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This photo makes me feel like I was cheated.

It is very mysterious. All we have is a pair of eyes, gazing out of the dark. There is enough texture in her garmet to keep those eyes from just floating in the dark.

I also think that the mystery adds to the sex appeal. Now excuse me for going out on a limb here in today's political climate, but her eyes feel very warm and soothing. Is she erotic,of course not. However, she is sexy in a feminine and mysterious way. Her eyes lure me into something more. Something that I find very appealing.

Yet I still feel cheated. It is not because I am unable to see more of her body. Indeed, by doing so would ruin the mystery of this image and its appeal. I really regret that her right eye is not illuminated more. All we can gather about her in this image is from her eyes. However, the lighting only illuminates one fully. Although this image is able to retain its appeal and feeling, I cannot help but to believe that I might be missing something because of this. Of course I do not think that I am and really there is nothing more for me to learn about her, but none the less the image feels imcomplete.

It's curious when one tries to think of this image as a portrait, due to it's an interesting paradox that the portrayed woman actually has almost all of her perfectly covered but her eyes, and because because of that we, as viewers, tend to switch to admire the elegance of the whole image instead of her sight's quality, while leaving her eyes to be a mere presence; I'm afraid in despite of the probable model's efforts.

So, IMHO, this image is devoted to elegance and style, and not to any probable association with the Orient. And way it works in this extent. :)