Reflecting
by moniepenny

Comment by YourBuddyFlo:
nice shiloute (or how ever you spell it)

Reflecting
by moniepenny

Comment by shanky_pec:
good shot
nice evening

Reflecting
by moniepenny

Comment by macrothing:
2 - More 'play' with the colors and a nudge rotate up on the right, make this better in my opinion. Looks like it has some grain/gamma issues as well. Like to see this shot have been all about at least one set of complementary colors primarily.

Reflecting
by moniepenny

Comment by talmy:
Good natural shot.

Kaleidoscope
by moniepenny

Comment by yanko:
I agree with MadMan2k, very underrated. I don't know much about portraits but this one just stands out in it's own unique way.

Reflecting
by moniepenny

Comment by hotpasta:
nice and serene

Kaleidoscope
by moniepenny

Comment by eschelar:
Highly underrated. Your pose is fantastic. Makeup is very good, hair is gorgeous, the angle is great. The lighting is absolutely appropriate to the picture. She's extremely beautiful too... This is a VERY flattering angle for this picture.

The only thing I'm concerned by is a slight unnaturalness in your eyes. Tough to say for sure though. Did you whiten with visine or dodge?

There seems to be a bit of a softness to the picture though that makes me feel like there could have been a bit more sharpening or contrast... Your skin seems a bit in-between. Not really soft, and not really sharp. That does have the potential to look good, but I don't think it's a positive here. I am currently trying to understand how so I can make better pictures myself. I suspect that what other's have said about flat lighting may have been a contributing factor...

I think this pic would be very fun with a light touch of ethereal glow. You've got fabluous cheekbones for it.

Message edited by author 2006-04-24 09:02:48.

Kaleidoscope
by moniepenny

Comment by MadMan2k:
This is underrated, IMO. I don't mind the wide angle perspective even if it's not typically used in portraits, it seems to put more emphasis on the shape of the face. The shot does have fairly low contrast, though, so processing a little more to increase it would help. Nice model though :p

Kaleidoscope
by moniepenny

Comment by echoman:
lighting is not bad, but the angle of the shot really distorts her face. looks odd.

Kaleidoscope
by moniepenny

Comment by Robby:
Great expression. Could probably do more with this - but originality gets a bump up.