2011 _DSC8188

(ok, I'm really not into giving titles to my pics)

thank you for viewing and critiques/advices :)

nice light...congrats...

I think this work a bit better if you cropped ever so slightly more on the right to eliminate the additional window light, just having the one nearest to the woman.  I also think you could play with selectively overexposing the window light, as I'm not sure the small remaining detail outside the window adds to the frame and may actually detract form it.  I really like the overall tone of the image.

nice treatment and sepia virage

Excellent portrait, exceptional atmosphere created, very symbolic. Congratulations. Best wishes. Vicente.

An oft repeated subject on PN, but I never get tired of window lit portraits...and a nice example here for sure.  There is something alluring about a model peering longingly out the window...and the natural lighting is usually great...as is the case here.  The shadows and highlights really make this image stand out...and I really like how her hair glows on her left side.  Nice job posing your model...particularly her hands...nicely done overall.

I would like to thank you all for your kind critiques :)

@Brad: you are quite right about cropping the right part of the window, but I chose to keep the original aspect ratio. This picure is not cropped, it's the frame "as is", if I would crop it, I'd have to cut off some part of the model.

You are right also about overexposing the window,  I will try out for sure :)

Gabriele,

She is a beautiful girl. This is an excellent profile portrait. The soft window light works very well. I love her expression. 

Brad is quite correct that removing the windows on the right would help. Having a dark frame on the right will help keep the viewer's eyes within the photograph. It also gives you a little better left and right compositional balance.

I think her eye is not as sharp as it could be. Make sure you focus carefully on the eyes and use a tripod whenever possible.

It is too bad the curtain behind her isn't a bit neater looking. The fold near her right shoulder is a bit distracting.

Her hands look very nice and posed naturally, but it would have been better if you would have posed her right hand so that the back wasn't toward the camera. Notice how nice her left hand looks. Avoid having the back (or palm) of the hand towards the camera. The edge (side) of the hand towards the camera is thinning, feminine and graceful, especially with the fingers cascading rather than side by side.

You have cropped quite close to her elbow on the bottom.

I didn't want to crop any closer to her elbow than you already have, but I thought it would be good to straighten the image so that the window was vertical. I also cropped the left side a bit to remove the lighter fold of curtain. This provides a little darker frame for the subject.

It would be appropriate to place your name and the date the photograph was made, if you wish, on a mat surrounding your photograph. You don't want anything to draw attention away from your subject.

Nice shot,

Mark

Wow Mark, thank you a lot for your detailed critique and the long list of advice.

They are really useful to me to improve, and I'll keep them in mind for the next time.

The pose and the composition are not so perfect because this show was taken during a session with other photographer, so we had a very short time to shoot individually. That's why the picture is not so perfect, and I remark that it has not been cropped at all, this is the whole frame as it was taken by the camera.

Thank you again.