portraits and nudes Innocent gaze

I like this one quite a bit. Wonderful pose that brings the viewer into the psychological space of the model, yet at the same time places her in some mysterious, unreachable location.

I've never understood too much what people mean by a "psychological"

portrait. Must a picture reveal the subject inner soul (how can a

picture do that?) or reflect what its thinking when the picture is

taken, or something else?

 

Whatever the definition, I find this picture very attractive, even

though I can't explain why exactly. The intense gaze (I'm not sure

how to qualify it: innocent? dreamy? melancholic?) plays a role, but

there is something else I can't point at.

 

I chose the cropping among a few possibilities. The eyes and the black

dress conform to the rule of thirds horizontally. Vertically, it is

centered, but seems to work anyway. I'm not sure if the tones really

add something to it and there is little "context". Anything you see

that could explain it works (assuming it does work for you too)?

 

Thank you.

Dramatic gaze? Double 10 - I like it very much.

Et quelle surprise: tu habite à Montréal!

Great expression - I think it's the melancholy eyes that grab ya.

It's the eyes, try covering them, and the image looses everything. Wonder,purpose,intrigue....eyes!

Definetly It is psychological. This gaze is blank, she looks as if plunged into thougts and and she is not aware of what happens nearby! She dreams but she does not know even herself what she dreamed. She is a kind of a state of trance indeed!

Positively your best. I wouldn't change a thing.

This is really a great one (to my personnal taste). Meaningful.

Raoul

I absolutely love this photograph. It has everything I look for in my own photo's. Just wish I could do as well as you have with this one.

Congrats!

This is one of few photos in your folder which caught my eye! After looking at the thumbnail I knew that I like it, and I do! After reading what Vuk and Azlan wrote I must say, they're right. Also the wind, which was apparently blowing, adds a certain mood to the picture! I also like the bright face and, as contrast, the dark eyes! Very good! This is some kind of reference! :)

I like how the contrast makes her face stand out here. Nice work.

part of the reason this works, is because there is something beyond time in her eyes, and something old fashioned in her gaze her manner, her dress. the black and white, the soft tones, the way her face tone almost melts into the background, makes it look faded, as tho it is genuinely old, more timeless and more past. aging it a little more (dust, wrinkles, more fading) might increase the effect.

One of the best portraits I have seen, more than just a photograph.

Beautiful B&W portrait with nice expression of the face.