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Joanna,

She is a beautiful girl. There is very little that I would take exception with in this portrait. Your lighting, contrast, toning, skin tone, focus and her separation from the nicely out of focus background are excellent. Her eye contact with the camera (viewer), catchlights, make-up, expression, highlights on her lips and pose are also excellent.

I would like to see just a tad more room in front of her so that she is facing more into the picture. It would give you a little better left and right compositional balance, but I still find the composition quite good.

The pattern in her dress is a little bold. It draws my attention away from her lovely face. A plainer dress would work better.

With this outfit she seems a little out of place in this setting. It makes it feel more like a fashion shot than a portrait.

She is a real stunner! Her hat really frames her well.

Nice shot,

Mark

beautiful portait, congrats....6/6

Beautiful girl and portrait. So well done with the clarity, tones, textures and lighting. Congrats.

Joanna,

I think you are batting 99% with this one.  The pose, the costume, the lighting and tonalities, the depth of field, the high lights in the eye.  The 1% is because of the horizontal whatevers growing out of the back of her head.  The background did you in.

Jerry

PDE

Very engaging and definitely fashion.  Great pose and lighting, as usual!

A lovey and very well made portrait indeed!

Excellent portrait of a drop-dead stunner. I especially like the way the b/w minimizes the pattern on her blouse/dress.

great image.

I keep dreaming of taking such images and I added this one to my favourites the moment I saw it. I do, however, agree with Mark when he says that "just a tad more room in front of her" would give the image a better feeling.

Great hat.

To me this is a perfect portrait. I give it a 7...

Beautiful composition indeed.