'Fiona_3'

Excellent portrait, good idea, well crafted! BR,vf

Nice portrait Ray! Thes shadow lines cast by the hat on the model's face is appealing. Colouring of the lower left portion of the image  background was a good idea to match the rest of the image. May I suggest to slightly brighten the eyes to give them more attention, whilst still leaving them looking in shade. Best regards and well done!.

Nice work i love it congratulation best regards

Do like the styling and good colour and details, the light coming through the hat works well for me in this. Well worked

Ramond,

Avoid bright colors and bold patterns in clothing. In a portrait the subject’s face is what is most important and nothing should draw the viewer’s attention away from the face.

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. By positioning the tip of her nose in the vertical center of the photograph you not only have her facing into the picture, but you have good left and right compositional balance. This little rule almost always works well. At least it gives you a good starting point from which to subtly adjust your composition to make it visually balanced.

You have cropped quite far into her hat. To compositionally balance the top and bottom you would have crop more off the bottom (or add to the top).

She appears to be looking a bit to the right (her left) of the camera. If not making eye contact with the camera (viewer), the eyes should follow the line of the nose. It is natural to look where your head is pointing. If looking off to the side you should show what she is looking at or provide a reason that she is not looking where her head is pointing.

The orange is quite overpowering in this photograph. It might help to make the background more neutral. I'm not sure all the crisscrossed shadows on her face is all that appealing. It doesn't exactly look reptilian, but it isn't very attractive either.

Some catchlights would help to add some life to her eyes.

I have tried to give you a better crop and make her complexion more skin colored. Unfortunately, the orange ended up very pink. Maybe changing this to black and white might help?

Mark

Raymond,

Nope. Black and white didn't help that much. 

Mark

Thankyou Mark for your comments. Appreciate a lot. Best regards.

Very unusual and excellent work! Best regards, Valentyn

Theories of portraiture aside, I found this to be an engaging image. GJ

Great portrait,Raymond!

Wonderful tones and gesture.

Best regards(Bobby).

Beautiful portratait! Love the shadow texture on Fiona's face!