Lips

I like it as is. Have you considered bringing in the top lip into focus?

Matina 2003

Lots of drama. I like it.

I would have given you a 7 for Athstetics but, what could have been a perfect photo is mared by the 2 dead(or bad at any rate) pixles. The DiMAGE is notorious for this. (Ok, so's my E-10, I've been lucky so far and have only 1 but it's something I look for in every photo I take with the thing.) One is right in the center top to bottom and sitting pretty much a third of the way in from the right. Because it's pretty much right in the center of the black I can't help but notice it. The other one is slightly higher and closer to the lips, about where the corner of her mouth would be. I know this is picky, but the shot is amazing and to see something missed that can be cleaned up in even the most basic of paint programs is unfortunate.

 

Otherwise great work. I might have put a little more light onto the right side of the picture. Not enough to show any detail, just enough to give us some sense of shape.

 

The lighting is just my opinion, the pixels on the other hand, clean them up! YIKES! I just looked at the full size version. It's 3 bad pixels and I think some ghosting of the worst one that's adding in 3 additional small dots. Keep an eye out for this in your work. It's going to be a pain to clean up but once you know where they are, it's not too bad.

 

DOH! My partner just pointed out that the pixel problem might in fact be specular highlights off the lips on that side. Now that I look again, I think he's probably right. But, if that's the case then my mention of more detail in the right side still stands. Or less detail and remove the faint highlights. I would go for bumping the exposure up just a little on the right though.

 

Your milage may vary.

(edited Jan 15 11:30 mst to admit mistake. heh.)

WOW!!!

Cool idea, but there are some yellowsin the lip that are rather distracting. Overal, the lips seem too contrasty. Perfect shapes elsewhere. In my opinion it is good that you kept the right side under-exposed. If it wasn't so dark, we would be looking up her nostrils :).

I would maybe crop a little bit from left.

Love it. Nice work.

I like this composition.

 

Easy,simple,but atractive mood.