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Dear Andrew,Thank you very much for dedication.It is honor for me.Especially, the portrait of this beautiful lady makes me happy.You are good at portrait shots as well.Best regards.my dear friend.(7,7..system does not allow)

Excelente retrato.Magnifica pose y sensual mirada captada,con una sensacional luz y tonos. ++

 

Un cordial saludo -Tolo.

Andrew,

 

She is a very pretty girl. She has good eye contact with the camera (viewer). You have a nice neutral background.

 

Be careful of your focus. I'm not sure her eyes are in critical focus.

 

I find her expression to be rather harsh looking. I think she might look a little better if her make-up was not so heavy. I would soften her skin a bit to smooth out her complexion.

 

Your lighting is a little on the flat side. Judicious use of shadows can add interest and create a nice illusion of depth within your photograph. I think you should adjust her skin tone a bit. It looks a little on the red and yellow side to me.

 

You usually do not want to have your subject turned 90 degrees to the camera. This can make the head look unsupported. It usually looks best to angle her somewhere around 45 degrees. This will help make her appear thin, feminine and graceful.

 

It would be good to use a back or hair light. Her dark hair is blending into the background.

 

Her left shoulder is slumped forward. Her posture would look better if she was sitting (or standing) up straight with her shoulders back and her chest out.

 

Your subject should have more room in front of her than behind. This allows her to be facing into the picture, not out of it. You want to compositionally balance the left and right sides of the photograph. The compositional "rule" for this suggests that you position the tip of the subject's nose in the vertical center of the photograph. Seeing as how your subject is vertical, a vertical format, rather than square, would have worked nicely.

 

You also want to compositionally balance the top and bottom of your photograph. To balance this portrait, with the crop you have on top, you would have to include more of her at the bottom. A good rule of thumb for a close-up or head and shoulders shot is to position the eyes somewhere around 1/3 of the way down from the top of your photograph. This often works quite well.

 

Be careful of foreshortening. Watch for anything closer to the camera than the body. If nearer the camera than her body her feet, knees, hands, elbows and shoulders will look out of proportion to the rest of the body -- larger than normal -- foreshortened.

 

Nice shot,

 

Mark

Mark,

 

Thanks again for your comments. I apreciate your imput a lot. I noticed that on some monitors this picture looks a bit harsh. On my monitor it does not. I think that resolution is too hight and thats why on small view it looks a bit soft. In large viw it looks sharp.

 

Regards,

 

Andrew

excellent portrait, very deep expression on her face. Well done...!

 

Ricardo