but that's not true. I DO love your idea here and it could be tweaked to be the winner of the challenge.
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