M

A "real" portrait.

Also unusual, as I do not remember seeing color images from you...

Shooting from such a low angle makes me feel like I should ... respect her. I should leave myself into her hands. She is competent, responsible, caring and ... loving.

At the risk of over reading this portrait, I must also add that I just feel a hint of ambivalence in her look. It is as if she is trying to hide something, or supress a feeling...

I can talk/write more and I can do that easily. Yet I must stop. Because I will be writing more about myself; rather than on your portrait or your model...

I am sure I will always remember this image as a perfect portrait in every sense I value.

I too feel it is a very real portrait. Such separation from subject to background makes it seem like you could reach out and touch her. A great capture.

Holger

!!!!

For me, this is not so simple. There's something actually intimidating about this portrait. She seems not just larger than life, but larger than all of nature. Her bronze-ness against the pastel sky makes this more so. This is a contrast of Earth and heaven, of life and the infinite.

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

—Maya Angelou

Beautiful!

deeply soulful eyes and a kind smile ;-} dp

Carlos - You must be channeling Da Vinci with this fine portrait.  That is an enigmatic smile on par with the great master.

Well done,

David

It has been more than a month now...

The tab of my browser is still open and I am looking at this portrait 

every day.

Every day.

...