Shafi

Nice Work natural shot, and good framig. I enjoy this shot and it simple setting

Emma, John, Michael, Jonegbert, Bill, Ray and MJ Thanks for your encouraging remarks and suggestions. Ray you crop suggestion is very good one. Thanks for giving me your time. Regards ifti

Beautiful portrait, congratulations! Regards, George

Excelente imagen de gran belleza, luz, color y encuadre., Saludos cordiales Ahmad,

Very good portrait. The eyes are the most important point of the photo. Congrats.

Not much I can add to the fine critiques above. The image stands alone well or, depending on one's preferences, could be cropped a number of ways to emphasize those great eyes. Example: cropping out half her hair & above would place her eyes about 1\3 from the top, a stronger position in the frame in my opinion. I also like the diagonal formed by the tilt of her head. Less static that way. Since I also like B&W portraits I'm thinking this would open up another option for you. Best, LM.

A beautiful portrait, Iftikhar. Perfect eye contact, deep stare. Lovely in pink.

I also noticed the uneven colour on the hair.

As suggested above, I would also go with the crop on the head, in the lower middle of the black hair and a little on the left hand side.

Very well done.

 

Cheers!

fascinating eyes. Best regards.

Excelente retrato. Buen trabajo, Saludos.

the lighting and crop is perfect. very nice colour and DOF. Well done

I like the comp. intens eays

Beautiful portrait - well composed.

 

Paul

Great portrait Ifti, Compliments

 

Mauro

Great portrait, the framing perfect. My only comment would be that you did not focus on the eyes. doing so would soften her skin texture. never the less a wonderful image. Clive

Iftikhar,

 

Her eyes are well focused (especially her left eye). I would make sure your depth of field, at a minimum, is deep enough to put both of her eyes in critical focus. Your composition is very good, but when you are in this close I like to have the eyes above the horizontal center of the photograph. If you wanted to be this close, I would crop into her hair a little to raise her eyes. You could, of course, just back off a little and reposition her for better composition.

 

There are some white dots in her hair that may just be bits of white hair showing through her dark hair. I think I would remove those and perhaps touch up any white hairs she has (I would bet she would like that). There are also some dark hairs going across the pink shawl near her left eye (I will call it a shawl - I do not know the correct term). I would remove those hairs, also.

 

I noticed the colors in her hair that were mentioned by someone else. I also see pink on her face and in the whites of her eyes. This is caused by light reflecting off of her pink shawl. This should be removed. Being this close to her eyes, I see reflections of the room. This is a little distracting to me. You have thrown the background nicely out of focus, but the brown stripe to her left is distracting to me. When I look at a portrait I don't like anything that pulls my attention away from the subject.

 

When you are this close every little imperfection is magnified and becomes more obvious and important. I think you should soften her face a little. This would smooth out her complexion and the lines under her eyes. Her eyebrows need to be trimmed and shaped. She needs to make sure she separates her eyelashes when applying mascara. Her eyeliner seems just a bit heavy. She has a blue/green eyeshadow on that doesn't really show much because her eyes are so wide open. My eye keeps going to that bit of color above her left eye. I can't decide if it distracting enough to do something about it or not?

 

I hope I have given you some ideas to think about.

 

Nice portrait,

 

Mark

I agree about the DOF and eyes.

With photography always convey feelings and emotions, it is essential. Excellent portrait. Congratulations. Best wishes. Vicente.

Beautiful portrait!

Amazing portrait.7/7 Best regards

What a beauty! Fantastic portrait. Kind regards.

Simply beauty! Wonderful portrait! Love the eyes! Best regards, Linh Dinh

La tela encuadra el rostro mostrando unos ojos muy expresivos.

Excelente.

Beautiful portrait, excellent colors and skin tones, lovely model.

 

Regards.

 

Alberto

You captured beautiful windows to the soul. Love the pink agains't her skin, eyes and hair color. Great lighting. Take care

I'm taking a class on portrait photography next weekend and my goal is to do one that is half as good as this one! Cheers, GJ