girls and pearls

Beautiful colour and lights in the eyes!

The colors, the eyes, that look... PERFECT!!

Tiffany,

This is a wonderful portrait -- the pose, the expression, the color are all perfect.

M. Ts.

The picture is wonderful, just wonderful! The softness, the cuteness of the baby, the colors, the pose...everything deserves the big ones!

PDE

Fantastic shot. She is a charmer with those beautiful blues.  Congrats on a 'winner'...sincerely, Gail

Hi Tiffany.  Just outstanding!  She will treasure this shot for life ... Ray.

Wonderful rich blue eyes.

Ciprian, Carlos, Mikhail, Dear Pierre, Gail, Ray and Bob...Thank you! My goodness! It seems that those eyes cast a spell on more than just me and her parents!

Great composition and colortone :)

I love it.

Love this capture...wonderfully composed and the PS treatment is very tastefully rendered.  Well done.

The eyes are superb!

And very pleasant colors...

Superb image Tiffany.  Lovely expression and perfect light and colors for this high key portrait.  Excellent work - michel

Tiffany, this is gorgeous!!  Exquisite in composition, style and Moment!!  WOW!  I bet the mother LOVED this one!!  GREAT JOB!  Doug.

Wendy...Thank you!

Bente...I'm so glad!

Jeff...Thank you for the visit. I always appreciate your visits!

Pep...Thank you!

Lena...She sure pulls you in...doesn't she?

Michel...Thank you! Definitely a team effort here.

Doug...Thank you! I really appreciate your visits and thoughtful insights. It means a lot to me! I am encouraging her parents to get a canvas wraparound of this.

Wonderful big eyes saying the kid did something she was not supposed to do (as all do!!).

Tiffany, I came back again to get inspired by this one!!  AWESOME JOB !!!!!  Thanks for sharing your work!  Doug.

Francesco...believe me when I see that this little girl's record is clean...absolute angel!

Doug...that fills my heart to know that I could inspire you!

Nice

A wonderfully playful photo, with those mesmerizing eyes stealing the show.  I also love how you've used the light here (high-key, I believe you'd call it?).  An all-around great portrait.

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The high-key lighting and exposure is well done. The blue eyes stand out and draw the viewer's attention as they are presumably meant to do. The darker strands of hair add a bit of contrast, keeping the image from seeming too insubstantial, which is good. As a whole, though, I'm not fond of overly cutesy pictures of small children, which this basically is. It's too Anne Geddes for me, even if the child isn't dressed in a ladybug suit.

I'm not crazy about the distinctly squarish lights (a window? a scrim in front of a lamp?) in the girl's eyes, just to the left of the center of each pupil, but it's not a big deal.

Photo's of small children isn't my preferred photographic subject either. But credit where its due, this appears to me as a very natural uncontrived image, very sharp and with great clarity in the eyes. The pose seems to indicate an innocence and shyness in the child that I believe is the strong point. Perhaps a darker backdrop would further accentuate this mood and address the lack of contrast between subject and background,
Best Regards
Alf