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Mark, 

This image is very compelling with the reflection giving us a second view of the face.  Sometime I notice a picture-within-a-picture and I did so here.  I offer it as a suggestion for your consideration.

Jerry

Jerry - Thank you for the kind comment. I see what you are going for in your version but I liked the hand reflection and how it created a point of contact between the real woman and the virtual.

Great light, and the reflection adds an extra touch.  I wish her hand had been turned a bit more clockwise so that her ("bright") palm could be seen only in the reflection -- it's just a bit too much competition, IMO, for the exquisite face.  Perhaps the two finger tips of the left hand (presumably) could be removed (well, maybe that's not so easy because of the reflection).  Bottom line is that I really like the upper half, but wish the lower half could have been tweaked before the shot was taken.  I, too, like the hand; it's just the position/angle I wish were different.

Stephen - I appreciate your thoughtful comments, thank you. It would not be too difficult to crop the left hand fingers, which I will go back and try. I'll have to look at the other frames we made of this pose and see if her right hand is positioned any better. I do agree with you and might also consider doing some further darkening in that area.