I had no intention of posting this here .. it is supposed to appear in a comment below a previous photo, yet is also figures here as a separate entry which is absurd .. I will remove it soon ... however iI have found that when I do it, it also disappears from the previous comment .. go figure !

Congratulations on editors choice! Well deserved.

Haha, thank you Andrew, but I didn't really post this, it was a close up in attachment to a response of a comment made by you in a previous posting, to illustrate the degree of focus in the original photo shown .. : -)

Accidental or not, the cropped photo has merit of its own. Very intriguing. Love the eye contact with the lens.

Thank you John, one of my favorites. For me your photo perfectly captures the arresting essence and beauty of femininity (like the duckiness of ducks). You took a spontaneous photo of a women in white many years ago that did the same thing for me, wish I had logged that too as a favorite.