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I really like the lighting on this one Michael.  Nice shadows and mood.  I'm usually not a fan of white backgrounds, but it works well here.  And there is something very sensual about a loose sweater that creates a tactile mood to this.  I love her make-up too.  Did you have an MUA for this or did she do it?  Very nice work!

Tracy

Thanks so much Tracy!  She did her own M/U... pretty good huh?

Michael,

What I like: her haughty pose, her semi nudity, the facial expression, the soft drape of the garment. 

What I would suggest for improvement:  the distance from her eyes to the left edge of the picture (direction is less than to the other margin) should be the longer (Give her eyes room to look out of the picture)

Jerry

Jerry notices these strange things sometimes .. : -) .. but I think he"s right here, some space to the left may add perspective.  But then I see these changes sometimes and  then I no longer agree. I have have found that most often the author knows best.

Nice one Michael, effective pose and expression, bravo. A little personal bias, the confidence expressed by the model , love it. 

Thank you Jerry and John!  Yes, I'm aware of the rule on that, but in this case I wanted to try some reverse negative spacing.  Sometimes it just works, and in this case, it did for me.  Cropping is such a huge issue, isn't it?  Even though it's and art and a science, so often I think it just boils down to what the photog is personally trying to convey, even though we would all take the very same image and crop it a hundred different ways.

As always, I really appreciate comments from such accomplished photogs such as yourselves!  Best regards, Michael

Beautiful!!

Thanks so much Alberto!

I had to comment because I am a fan of girls in sweaters. Call me strange... many have. Personally I think the framing is fine.

Hi David!  I had to look up tuppence!  Never saw "two-cents" worth written like that!  You just learn something every day!  :o)

Why would you be strange for liking naked girls in sweaters!  Erotica is so many different things to so many different people, as are the specific triggers that titillate each of us.  Nothing weird about that.  And thanks for your comment about the cropping.  At least I know somebody likes it!  :o)

You are yet another very talented photog that I always love to hear from!  Best regards, Michael