single photos "Relaxing by the Fire"

PORTRAIT, BY THE GLOW OF THE FIRE

Very interesting: beautiful face, beautiful pose, good crop. I wonder wether you could redo it with a less harsch lighting. The shadows should be avoided, the highlights in her ears as well. A fireplace gives warm light, this is a littlebit too cold. Please, retry, you have a good image which can be improved! Thinks Stephan

Needs to be black and white. The lighting doesn't warrant it to be a color portrait- my 2 cents.

Thank you, both for your very good comments. I totally agree with you. I am going to try to submit a black and white photo instead. Lorraine

The lighting and shadows are harsh.

I like this, but can't decide exactly WHY. Very moody!