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I think this one has some of the real qualities of an 18th century miniature,

while still showing the personality of the sitter. I tried, anyway.

Great color and 3-D facial lighting.  That soft beauty-light, when it occurs in nature, is really something for portrait photographers to use to their and their subject's advantage---as you have done here.  It seems a pesky little puff of air blew back the lace on the far side of her bodice.  I fixed this in photoshop by selecting the lace just above her bra strap, copying it to a layer, duplicating that layer so as to have enough material to cover the strap.  I used the transform tool to rotate it and scrunch it into place.  I erased around the edges of the lace and flattened the layers for the final result.  I hope this helps.  This portrait is a well done feel good image.  I like it.

Old looking, vintage! Great real mild colors, beautiful fitting face...great indeed!

Best regards Les

PDE

Good point--fixed on original.

Minor flaws... noticed and corrected.  The original image was well seen and well captured (what really matters).  Yes, the soft light is exquisite!  Lovely facial expression, super depth of field, body position...  top notch stuff.  7/7