"mona lisa and daughter"

Mother and daughter portrait that reminds me of Mona Lisa.

It's a pretty good shot, but why this particular effect? Just because you could? Effects are nice when used appropriately, but they just mess up photos when they aren't. I don't think this was an appropriate effect for this piece, in my own opinion, and Im only one opinion, so take that for what it's worth.

I love the photo, the resemblance is striking. I have to agree with Jennifer, I want to see it without the lines, maybe a more subtle canvas effect would work better.

Thank You so much for your words. Although I humbly disagree about the efects...This poor photo went through a multitude of looks before ending as this, this unusual look...I have attached a sample...the large photo is the original and as you can see it is quite out of focus and not framed well at all...I was going to dismiss it and send it to the bottom of the digipile but the look on Xaviera's face kept haunting me, seemingly saying, "Use this one daddy". I looked at her mother for the ok to discard the photo but found no such permission in her face. The tonality and expression on the mothers face lent itself to the frame I then began to see the possibilities inside this throwaway...after some pain at sharpening then softening and playing with light and texture it wasn't until I ran accross the botttom middle frame that I new where this one had to go...So in other words; the texture and light and crop and every line is there at my behest. I love the way the eyes are pronounced and surreal~ lips are full~ the texture lines break up the heavy contrast and keep the high keys from blowing out. Again, Although I disagree, I thank you for your time to comment it is most useful even if it only serves to force me to articulate what is good about a particular piece...;)...J

Definately no need for the lines. Nice shot though/

I like the original better. To me, this looks like a billboard in a third world country. Which is cool, I guess, if that's what you're going for.

Not sure about Mona Lisa, but you are no Leonardo...