Maraki
by Alexys

Comment by pitsaman:
White balance little on yellow,9

Maraki
by Alexys

Comment by L1:
Nicely composed; skin appears a bit shiny in areas. Perhaps some curves or levels adjustments could enrich the lovely dark skin tones and help eliminate the shadowed area on the neck. Well done. :o)

Maraki
by Alexys

Comment by David.C:
Lighting: The light is well suited for the model, but it seems to come from directly over your head. This has caused rather strong shadows under the nose, lips and chin, and flattened out your models features. Using two lights, a strong one from one side and another, weaker, from the other to fill in the shadows slightly would have corrected this.
Pose: Her pose is pleasant, but again the perspective is from straight on. it is generally more flattering for the model for the perspective to be from slightly above her eye level. On a related note, a portrait should be of the person you are taking the photo of, having someone else in the shot is distracting, particularly when they are not fully in the shot and are blocking some of the light that would have been better used lighting your model (top of head).
Background: The background is nice, although it is a bit close as there are pronounced shadows visible on it.

Maraki
by Alexys

Comment by La-Luna:
beautiful model and shot. The only thing I would change here is the light, maybe less yellow and to use some kind of filter... the pose and the expression is great. Good luck

Maraki
by Alexys

Comment by doctornick:
Yellowish colour cast, underexposed.

Maraki
by Alexys

Comment by JoelHSmith:
well done but ovesaturated

Maremagnum at night
by Alexys

Comment by pmichaud:
Lovely colors

Maraki
by Alexys

Comment by suemack:
like the focus, color and skin tone in this portrait.

Maremagnum at night
by Alexys

Comment by moodville:
A classic night-time shot. Wonderful light, interesting lines and curves, the star-looking effects of the lights, and of course the reflections. Nicely captured.

Maraki
by Alexys

Comment by waterlilies:
There's something distracting about the arm that's portruding out of your model's head. I think you've cropped down a bigger photo -- I wonder if the full-sized picture would've worked better?