Fear

my first impression is - what a pretty eye! second impression is - is it fear I see in her eyes? you have the shroud done very well - and the shadows along with the head wrapping set up the photo very well - but the expression of the eye isn't the expression I normally associate with fear - it has a more melancholy look

There's a small reflection in your eye; I don't know if it was intentional or not, but it really makes this shot work.

 

The feeling I get from it is curiosity, like you are peering out at the world, the entire world; the whole of which reflects itself in your eye.

LeinWeih: I agree after looking at this image that there is something more on the lines of being melancholy than anything. Maybe, however, there's a lot of feelings associated with fear, like despair, anger, etc.

 

Kris: The reflection just kind of happened. I have very dark eyes, the kind of darkness that made people get smart with me and do things like check their hair using the reflection in my eye. LOL

 

Maybe I am curious, like a sense of fear of being curious. A lot of people are afraid to think outside the box...actually, all of us are from time to time. :)

 

 

A good photograph, it is well focused on the eye, and that little reflection in the eye catches the attention at the good place. That's it for the composition. Technically, this image is okay, but a bit too grainy for my taste. Excellent work!

Raises the question: "Where is this eye projecting from?" What do the shadows and the closeup conceal? Wonderful!

Cool shot, Laura. When did you start wearing a burkha?

I like this shot a lot. the eye and forehead are perfectly framed by light, shadow and cloth...I'd like to see it in color as well...I can see fear here but it's more of a curiosity fear or a shyness fear than a 'frightened' fear if that makes any sense...anyway nice to see a fellow brooklynite here...

I uploaded a new version now in the hopes that it's smoother and less grainy. It initially looked fine on my screen but I have an LCD monitor with seems to "smooth things over" a lot more easily. :)

I uploaded a new version now in the hopes that it's smoother and less

grainy. It initially looked fine on my screen but I have an LCD

monitor with seems to "smooth things over" a lot more easily. :)

 

Rating/critiques welcome. Thank you! :D

Magnetic!

Your work has just taken off! WOW... Great images...