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the fate of the contemporary smoker, standing outside even at a cold night to have a fag and quite alone at that. What else to do than look into infinity and contemplating perhaps the past day or the day ahead. What it is we cannot tell but that it turned her kind of introspective is obvious. Her upward gaze is quite attractive and draws attention immediately which is also helped by catching that highlight in her eye. I like the linearity of the right half of this photo which adds a lot of emphasizing her as your main subject but also creates the necessary depth. So does the choice for b&w which certainly in this case has kept it nice and simple and precludes any unwarranted distractions that a colour photo might create. The composition overall is rather classic but very appropiate and effective.

Personally I would be tempted to turn that background completely black to add even more visual weight. This for me is a very effective and appealing photo.

btw, it's a good idea to downsize your photos a bit more before uploading them to the internet. A bit safer that way.