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Comment by cghubbell:
Feels too over-processed to me. The skin looks kind of creepy in its soft-effect. Nice natural expression though.

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Comment by graphicfunk:
Returning for comments.
A lovely model and such beautiful lighting. I would have found a lower branch to hang her hand so as to avoid pullin the eyes away from the eyes. Bumping up on great tonal value.

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Comment by terje:
lovely effect, really nice photo

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Comment by Bud:
The backlighting really does a nice job of highlighting.

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Comment by dwterry:
I like the idea here... especially the backlighting of the hair. Her face seems sharp enough. But her right shoulder is blurred... perhaps too shallow depth of field? It just seems odd because it seems like the trees behind her are more in focus than her shoulder. Another possibility is that her shoulder intruded on the minimum focusing distance of the lens (a real possibility if you used a telephoto/portrait lens). I love those eyes though... perhaps a tighter crop to accent the eyes would be just the fix for this image?

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Comment by Philos:
Nice soft focus portrait. The background is very busy and distracts a bit.
Good luck

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Comment by kennyt:
Seems a little soft on the focus? But that may have been your intention? Great shot.

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Comment by lousy_beatnik:
the softness works really well, but the sharp background is very distracting. 6

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Comment by amsmyth:
lovely soft focus and light - the background is a bit busy

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Comment by dartompkins:
I am not a fan of the figurine approach to this challenge, but this is a lovely photo.