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Denis,

Lena is a very pretty girl. You have focused well on her eyes and she has a nice smile -- good specular highlights on her lips. The lighting and her skin tone are very good. She has excellent eye contact with the camera (viewer). You have posed her at a good angle to the camera. Her left and right compositional balance looks very good. She has done a wonderful job on her make-up -- I love her mascara. The catch lights and the application of eyeliner under her eyes really give life to her eyes and make them stand out very well. Her hair looks soft and shiny.

The colors of the background go nicely with the color of her dress, but the pattern on the wall is distracting. She looks like she is sitting on a couch in front of a stucco wall -- a little strange.

You need to crop some off the top. She has too much headroom.

After my eyes go to her face, which is nicely lit, my eyes go directly to the lower right corner. You have excellent leading lines to the top of her right knee. You are close to cropping both arms and her leg at joints. This is not a very good pose.

Watch her posture. She should be sitting up straight with her shoulders back and her chest out -- at least sitting straighter than she is right now. Her shoulders look slumped over and there are wrinkles in her dress at her stomach.

Be careful of her hair, and shadows from her hair, at the outside corner of her left eye. The lines are very close to her eye and will draw attention to that area.

Don't have her bra strap showing. It looks a bit tacky.

Nice shot,

Mark