Mary (view bigger)

This is a lovely portrait of a beautiful woman but I wish the background was softer and less distracting

Many thanks for your idea, of course you have right. The next time I will try it by camera and lenses. Rarely I m manipulating a photograph in a strong way. Therefore I would like to introduce tethering, that I see the photograph on a bigger screen just after clicking. Regards. hen Ry

I might not have noticed the background had Scott not mentioned it. Now that he has, I do agree that he has a point. This is a lovely shot of a beautiful girl. I love the hint on a smile on her mouth. The eyes are clearly smiling which nails this one for me. Compositionally, I would have liked to see her left hand in the shot.