Warmth
by joanns

Comment by BobsterLobster:
Oh yes, very nice! Superb lighting, well posed, good composition, great colours and skin tone, effective background, good model... this portrait has quality written all over it. I like the fact that her pose adds the top-left to bottom-right diagonal. Great expression, the catchlights work well. The edge of her right arm doesn't quite work for me... it's either haloed from oversharpening, or you've tried to remove it, but this is nitpicking. 10

Warmth
by joanns

Comment by Bud:
Good use of lighting and wonderful portrait.

Warmth
by joanns

Comment by Artyste:
I love the pose in this, it's got a nice feeling and mood. Colors are really nice, but the clarity is a little off. It looks like you tried for a soft focus, but it kind of just looks a little blurred, but that could just be me. Not sure if the border really works for this as it tends to take away from the size of the photo and thus losing some detail.
I like it a lot though, it's a really nice portrait. 7

Warmth
by joanns

Comment by GolferDDS:
A nicely posed portrait. Well executed lighting, DOF and sharpness. All around a good picture.

Warmth
by joanns

Comment by Cantique:
Technically this is excellent. I like the color. I like her beautiful skin tone. However I fell the pose seems staged and puts her right in the middle of the frame. I'd like to see a more relaxed pose.

Warmth
by joanns

Comment by rich:
This is one of the few times that I think a larger border actually does help an image, providing some separation from the similarly shaded background in your image. The portrait itself is very good.

Warmth
by joanns

Comment by ggbudge:
nitpick: I'd clone out the little bit of clothing showing at the bottom right corner.

Otherwise, Beautiful. Just beautiful. Your model is beautiful, it's wonderfully lit... great composition. I can feel the warmth in her eyes mixed with a bit of attitude in the bandana.

My vote would have been 10, despite my little nitpick.

Warmth
by joanns

Comment by tyt2000:
Excellent portrait, I really like the lighting...Nice use of the basket.

Warmth
by joanns

Comment by doctornick:
Great shot, love the frame and expression, lighting is just right, one of the rare occasions when bang on centered composition works.

Warmth
by joanns

Comment by SteveJ:
A well lit shot and an attractive model, but there is something lacking, could well be the white background. Oe, perhaps it is the floral arrangement...yep, cropped out it looks so much better. Started with a 6, bumped to 7