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Excellent work John, everything is fine here, the model , the pose, light and tones, congratulations to both of you, best wishes // Salvador 

Gorgeous John, and what a beauty!  Congrats!

Stately pose and beautiful model, excellent shot and b&w! (7).

Best regards

very beautiful image,as always...congrats

The soft natural light is very flattering to her skin tone. Her pose seems so natural and comfortable. The slight nudity is very subtle and appropriate to the location. My favorite element is the contrasting stripes of her clotes and the chair. Well made, John.

John this is wonderful :)

PDE

Excellent work John, everything is fine here, the model , the pose, light and tones. patrick

Love the pose and connection with the viewer, good light and tones too.

Excellent work from all

A nice, natural portrait of a very lovely young woman.

Did you do some skin smoothing? Her face looks overly smoothed to me, but she could have flawless skin. Smoothing is like anything else, always in moderation. There are many times when it is NOT necessary. Too many images of models seem to look like they have plastic skin because smoothing is way over-applied.

The other thing is the small amount of hair that is directly in front of her right eye. It is a little distracting

Thank you Scott .. no "smoothing", no, not in moderation or otherwise.  Women wear makeup.

As for the "natural" looking portrait, I would tend to be iinclined to think the hair was a part of it, but I can well understand if one doesn't like it.

Lovely portrait, John ... excellent tones & lights. Best regards.

Beautiful! As usual, I am drawn to her eyes. For me, this works particularly well in B&W.

 Kudos to you both.

Jim Phelps