Jac-2.jpg
by Ivory

Comment by SandyP:
I think this is really striking. Her skin is so real with her freckles showing. Her eyes are stopping, and I'm a big fan of just partial desaturation. I like it alot.

Jac-2.jpg
by Ivory

Comment by Jedusi:
Hmm has an almost 50's feel to it :-)

Jac-2.jpg
by Ivory

Comment by sadiebird:
i'd combine what photokariangel and Jutilda said to slide more of attention to the bottom 2/3 of the photo. super angle!

Jac-2.jpg
by Ivory

Comment by Jutilda:
Love her face. What if you cropped off a bunch of the top and just made it landscape and we concentrated only on her face, not her hair. Just a though.

Jac-2.jpg
by Ivory

Comment by Paul:
Great expression and POV but I do think the processing is perhaps a little heavy-handed; I like what you were going for but the transitions between saturated and desaturated are a bit too visible.

Cy-2.jpg
by Ivory

Comment by Paul:
Great dramatic lighting - very well done.

Sun Kissed
by Ivory

Comment by spiritualspatula:
I definitely like the moodiness you've captured. You lost a bit of detail in the sweater, and the foliage at the bottom left bothers me a bit because of how bright it is (steals my attention), but this is a very strong photo.

Jac-2.jpg
by Ivory

Comment by smardaz:
man....something about this is just so totally blowing my mind, you've done something here, going from top to bottom that gives this shot a surreal look that i am loving! in any other shot i would say the whites of the eyes were dodged too much but here, it works perfectly. I think you just got my third fav of this challenge, and a 10!

its like alice in wonderland or something, what a beautiful girl!

Jac-2.jpg
by Ivory

Comment by photokariangel:
What i like: the color left in her lips. subtle, yet, it adds to the photo for me.
What i think could be improved: something is off about the top of her hair. its a flat tone, when the rest at the bottom is darker and more "real" looking. Maybe a little burning and dodging of that could help bring out more texture. Also, the picture seems out of focus. or unsharpened.

But i love the expression, its timeless and classic.

Jac.jpg
by Ivory

Comment by bassbone:
This is killer good! You are rocking this out of the park.

The eye and how we are drawn to it and the repeating color from the hair makes the shot for me