Red

Amazing and spectacular shot and processing. Best regards.

EXCELLENT work Andrew

PDE

Not for me... :)

Un retrato sensacional. Felicidades. ++

Un cordial saludo -Tolo.

Absolutely beautiful!

Andrew,

She is a beautiful girl. I have a couple of suggestions. I would remove the lower catch lights on her irises and make the upper catch lights more dominant. One catch light per eye is preferred.

If you lightened the photograph just a bit her skin tone would look a little better and the whites of her eyes would be whiter. They look a little gray.

You could crop some off the right side or reposition her within the frame. The photograph is left heavy. 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. This little rule almost always works well.

It appears you have a little retouching problem. Notice the line with red under it on the lower part of her jaw. You might be getting some sort of reflection off of her cape. That should be fixed.

This is a beautifully done portrait.

Nice shot,

Mark

Viewed large, it is absolutely AWESOME!!

Mark,

Thanks a lot for your comments.  The lower reflection in barely visible. It the reflection of the window. 

Brightening the image will spoil the light effect, although I could brighten the eyes a bit.

I was using the rule of third while composing and I place model's nose on the"third" grid. I tried to ignore the rule and added some space to the left. It actually looks good.

The line on her chin could be corrected and I did just that. I replaced the original with the modified image. Your comments are always welcomed since they make me think about my work.

Regards,

Andrew