Rachel

Thanks!

I really like almost everything about this photo -- her expression, the lighting, the simplicity of the background, the lovely tones of her skin and the texture of her braided hair, the DOF, I do wish we saw just a little bit more of her -- I feel like she's a disembodied head floating in space. Do you have a crop that contains her shoulders?

Great portrait, great expression. I feel it could be a bit sharper. Also the two blemishes on both right and left border could be touched up. Nice background and isolation.

Kendra, I am afraid not. Took this shot in a very close range with my 70 - 200 lens. Only with daylight.

Great, lively expression on a beautiful face.

Beautiful ! I agree about the background marks though .